A Presentation of the 50 best hotels in the world based on a 2011 survey by Travel and Leisure.

1. World's Best Hotels 2011

2. The results of Travel + Leisure’s annual reader survey are in! Which are the world’s best hotels of 2011?

3. No. 49 Stephanie Inn Hotel Cannon Beach, OREGON, U.S. Score: 93.14

4. No. 49 Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai Score: 93.14

5. No. 48 One & Only Palmilla Los Cabos, Mexico Score: 93.22

6. No. 46 Mandarin Oriental Tokyo Score: 93.33

7. No. 46 Hotel Splendido Portofino, Italy Score: 93.33

8. No. 45 Londolozi Private Game Reserve Kruger South Africa Score: 93.39

9. No. 44 Peninsula Chicago Score: 93.42

10. No. 43 Taj Lake Palace Udaipur, India Score: 93.43

11. No. 41 Eliot Hotel Boston Score: 93.47

12. No. 41 Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel Peru Score: 93.47

13. No. 40 Peninsula Bangkok Score: 93.49

14. No. 39 Singita Kruger National Park (Lebombo Lodge, Sweni Lodge) South Africa Score: 93.50

15. No. 38 Sofitel Metropole Hanoi Vietnam Score: 93.51

16. No. 37 InterContinental Resort & Thalasso Spa Bora Bora French Polynesia Score: 93.56

17. No. 36 Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole Wyoming Score: 93.60

18. No. 35 Plaza Athénée Paris, France Score: 93.63

19. No. 34 Hotel Villa Cipriani Asolo, Italy Score: 93.75

20. No. 33 Le Quartier Francais (Franschhoek) Western Cape, South Africa Score: 93.82

21. No. 32 San Ysidro Ranch, A Rosewood Resort Santa Barbara, CA Score: 93.86

22. No. 31 Lapa Palace Lisbon, Portugal Score: 93.87

23. No. 30 Westin Turnberry Resort Turnberry, Scotland Score: 93.88

24. No. 29 Ritz-Carlton, Beijing Financial Street Score: 94.00

25. No. 28 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Hawaii Score: 94.04

26. No. 27 Stein Eriksen Lodge Park City, UT Score: 94.32

27. No. 26 Couples Tower Isle St. Mary, Jamaica Score: 94.33

28. No. 24 Blackberry Farm Walland, TN, United States Score: 94.40

29. No. 24 The Stafford London Score: 94.40

30. No. 23 Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Score: 94.49

31. No. 22 Little Palm Island Resort & Spa Little Torch Key, FL, United States Score: 94.56

32. No. 21 Hotel Caruso Ravello, Italy Score: 94.75

33. No. 20 Mombo and Little Mombo Camps Okavango Delta, Botswana Score: 94.82

34. No. 19 Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires Score: 94.97

35. No. 18 Ngorongoro Crater Lodge Ngorongoro, Tanzania Score: 95.14

36. No. 16 Four Seasons Resort Carmelo Uruguay Score: 95.20

37. No. 16 La Résidence Phou Vao Luang Prabang, Laos Score: 95.20

38. No. 15 Nisbet Plantation Beach Club Nevis Score: 95.24

39. No. 14 Oberoi Amarvilas Agra, India Score: 95.33

40. No. 13 Explora en Rapa Nui Posada de Mike Rapu Easter Island Score: 95.47

41. No. 12 Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Nanyuki Score: 95.64

42. No. 11 Lodge at Kauri Cliffs Matauri Bay, New Zealand Score: 96.25

43. No. 10 Serengeti Migration Camp Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Score: 96.50

44. No. 9 Kirawira Camp Western Serengeti Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Score: 96.71

45. No. 8 Oberoi Rajvilas Jaipur, India Score: 96.92

46. No. 7 Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai, Thailand Score: 97.00

47. No. 6 Triple Creek Ranch Darby, MT, United States Score: 97.10

48. No. 5 Oberoi Udaivilas Udaipur, India Score: 97.70

49. No. 4 ol Donyo Lodge Mbirikani Group Ranch Kenya Score: 97.71

50. No. 3 Royal Malewane Kruger, South Africa Score: 97.88

51. No. 2 Singita Sabi Sand at Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve (Ebony Lodge, Boulders Lodge, Castleton Camp) Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa Score: 97.95

52. No. 1 Singita Grumeti Reserves (Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp, Faru Faru Lodge) Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Score: 98.44

53. A Zen Story To Reflect Upon - TRANSIENT A famous spiritual teacher came to the front door of the King's palace. He entered and made his way to where the King himself was sitting on his throne. "What do you want?" asked the King, immediately recognizing the visitor. "I would like a place to sleep in this HOTEL ," replied the teacher. "But this is not a HOTEL ," said the King, "It is my palace." "May I ask who owned this palace before you?" "My father. He is dead." "And who owned it before him?" "My grandfather. He too is dead." "And this place where people live for a short time and then move on - did I hear you say that it is NOT a HOTEL ?" For Your Reflection * Our life on earth is transient … possessions are not really our own. It’s like a brief stay in a Hotel. * May we live a happy, righteous and worthy life.

54. Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania has been named the best hotel in the world 2011 by magazine Travel + Leisure. The End ‘ May we live meaningfully in this transient life’ With Metta, Bro. Oh Teik Bin