Here are the 50 best hotels in the world: almost half are in Asia, four Italians
The third edition of the World's 50 Best Hotels elects Tokyo as the capital of luxury hospitality. Passalacqua on Lake Como is the best hotel in Europe. In Italy, hotels in Florence, Rome and Porto Ercole also won awards
It is an all-Asian podium that of the 2025 edition of the World's 50 Best Hotels, the annual ranking that rewards excellence in global hospitality - it is the same organisation behind the 50 Best Restaurants and 50 Best Bars - unveiled last night in London.
The best hotel in the world is the Rosewood Hong Kong, which rises to the top spot (it was third last year): opened in 2019 and overlooking Victoria Harbour, the hotel occupies 43 floors of the Rosewood Tower with 413 rooms and is the quintessence of contemporary luxury and service culture. It is followed by the Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River in second place and the Capella Bangkok in third.
Fourth is Passalacqua: the fairy-tale 18th-century residence on Lake Como wins the Best Boutique Hotel award (and, once again, is the best hotel in Europe), perfectly embodying an Italian hospitality model centred on authenticity and identity, ties with the territory and personalisation of the experience. Four Italians in total make the list, a rather positive result, taking into account an international map of luxury hospitality that is increasingly rich and competitive: the Four Seasons Firenze, with its aristocratic side, rises from 19th to ninth place, the Bvlgari Hotel Roma goes straight to 22nd place - confirming itself as the most ambitious and interesting opening in recent years.
The dominance of Asia is certified by the numbers: there are no less than twenty establishments in the rankings, including four in Tokyo - Bvlgari Tokyo (No. 15), Aman Tokyo (25), Janu Tokyo (37) and The Tokyo Edition Toranomon (45) - and three in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Dubai. The Old Continent defends itself with 17 addresses: in addition to the four Italians, there are five hotels in the United Kingdom (four in London, including Claridge's at No. 16) and four in France (three in Paris, with Le Bristol at No. 19).
Here are the other hotels in the top ten: Raffles Singapore (No. 5), Atlantis The Royal, Dubai (6), Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (7) Chablé Yucatán, Chocholá (8) and Upper House Hong Kong (10). As far as the performance of individual brands is concerned, Four Seasons wins the Most Admired Hotel Group Award, and places three hotels in the list.
