The World's Best Awards results are based upon an online survey in which Travel + Leisure readers evaluated hotels on five characteristics: rooms and facilities, location, service, restaurants and food, and value.
Among the Top 100 hotels worldwide are the following Shangri-La properties:
- Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
- Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai
- Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu
- Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei
The following six properties were named among the Top 25 City Hotels in Asia:
- Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
- Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai
- Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei
- Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
- Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok
- China World Hotel, Beijing
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa in Kota Kinabalu placed among the Top 15 Resorts in Asia. Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney placed on the Top 15 City Hotels in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, while Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver was voted to the "Up and Coming" list by the editors of Travel + Leisure.
The results of the publication's 14
th annual readers' poll will appear in the magazine's August 2009 issue.� The publication calculated the average rating of each characteristic and tabulated each property's overall score.
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, currently owns and/or manages 62 hotels under the deluxe Shangri-La and mid‑market Traders brands, with a room inventory of over 28,000.�
