An expert on luxury hotels and resorts, Jennifer Ashton Ryan has visited the following properties…

U.S. & NORTH AMERICA

Arizona :: (Resorts) PHOENIX The Boulders, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, Royal Palms Resort and Spa, Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia

British Colombia :: (Resorts) VANCOUVER ISLAND Wickaninnish Inn, Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Long Beach Lodge Resort WHISTLER Four Seasons Resort Whistler CANADIAN ROCKIES Bighorn Revelstoke (Hotels) VICTORIA Inn at Laurel Point VANCOUVER Fairmont Pacific Rim, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver, Wedgewood Hotel & Spa, Opus Vancouver, Pan Pacific Vancouver, The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver WHISTLER Adara Hotel Whistler

California :: (Resorts) ORANGE COUNTY The Resort at Pelican Hill, Montage Laguna Beach, The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, St. Regis Monarch Beach SAN DIEGO The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Rancho Valencia, The Grand Del Mar, L’Auberge Del Mar BIG SUR Post Ranch Inn, Ventana Inn & Spa CARMEL VALLEY Pebble Beach Resorts MAMMOTH LAKES The Westin Monache Resort Mammoth OJAI Ojai Valley Inn & Spa SAN MARTIN CordeValle a Rosewood Resort SANTA MONICA Casa del Mar, Channel Road Inn, Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, Shutters at the Beach (Hotels) LOS ANGELES The Peninsula Beverly Hills, The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air, Montage Beverly Hills, Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Beverly Wilshire, Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Fairmont Miramar Hotel SAN FRANCISCO The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, Fairmont San Francisco, The St. Regis San Francisco, Mandarin Oriental Hotel San Francisco

Colorado :: (Resorts) ASPEN Hotel Jerome, The Little Nell, The St. Regis Aspen Resort

Florida :: (Resorts) PALM BEACH Brazilian Court Hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach, Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach (Hotels) MIAMI Delano Hotel

Georgia :: (Hotels) ATLANTA Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, Mandarin Oriental Atlanta, The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta, The St. Regis Atlanta

Hawaii :: (Hotels) WAIKIKI Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk (Resorts) KAUAI Koa Kea Hotel, The St. Regis Princeville Resort

Idaho :: (Resorts) SUN VALLEY Sun Valley Lodge, Thunder Spring (Hotels) BOISE Hotel 43

Maryland :: (Hotels) BALTIMORE Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore

Montana :: (Resorts) PHILIPSBURG The Ranch at Rock Creek

Nevada :: (Resorts) LAS VEGAS Bellagio Las Vegas, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, Palazzo Las Vegas, Palms Place at the Palms, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Las Vegas, The Mansion at MGM Grand, The Signature at MGM Grand, Wynn Las Vegas, Skylofts at MGM Grand

New York :: (Hotels) NEW YORK CITY Four Seasons Hotel New York, Gramercy Park Hotel, The Greenwich Hotel, Hotel Plaza Athenee, St. Regis New York, The Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park

Ontario :: (Hotels) TORONTO Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, Shangri-La Hotel Toronto

Washington :: (Resorts) COLOMBIA RIVER VALLEY Cave B Inn & Spa (Hotels) SEATTLE Hotel 1000, The Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Utah :: (Resorts) PARK CITY Montage Deer Valley, St. Regis Deer Valley, Stein Erikson Lodge (Hotels) PARK CITY The Sky Lodge, Hotel Park City, Washington School House Hotel

EUROPE

England :: (Resorts) ASCOT Coworth Park (Hotels) LONDON The Athenaeum, The Bulgari Hotel London, Corinthia London, The Dorchester, The Halkin, The Lanesborough a St. Regis Hotel, The May Fair London, Metropolitan, One Aldwych, The Ritz London

France :: (Resorts) COURCHEVEL 1850 Cheval Blanc, Le Mélézin LES HOUCHES Les Granges D’en Haut (Hotels) PARIS Park Hyatt Paris Vendome

Germany :: (Hotels) NUREMBERG Carlton Hotel Nuremberg

Italy :: (Resorts) LAKE COMO CastaDiva Resort, Villa d’Este, Villa La Cassinella

The Netherlands :: (Hotels) AMSTERDAM De L’Europe, Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam

Scotland :: (Resorts) HIGHLANDS The Glen Affric Estate PERTHSHIRE Gleneagles

Spain :: (Hotels) BARCELONA Hotel Arts Barcelona

Switzerland :: (Hotels) GENEVA Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva, Le Richemond ZURICH Baur au Lac (Resorts) ANDERMATT The Chedi Andermatt CRANS MONTANA Crans Ambassador, Hotel Royal Crans Montana, LeCrans Hotel & Spa DAVOS InterContinental Davos, Rixos Fluela Davos GSTAAD The Alpina Gstaad, Grand Hotel Park, Gstaad Palace, Le Grand Bellevue ST MORITZ Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, Carlton Hotel, Suvretta House

Turkey :: (Hotels) ISTANBUL Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, The Istanbul Edition, Four Seasons Istanbul at Bosphorus, Les Ottomans

ASIA & THE PACIFIC

Cambodia ::(Resorts) GULF OF THAILAND Song Saa SIEM REAP Amansara (Hotels) PHNOM PENH Raffles Hotel Le Royal

Fiji :: (Resorts) Laucala

India :: (Resorts) UDAIPUR The Leela Palace Udaipur, The Oberoi Udaivilas, Taj Lake Palace (Hotels) DELHI The Leela Palace New Delhi

Japan :: (Resorts) KANAGAWA Gora Kadan (Hotels) TOKYO Hotel Seiyo Ginza, The Peninsula Tokyo, Park Hyatt Tokyo, The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo

New Zealand :: (Resorts) NORTH ISLAND Kauri Cliffs SOUTH ISLAND Matakauri, Silverpine

Thailand :: (Resorts) KO SAMUI Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, The Library, Sila Evason Hideaway KRABI Rayavadee (Hotels) BANGKOK Mandarin Oriental Hotel Bangkok, The Peninsula Bangkok, The Siam,The St. Regis Bangkok

Vietnam :: (Resorts) HOI AN The Nam Hai

CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICA

The Bahamas :: (Resorts) Musha Cay, Pink Sands Resort, Rock House Hotel

British Virgin Islands :: (Resorts) Necker Island

Colombia :: (Resorts) SAN ANDRES Casa Harb (Hotels) CARTAGENA Anandá, La Passion, Tcherassi Hotel and Spa

Chile :: (Resorts) ANDES Puma Lodge by Noi Hotels SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA Awasi, Explora Atacama Hotel de Larache, Tierra Atacama (Hotels) SANTIAGO Hotel Noi Vitacura

Mexico :: (Resorts) TODOS SANTOS Ranch Pescadero, Villa Santa Cruz RIVIERA NAYARIT Four Seasons Punta Mita, Imanta, St. Regis Punta Mita

Panama :: (Resorts) PACIFIC COAST Bristol Buenaventura (Hotels) PANAMA CITY Bristol

St. Barts :: (Resorts) Eden Rock St. Barths, Isle de France, Hotel Guanahani & Spa, Le Sereno Beach Hotel, Le Toiny Hotel StBarts