America’s best hotel?
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A little poofy for me, but JFK liked it.
In 2008, I edited the Forbes Traveler 400, a list of the world’s best hotels. Unlike other travel publications, we didn’t rely on our desk-jobbing, “aspirational travel” subscribers. Instead, I enlisted a bunch of celebs, CEOs and travel industry pros. (Honestly, do you trust your Lumbergh-clone cubicle mate to know anything about nice hotels?) MSNBC recently ran my Best Hotel in America story, a spinoff from the FT400:
The destination that took top honors as America’s Best Hotel happens to be located on a historic California property. In 1769, while Spanish soldiers were busy building a presidio to defend Santa Barbara, a Franciscan friar named Junipero Serra was busy building a series of missions to save the area’s souls. For his tenth such retreat, he found a peaceful, isolated spot in Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara. In the early 1800s, Father Serra’s mission was converted to a citrus ranch; then, in 1893, a hacienda was built — and San Ysidro Ranch welcomed its first guests.
The complete FT400 can be found here. It’s pretty useful, if I say so myself. Using this list, my girlfriend and I planned two+ weeks in Indonesia. (Hint: Amanjiwo.)
Where is America’s best hotel? [MSNBC]
Forbes Traveler 400 [ForbesTraveler.com]
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