Four Red Carnation Hotels Make The Travel+Leisure Magazine World's Best Awards List, Including The Top Spot For World's Best Hotel

    LONDON, ENGLAND, July 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Red Carnation, the luxury collection of 5 and 4 star family-run boutique hotels, is delighted to announce four of its hotels received prestigious awards within Travel+Leisure magazine's World's Best Awards in 2009, including the top spot for Best Hotel in the World.

Travel+Leisure magazine's 14th annual World's Best poll asks readers to vote for the world's best cities, islands, hotels, cruises, and airlines. Travel+Leisure, regarded as one of the world's leading travel lifestyle magazines, has a monthly circulation of almost one million readers internationally.

Having been rated against the finest hotels around the globe, Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat was voted the Best Hotel in the World in the 2009 Travel+Leisure World's Best Awards Reader's Survey. Bushmans Kloof was also voted No.1 in the Lodges + Resort category for Africa and the Middle East. The exclusive 5-star wilderness retreat sits at the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains, some 270km north of Cape Town, South Africa. Since its inception in 1996, Bushmans Kloof has consistently received worldwide recognition, not only for its renowned hospitality, service and facilities, but also for its dedication to restoring and preserving the natural beauty of the 7500-hectare reserve.

The 5-star Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, Cape Town, South Africa, renowned for its superb accommodation, signature menus, stand alone location and award winning spa was voted No.1 City Hotel in Africa and the Middle East and the No. 1 Hotel Spa in Africa and the Middle, and No.15 in the Best Hotels in the World.

Travel+Leisure's Number 5 spot in the Small City Hotel's category for Europe went to 41, a 5-star luxury boutique hotel in London. Situated opposite Buckingham Palace's Royal Mews, T+L describes 41 as a "discreet and private retreat with a private club air". This subtle symphony of high technology and pure luxury is a haven for the business-savvy traveler and a cocoon for the discriminating guest.

The Milestone Hotel in london, a 5-star luxury hotel of 57 rooms and 6 apartments, was placed in the Number 10 spot in the Small City Hotel's category for Europe. Situated opposite Kensington Palace and Hyde Park, "a refined, residential feel, thanks to its intimate size and personal gestures like sweets at turndown", is how T+L describes the atmosphere at The Milestone. Highlights of a stay at The Milestone include traditional English cream tea in the Park Lounge, cocktails in the Stables bar, and dinner in Cheneston's restaurant, which Tatler magazine has described as 'a brilliant address to have up your sleeve'.

Jonathan Raggett, Managing Director of The Red Carnation Hotel Collection said, "This is an enormous accolade for our collection. Mrs Tollman, our Founder and President, and I are absolutely thrilled that four of our hotels were recognized with such a prestigious award, especially winning the top spot for Best Hotel in the World for Bushmans Kloof. Our fourteen hotels are absolutely committed to providing caring, attentive service, by going the extra mile when it comes to those all-important touches, listening to guests and most importantly, welcoming them to their 'home away from home'. These awards are a testament to our dedicated and passionate teams."

Red Carnation Hotels' sister company Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection was voted in the Number Nine slot of the Small Ships Cruise Lines awards. Uniworld features intimate, elegant boutique, hotel-style cruise ships with an average capacity of 134 guests, award-winning staff with a ratio of one staff member for every three guests, world-class cuisine, and expertly planned itineraries with custom-blended shore excursions. The company offers over 500 departures on more than 40 itineraries sailing on 12 rivers in over 20 countries throughout Europe, Egypt, China and Russia.

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RED CARNATION is a boutique collection of 5 and 4 star family run hotels.

LONDON: The Milestone Hotel, overlooking Kensington Palace; "41", overlooking Buckingham Palace's Royal Mews; The Egerton House Hotel, in Knightsbridge; The Rubens at the Palace, opposite Buckingham Palace; The Montague on the Gardens, adjacent to the British Museum; The Chesterfield Mayfair, in the heart of Mayfair.
DORSET: Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant & Spa, Evershot.
GUERNSEY: The Old Government House Hotel & Spa, Channel Islands.
GENEVA: Hotel d'Angleterre, Geneva, Switzerland.
PALM BEACH: The Chesterfield Palm Beach, Florida.
SOUTH AFRICA: The Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa, Cape Town, Bushman's Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Retreat, in the heart of the Cederberg Mountains in the Western Cape.

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