Celebrated Living Magazine Announces Platinum Awards 2016

The annual issue is dedicated to a vetted list of the best resorts, hotels, cruises, fine dining and nightlife spots around the world nominated by a prestigious list of hand-picked judges and voted on by readers.

The 12 expert judges include interior-design trailblazer Kelly Wearstler, James Beard Award-winning Chef Marcus Samuelsson, New York Times best-selling travel author Andrew McCarthy and international architect Zaha Hadid, who contributed to the issue before her untimely death in March.

The 300-plus recommendations from the experts were put online for readers to vote for their favorites, resulting in 10 winners in the following categories: best US resorts, international resorts and golf resorts; elite business, boutique and wellness hotels; best boutique cruise lines; innovative hotel architecture and interior design; top fine-dining and hotel restaurants and lounges.

The winners appear in the summer issue of Celebrated Living magazine for American Airlines (online and inflight) until September 1, 2016.

THE WINNERS ARE:

Best Boutique Hotels Worldwide

Hotel Saint Cecilia, Austin, Texas (pictured at top)
Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado
Claridge’s, London
La Grande Maison, Bordeaux, France
Hotel Costes, Paris
Fasano Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hotel Yountville, Yountville, California
Scalinatella, Capri, Italy
Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia Villa Rene Lalique, Bordeaux, France

Best Wellness Hotels Worldwide

Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, Ojai, California
Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
The Carillon Hotel & Spa, Miami
San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito, California
Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Thailand
Lake Austin Resort and Spa, Austin
Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu
Four Seasons Chiang Mai, Thailand
COMO Shambhala Estate, Bali

Best Golf Resorts in the World

Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California
Fairmont St. Andrews, Scotland
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
The Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia
Trump Doral, Miami
Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic
Turnberry Resort, Scotland
Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina
St. Regis, Punta Mita, Mexico
The K Club, Ireland

Most Innovative Hotel Design Worldwide

Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai
Pikaia Lodge, Galapagos
Envoy Hotel, Boston
Amangiri, Utah
G-Rough, Rome
The Beaumont, London
Palacio Nazarenas, Peru
Montaña Mágica Lodge in the Huilo Huilo Reserve, Patagonia Marques de Riscal, Spain

Best Interior Design

The Art Hotel, Denver
Four Seasons Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, France
Armani hotel, Dubai
JK Place, Capri, Italy
The Baccarat, New York City
One & Only Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico
Capri Tiberio Palace, Italy
The Parker Palm Springs, California
Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Florida
El Fenn, Marrakech, Morocco

Best Resorts in the United States

Montage Laguna Beach, California
Ocean House, Watch Hill Rhode Island
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Florida
Halekulani, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Standard, Miami Beach
The Greenbriar, West Virginia
Faena resort, Miami Beach
Wynn, Las Vegas
St. Regis Bal Harbour, Florida
Four Seasons, Vail, Colorado

Best International Resorts

Four Seasons George V, Paris
Amanyara, Turks and Caicos
Hamilton Princess and Beach Club, Hamilton, Bermuda
Singita Grumeti Faru Faru Lodge, Tanzania
One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Kulm Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Ritz-Carlton, Phulay Bay, Thailand
Belmond La Semanna, St. Martin
Finca Cortesin, Spain
Sujan in Rajasthan, India

Best Business Hotels Worldwide

Mandarin Oriental, Miami
St. Regis, New York
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
JW Marriott, Denver
Aman, Tokyo
The Warwick Hotel Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Four Seasons, Mexico City
Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris
Peninsula, Shanghai
Viceroy L’Ermitage, Los Angeles

Best Boutique Cruises Worldwide

Silversea
Regent Seven Seas
Seabourn
AQUA
Windstar Cruises
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise’s S.S. Antoinette
Tauck River cruises
SeaDream
Un-Cruise Adventures
Lindblad Expeditions

Best Restaurants in the World

Noma, Copenhagen
French Laundry, Yountville, California
Charley’s Steak House, Tampa
Eleven Madison Park, New York City
El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
Parador La Huella, Jose Ignacio, Uruguay
Trois Mec, Los Angeles
Le Bernardin, New York City
Sant Ambroeus, New York City
Saison, San Francisco

Best Hotel Restaurants in the World

Scarpetta, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas
Restaurant Le Louis XV, Hotel de Paris Epicure, Le Bristol Hotel, Paris
Viviane, Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills
Belmond Le Manoir, Oxford, England
Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, California
Lung King Heen, Four Seasons, Hong Kong
É by Jose Andres, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas
Victoria & Alberts at Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando
Emiliano Restaurant, Emiliano, São Paolo, Brazil

Best Hotel Bars

King Cole Bar, St Regis, New York City
Long Bar, Raffles Singapore
Elephant Bar, NoMad Hotel, New York City
The Tower Bar, Sunset Tower Hotel, Los Angeles
Gansevoort Meatpacking, New York City
Armani Prive, Armani hotel, Milano
The NoMad Library bar, The NoMad Hotel, New York City
LeBua Sky Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
Bemelmans Bar, The Carlyle Hotel, New York City
Fifty Mils, Four Seasons, Mexico City