Every year, Forbes Travel Guide releases its list of Star Rated hotels from around the world. Recently Forbes named 22 new hotels from such new destinations as Bali, Barcelona, Bogota, Budapest, Cartagena, County Kildare in Ireland, Dublin, Kyoto, Lima, Lisbon, Manila, Melbourne, Monte Carlo, Munich, Osaka, Santiago, Seoul, St. Tropez, Sydney, Venice, and Zurich.
Forbes sends expert inspectors to hotels who anonymously inspect each hotel they rate by about 800 factors from the quality of service to the overall condition of the property.
Here is a list of recent additions to their 5 Star Hotels list:
- Belmond Hotel Cipriani, Venice
- Crown Towers Melbourne, Australia
- The Darling, Pyrmont, Australia
- Faena Hotel Miami Beach
- Fairmont Grand Del Mar, San Diego
- Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
- Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
- Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
- Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel, Côte d’Azur, France
- 41 Hotel 41, London
- Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona
- Mandarin Oriental, Taipei
- Marco Polo Ortigas Manila
- Portrait Roma, Lungarno Collection, Rome
- The Resort at Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas
- Ritz Paris
- The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street
- The Ritz-Carlton Macau
- Sky Tower at Solaire Resort and Casino, Manila
- Solage, An Auberge Resort , Calistoga, Calif.
- The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Puerto Rico
- The Villas at Ayana Resort , Bali