The list’s top 10 includes stunning properties across Europe, Southeast Asia and North America

What does it take to be named one of the best hotels in the world in 2025? Today, La Liste – the global authority behind the ‘Top 1,000 restaurants’ – reveals its hotly anticipated hotel ranking, spotlighting the most exceptional stays around the world.

La Liste overall hotel winners

This year, 10 standout properties share the top honour with an elite score of 99.5:

• La Réserve Paris
• The Connaught and The Savoy (London)
• Il San Pietro di Positano 
• Cheval Blanc Paris
• J.K. Place Capri
• Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
• The Peninsula Shanghai
• The Peninsula Chicago
• Rosewood Mayakoba (Mexico)

La Liste’s ranking is powered by a unique, transparent algorithm that aggregates hundreds of guidebooks, trusted media titles, and online guest reviews to deliver a true global consensus. 

 The 2025 edition also honours trailblazers redefining luxury travel, with special awards in six categories: sustainability, innovation, style and design, heart and soul,  hotel openings of the year (emerging destinations), and hidden gems.