Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump Pictures: Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump attend Travel + Leisure Magazine World's Best Awards 2010 held at Trump Soho on July 21, 2010 in New York City.
Bangkok, Thailand; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Florence, Italy; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and Rome, Italy are the top five cities overall in Travel + Leisure’s 2010 World’s Best Awards readers’ survey. The Best City Overall, Bangkok, returns to the No. 1 spot, having last held that ranking in 2008, and this year marks San Miguel de Allende’s debut on the Top Ten Overall list. New Orleans and Washington D.C., which have not ranked on T+L’s list of Top Ten Cities in the U.S. and Canada since 2005 and 2001, rank No. 7 and No. 10 this year, respectively. With the increased popularity of river cruising, T+L has added a new 2010 category: World’s Best River Cruises; Abercrombie & Kent takes the top spot in this category. The Galápagos regains its title as World’s Best Islands from 2008 (Bali took the title in 2009). In the World’s Best Hotels Overall category, there are 31 properties in the U.S. and Canada—up 11 percent from last year and more than any other region this year.
Two companies have held onto their No. 1 rankings every year since the poll began in 1996: Crystal Cruises (Best Large-Ship Cruise Line) and Singapore Airlines (Best International Airline). The 2010 results, including the Top 100 Hotels Overall, Top 50 Resorts in the Continental U.S. and Canada, Top 10 Cities Overall, and Top 10 Domestic Airlines, among other lists, are featured on www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest now and in Travel + Leisure’s August issue, available on newsstands July 23.
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