The best cities in the world (by region) were Sydney, San Francisco, Cape Town, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, and Florence, which surpassed Rome, last year's winner from Europe. Following these two most popular Italian cities are Austrian Salzburg, then another Italian representative – Venice, followed by Vienna, Barcelona, Paris, Bruges, and Siena. Prague returned to the Top 10 for the first time in four years, albeit at the last spot.
San Francisco, Charleston, and New York are traditionally named the most interesting American cities to visit. However, this year New York dropped one position. In North and South America, Conde Nast Traveler readers recommend visiting Vancouver (2nd place), Quebec (3rd), Montreal (7th), Rio de Janeiro (10th), and other cities.
The best islands recognized are Hawaii's Maui, Maldives, Bermuda, and Vancouver. The best European island is the Greek Mykonos.
The best in the categories 'Southern Europe' and 'Northern Europe' are named hotels of Italy (Il Pellicano in Tuscany) and Budapest (Four Seasons Gresham). The best hotel in the USA is The Peninsula in Chicago, in Africa the winner is Cape Grace (Cape Town). In total, hundreds of hotels from thirteen regions competed in this category. Central America was separated into its own category for the first time. The winner from it is the hotel Casa Santo Domingo in Antigua.
Among the best resort hotels are One&Only Palmilla (Los Cabos, Mexico), Burj Al Arab (Dubai, UAE), One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas, and many others. This year, Conde Nast Traveler for the first time singled out Middle Eastern resorts as a separate category.
Singapore Airlines has been named the best international airline for the twentieth time; Hertz became the leader in car rental. According to Travel.ru, the full list of winners is published annually in the November issue of the magazine.