New York tops magazine list
New York was No. 1 for the eighth consecutive year when Travel + Leisure published their top 10 cities in the US and Canada.
For the first time, however, Savannah, Ga., has made the list, based on reader surveys.
it on to Travel + Leisure’s list of top 10 cities in the U.S. and Canada for the first time, according to the results of a magazine reader survey.
New York was followed by San Francisco, Chicago, Charleston, S.C., and Santa Fe Next. Three Canadian cities, Quebec City, Montreal and Vancouver, were next. Savannah was ninth on the list and the British Columbia city of Victoria was No. 10.
Among world cities, Bangkok was named No. 1, followed by Buenos Aires; Cape Town, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; Florence, Italy; Cuzco, Peru; Rome; New York; Istanbul, Turkey, and San Francisco.
Top hotel on the US. and Canadian list was Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Mont. The One & Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas took top spot for Caribbean lodgings.
On the world’s best islands list, the Galapagos was No. 1, while Vieques, Puerto Rico, was named best island in the Caribbean. Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island topped the island list for the U.S. and Canada.
Virgin America won the prize for best domestic airline. Crystal Cruises took the title of world’s best large-ship cruise line, while Silversea Cruises was named the No. 1 small-ship cruise line. Hertz ranked No. 1 among rental car agencies, and Singapore Airlines was named top international airline.
The complete 2008 results, including top 100 hotels, are available online now at Travel + Leisure’s August issue.
Report by David Wilkening
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