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The hotels, airlines, airports  that clients consider to be the best in 2006*
You would probably agree that business people know best about hotels, air companies and airports. People related to business are forced to stay in hotels more than half of a year due to business matters, and as a result, they naturally become travel experts. Conde Nest Traveler magazine conducts an annual survey to find out business travelers’ opinions about tourism companies. Based on collected data, a list is made of the hotels, air companies and airports which best satisfy the needs of business travelers.

International hotels
There is no dominant trade mark on the international hotel rating scale. The Dorchester, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hyatt, InterContinental, JW Marriott and Pan Pacific hold the highest positions. Asia is the leader among the continents for business travel: half of the 10 most frequently visited hotels which business travelers mentioned,are located in Asia.

THE BEST INTERNATIONAL HOTELS:
1. Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris: http://www.fourseasons.com/paris/
2. InterContinental, Hong Kong: http://www.hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com/
3. JW Marriott, Mexico: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/MEXJW
4. Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/MEXJW
5. Grand Hyatt, Tokyo: http://tokyo.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
6. Park Hyatt, Tokyo: http://tokyo.park.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
7. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo: http://www.imperialhotel.co.jp
8. Dorchester Hotel, London: http://www.thedorchester.com/
9. Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong: http://hongkong.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
10. Pan Pacific, Vancouver: http://vancouver.panpacific.com/

Hotels in the USA
The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago is rated number one. Even though this hotel has been operating only five years, business travellers have chosen it as the best owing to its convenient location - the city centre. All rooms have online service, free of charge; food and drinks can be ordered from one of the best city restaurants 24 hours a day. The Four Seasons (including the Ritz - Carlton in Chicago) hotel group is undoubtedly the leader. Six out of the ten chosen best hotels in the USA belong to the Four Seasons.

1. The Peninsula, Chicago: http://chicago.peninsula.com/
2. Four Seasons, Chicago: http://www.fourseasons.com/chicagofs/
3. St. Regis, New York: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/stregis/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=81
4. Four Seasons, Boston: http://www.fourseasons.com/boston/
5. The Peninsula, Beverly Hills: http://beverlyhills.peninsula.com/
6. Four Seasons, New York: http://www.fourseasons.com/newyorkfs/
7. Four Seasons, San Francisco: http://www.fourseasons.com/sanfrancisco/
8. Ritz-Carlton, Chicago: http://www.fourseasons.com/chicagorc/
9. Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco: http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/san_francisco/
10. Four Seasons, Austin: http://www.fourseasons.com/austin/

THE BEST AIRLINES:
1. Virgin Atlantic
2. Singapore Airlines
3. SAS
4. British Airways
5. South African Airways
6. Continental
7. Swiss
8. Lufthansa
9. KLM
10. Delta

THE BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS:
1. Singapore airport
2. Hong Kong airport
3. Zurich airport
4. Amsterdam airport
5. Copenhagen airport
6. Munich airport
7. Tel Aviv airport
8. Sidney airport
9. Reykjavik airport
10. Osaka airport

*Data is based on the results of research carried out by Conde Nest Traveler magazine