July 11, 2007

St. Regis, Ritz-Carlton/Battery Park climb '07 T+L list

Travel + Leisure is out with its annual readers' survey of the world's best 2007 lists, and while NYC ranks as the No. 6 best city in the world, not a single one of its hotels lands on the "100 best" places to spend a night.

However, nine do make it it on the list of best hotels in the United States and Canada. Among the eyebrow-raisers: the Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park (its outdoor bar pictured at left,) zooms up to No. 39, while the Ritz-Carlton, Central Park drops to 80 from No. 39 in 2006.

The recently renovated St. Regis Hotel also made a respectable climb, to No. 22 from 66 a year ago.

The best hotels in New York City:

No. 22 (66 last year) St. Regis Hotel
No. 23 (75 last year) The Lowell
No. 39 (not ranked in '06) Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park
No. 45 (83 last year) Four Seasons Hotel
No. 63 (63 last year) Trump International Hotel & Tower
No. 66 (not ranked in '06) The Peninsula
No. 80 (37 last year) Ritz-Carlton, Central Park
No. 81 (81last year) Mandarin Oriental
No. 96 (not ranked in '06) Hôtel Plaza Athénée

The Gramercy Park Hotel was also named to the "15 to watch" list.

Related: T+L's archived coverage of NY.

Earlier: Original 'Old King Cole' mural returns to namesake bar
The Lowell tops the Post's best NY hotels list for '07
Travel + Leisure: NYC hotels not even in Top 30
A Ritz-Carlton suite with personalized fireworks show
St. Regis is NYC's best hotel - Travel + Leisure '05
Links: the official websites of New York City hotels

July 11, 2007 08:48 AM in Downtown, Hotelology, Midtown, Upper East Side

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