Conde Nast Traveller: The Readers’ Travel Awards 2011
As for Australasia and the South Pacific, the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort in French Polynesia achieved sufficiently high scores across the board to propel it into first place for Australasia and the South Pacific, helped by its location on Bora Bora’s famous blue lagoon.
Elsewhere, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa in Australia’s Blue Mountains was selected for value for money and Freycinet Lodge in Tasmania for its environmental friendliness.
Winners were:
1 InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa
2 Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, Blue Mountains
3 Freycinet Lodge, Tasmania,
4 Park Hyatt Sydney
5 Qualia, Hamilton Island,
6 Longitude 131˚, Uluru,
7 Blanket Bay, Glenorchy, New Zealand
8 Kauri Cliffs, Matauri Bay, New Zealand
9 Saffire Freycinet, Tasmania
10 Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island
11 Hayman, Great Barrier Reef
12 The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
13 The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
14 Bamurru Plains, Northern Territory
15 Lilianfels Blue Mountains
16 Capella Lodge, Lord Howe Island
17 Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef
18 Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand
19 Wharekauhau Lodge and Country Estate, Wairarapa, New Zealand
20 Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef
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