The 2012 "Around the World in 90 Days" Travel Awards

"While we are postponing, life speeds by." - Seneca 

       AND THE WINNERS    
     ARE:

1) Best Luxury Hotel: Burj al Arab (Dubai)

2) Best Luxury Hotel Chain: Shangri-La (Singapore, Tokyo, 

    Hong Kong)

3) Best Airline First Class Cabin: All Nippon Airways (ANA)- 

    Japan

4) Best Airline First Class Service: All Nippon Airways (ANA),  

     Lufthansa

5)  Best Airline Business Class Sevice: Singapore Airlines

6)  Best Hotel Concierge Service: Burj al Arab (Dubai),    

     Shangri-La (Hong Kong and Tokyo)

7)  Best Individual Concierge (Steve Warmerdam (Burj al 

     Arab, Dubai), Melania Milbert (Fairmount Monte Carlo)

8)  Place I would most want to live if I could afford it: Monte 
     Carlo, Monaco

9)  Country with the most courteous people: Japan       

10)Country with the best food: Italy

11)Best experience: Camel Trek in the Al Liwa Desert (Abu 

     Dhabi)

12)Best Luxury Travel Consultant: Linda Barber

13)Country with the most friendly people: Brazil

14)Best Hotel "get things done" Person: Guillerrmo Tapia - 

    (Sheraton Rio- Brazil)

15)Most interesting Pool:  57th Floor Infinity Pool at Marina 

     Bay Sands (Singapore)

16)Nicest Pool Area: Grand Lapa (Macau)

17)Nicest Hotel Perk for Children: Wild Wadi Water Park 

     (Burj al Arab- Dubai)

18)Nicest Hotel Suite: Burj al Arab (Dubai)

19)Nicest Beach: Barra da Tijuca (Brazil)

20)Best Hotel Breakfast  Buffet: Shangri-La (Hong Kong), 

     Fairmount (Monte Carlo), Shangri-La Singapore

21)Best Hotel Dinner Buffet: Junsui Restaurant at the Burj al 

     Arab (Dubai)

22)Most Elegant Hotel Concierge Lounge: Shangri-La (Hong 

     Kong)

23)Best Hotel Concierge Lounge Service: Sheraton Rio 

     (Brazil)

24)Best Hotel Concierge Perk:  washing and pressing all 

     your clothes (Valley Wing at the Shangri-La Singapore

25)Most spectacular natural sight: Rochers-de-Naye 

     Mountain (Swiss Alps, Switzerland)

26)Most spectacular manmade sight: Great Mosque (Abu 

     Dhabi)

27)Best View: Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado and Pao de 

     Açucar Mountains

28)Best Kid's Experience: DisneySea (Tokyo)

29)Most Beautiful City: Venice

30)Nicest Spa Service: Burj al Arab (Dubai)

31)Best Massage: Sheraton Rio (Brazil)

32)Best Spa Treatment: Oxygen Facial (Fairmount Monte 

     Carlo)

33)Best Water View: Lake Geneva from Montreux, Lake 

     Como from Bellaggio

34)Most interesting Experience: Glass-Blowing on the Island 

     of Murano (Venice)

35)Most Beautiful Hotel Setting: San Clemente Palace (San 

     Clemente Island, Venice)

36)Most  Serene Hotel Setting: Royal Palace (Montreux, 

     Switzerland)

37)Most Beautiful View from Hotel Room: Mediterranean Sea 

     from the Fairmount Monte Carlo

38)Best Airport Lounge; Lufthansa First Class Lounge 

     (Frankfurt, Germany)

39)Best Airport Lounge Food: Noodle Bar at All Nippon 

     Airways (ANA) Business Lounge (Hong Kong) 

40)Most Beautiful Church: San Maurizio (Milan, Italy)

41)Most Beautiful House of Worship Setting: Buddhist 

     Temples (Kamakura, Japan)

42)Best Airline Business Class Cabin: Singapore Airlines

43)Most Fun Kid's Attraction: Luge Ride at Sentosa Island  

    (Singapore)

44)Best Ice Cream: Gelateria Grom (Italy)

45)Best Chocolate: Lac Patisserie (Nice, France)

46)Best Steak: La Maison du Steak (Geneva, Switzerland)

47)Best Mode of Transport to Airport: Helicopter from Monte 

     Carlo to French Riviera Airport (Nice, France)

48)Best Luxury Hotel Experience: Burj Al Arab (Dubai)

49)Best Luxury Hotel Management Team: Heinrich Morio, 

     Ahmed Ereiba and Stephanie Zawada of the Burj al Arab,

     (Dubai)

50)Most Incredible Feeling: Coming Home and Wanting to Do 

     It All Over Again!!!!!