Relais & Châteaux Dominates Top UK Holiday Hotels at Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Awards 2013

Sept. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- Britain’s most discerning travel readership gave a ringing endorsement to Relais & Châteaux (www.relaischateaux.com) properties at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards 2013.  Five of the top 10 UK Holiday Hotels are Relais & Châteaux members, including the category winner, Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxfordshire, and nine made the top 20.

The four other Relais & Châteaux members in the top ten are Lime Wood in Hampshire, Chewton Glen in Hampshire, Gidleigh Park in Devon and Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa in Wiltshire; those in the top 20 are Whatley Manor in Wiltshire, The Vineyard at Stockcross and The Waterside Inn in Berkshire, and The Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath.  Malcolm Lewis, chairman of the UK Steering Committee for Relais & Châteaux said: ‘to get almost half the top 20 hotels in this most prestigious of awards is a fantastic achievement - and well deserved.’

A total of 17 Relais & Châteaux properties worldwide were recognised during the evening: the UK properties already mentioned, plus Son Brull Hotel & Spa in Mallorca, Château La Chèvre d’Or in France, Eden Rock in St Barth’s, Singita Gurmeti in Tanzania, Ellerman House in South Africa, Huka Lodge (voted number one in the Top Overseas Holiday Hotel in Australasia & The South Pacific), Otahuna Lodge and Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand.

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