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Newsletter - September 17, 2002

Institutional Investor World’s Best Hotels Survey names Four Seasons Seattle as Nr 1

The Institutional Investor Magazine announced the results of it’s 22nd annual World’s Best Hotels Survey, a signature feature which ranks the world’s most prestigious hotels.

Four Seasons Seattle jumps from twelfth place last year with a score of 90.3 to claim the top spot this year, narrowly edging the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. These two hotels were separated by only a few hundredths of a point – the closes margin ever.

More than 100 senior financial executives from 31 countries, who averaged 61 nights a year at hotels last year, voted in the poll.

Rankings:

1   Four Seasons, Seattle (2001: 12th)
2   Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore (2001: 6th)
3   Four Seasons, Chicago (2001: 4th)
4   The Oriental, Bangkok (2001: 3rd)
5   Lanesborough London (2001: none)
6   Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco (2001: 1st)
6   Ritz, Paris (2001: 24th)
8   Four Seasons, Singapore (2001: 14th)
9   Ritz-Carlton Arts, Barcelona (2001: none)
10 Beverley Hills, Los Angeles (2001: 28)

11 Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco (2001: 33rd)
12 Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul (2001: 22nd)
13 Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (2001: 36th)
14 Peninsula, Hong Kong (2001: 15th)
15 Bristol, Paris (2001: 2nd)
16 Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong (2001: 43rd)
17 Four Seasons, New York (2001: 30th)
18 St. Regis, New York (2001: 16th)
19 Villa Magna, Madrid (2001: 39th)
20 Shangri-la, Singapore (2001: 26th)

21 Shangri-La, Bangkok (2001:  -  )
22 Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, Atlanta (2001: 50th)
23 Grand Hyatt Shanghai (2001:  -  )
24 Ritz-Carlton (Four Seasons),  Chicago (2001: 17th)
25 Crillon, Paris (2001:  -  )
26 Peninsula, New York (2001: 31st)
27 Berkley, London (2001: 47th)
28 Hassler Villa Medici, Rome (2001:  -  )
29 Sukhothai, Bangkok (2001: none)
30 Alvear Palace, Buenos Aires (2001:  -  )

31 Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London (2001:  -   )
32 Connaught, London (2001: 32nd)
33 Four Seasons Ritz, Madrid (2001:  -  )
34 Baur au Lac, Zurich (2001: 25th)
35 Raffles, Singapore (2001: none)
36 Claridge's, London (2001: 54th)
37 Island Shangri-la, Hong Kong (2001: 39th)
38 Ritz, Madrid (2001: 53rd)
39 Four Seasons, Boston (2001: 19th)
40 Four Seasons, Mexico City (2001: 21st)

41Hay-Adams, Washington (2001: 73rd)
42 Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur (2001:  -  )
43 Park Hyatt, Sydney (2001: 5th)
44 Four Seasons, Washington (2001: 36th)
45 Principe di Savoia, Milan (2001: 60th)
46 Four Seasons George V, Paris (2001:  13th)
46 Pierre, New York (2001: 41st)
48 New York Palace, New York (2001: 43rd)
49 Mandarin, Singapore (2001: -  )
50 Fullerton, Singapore (2001: -  )

51 Conrad, Hong Kong (2001: 58th)
52 Bayerischer Hof, Munich (2001: 64th)
53 Boston Harbor, Boston (2001: 61st)
54 Four Seasons, London (2001: 27th)
55 Meridien Grosvenor House, London (2001: 75th)
56 Plaza, New York (2001: 69th)
57 Makati Shangri-La, Manila (2001: -   )
58 Ritz-Carlton Boston Common, Boston (2001: -   )
59 Amstel Intercontinental, Amsterdam (2001: 49)
60 Okura, Tokyo (2001: 40th)

61 Dorchester, London (2001: 23rd)
62 Willard Intercontinental, Washington (2001 - 46th)
63 Plaza Athenee, Paris (2001: -  )
64 Hessischer Hof, Frankfurt (2001: -  )
65 Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong  (2001: -  )
66 Intercontinental, Paris (2001: -  )
67 Savoy, London (2001: 67th)
68 Fairmont, San Franzisco (2001: 38th)
69 Churchill Intercontinental, London (2001: -  )
70 Grand Hyatt, Seoul  (2001:  -  )

71 Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt  (2001: 68th)
72 Dolder Grand, Zurich (2001: 55th)
73 Waldorf Towes, New York (2001: 80th)
74 Westin Chosun, Seoul (2001: -  )
75 Meridien, Boston (2001: 62nd)