Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards

The Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards are the world's largest reader-survey travel ranking, published since 1988. Nearly 500,000 voters participated in 2024. Released in October. Categories include best hotels by region, best cities, best airlines, best cruises, and best spas. Methodology: readers can only rate properties where they've actually stayed within the past 24 months. For travelers, Readers' Choice has direct commercial impact: top 5 hotels in a region typically see a 15-25% increase in reservation requests in the three months that follow. A property listed on both Gold List and Readers' Choice is the gold standard of editorial plus commercial credibility.