AWARD-WINNING HISTORY OF BORA BORA LAGOON RESORT & SPA
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER
“The World’s Best Place to Stay” Gold List, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
There is nothing wrong with wanting the best, which is what you'll find in the 14th annual, 2008 Gold List. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa also had high scores in the survey for The Best Activities and a score of 100 for The Best by Location in 2004. More than 32,000 Condé Nast Traveler subscribers voted in this year's Reader's Choice Poll, from which they distilled the world's top-scoring hotels and resorts. For the faces behind the figures, Condé Nast interviewed thousands of readers, gathering insights on everything from the softness of the sheets to the succulence of the steaks. The result? An insider's guide to the best in the world today, a commodity as precious as gold.
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER
“Top 20 Pacific Rim Resorts” November 2003
“Top 25 Pacific Rim Resorts” November 2002
“Top 20 Pacific Resorts” 2001, 2007
“Number One Luxury Resort” June 1999
“Year’s Top New Hotel” May 1999
Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa has been chosen in several categories over the years in the annual “Reader’s Choice Awards.” A reader survey totaling over 28,000 responses gives the Condé Nast Traveler poll an authority unique in the world of travel. Condé Nast Traveler readers are tough critics, discriminating travelers, and, when satisfied, emphatic in their praise. Condé Nast Traveler magazine ranked Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as one of the top 25 Pacific Rim Resorts in2002. In 2001, the resort was once again chosen by the reader’s to be among the top 20 resorts in the Pacific Rim. In 1999 the resort was chosen as the Number One Luxury Resort and the Year’s Top New Hotel.
Orient-Express Hotels, which includes Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa, was ranked number two on the European top ten and number eight on the North American list in Condé Nast Traveler’s (USA) Business Travel Awards as one of the top ten hotel chains for business travelers. Currently, Orient-Express owns five properties in North America and 26 abroad. Hotel chains were judged on how well the rooms were equipped for working, business services facilities, frequent guest privileges, dining/restaurants, check-in and check-out procedures, and housekeeping and maintenance.
SPA MAGAZINE
“Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Awards” December 2007
This year Spa magazine debuted its first annual Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Awards. In March, the magazine asked readers to vote online for their favorite spas. With over 25,000 responses of readers from around the world, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort and Spa was featured as one of the best loved-spas in Hawaii and the South Pacific.
LUXURY LINK
“World’s Best Hotels” 2006
Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa has been designated as one of only 50 properties throughout the world to receive this prestigious new honor. Luxury Link’s methodology of selection is based on their editors’ determination of service, facilities, location, uniqueness of property, and overall levels of luxury evaluated in conjunction with the opinions of their users. Founded in 1997, Luxury Link is the world's premier online luxury travel resource. Showcasing more than 1000 extraordinary hotels and resorts, cruises, tours and villas in more than 60 countries, Luxury Link provides unparalleled access to exclusive offers and insider tips for the sophisticated traveler.
CELEBRATED LIVING
Readers’ Choice Platinum List (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
“Top 5 Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Hotels”
Celebrated Living magazine again selected Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as one of their five top hotels in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, stating, “It’s fantasy come true: Luxe thatched bungalows are perched over the water with glass spyholes for viewing fish.” Only the most exclusive few rise to the top and make the Platinum List cut offering exquisite surroundings, impeccable service and boast a little something extra that sets it apart. Nearly 67,000 readers responded to the survey, the results the editor states, “Not only a useful reference tool, but also a sort of escapist’s to do list.” Celebrated Living has circulation of over 160,000 and is written for American Airlines Premium Class passengers.
TRAVEL + LEISURE
“World’s Best Awards – Top 25 Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Hotels” 2007
“World’s Best Awards – T + L 500” 2006, 2007, 2008
“Ones to Watch” World’s Best Spas, October 2004
“Top Hotels for Service, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific” June 2003, 2007
“World’s Best for Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific” August 2002
“The Top Island in the World by Region” / “Top Rooms” September 2000
“World’s Best” List November 1996
In the January 2008 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was rated number one under French Polynesia of the World’s Best Hotels. Each year Travel + Leisure magazine publishes their World’s Best Awards, a compendium of the greatest hotels around the globe as chosen by their readers in the annual World’s Best Survey. For the past decade, readers have identified their favorite hotels, cities, islands, airlines and more.
In the August 2007 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort was selected as one of the Top 25 Hotels in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Marù Spa which opened in late August 2004 at the Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was named by Travel + Leisure magazine as "One to Watch" in its annual World's Best Spas report featured in the October 2004 issue of the magazine. Although the spa was too new to be evaluated by the magazine's readers in the 2004 World's Best Spas readers' survey, Marù was one of only eight spas that Travel + Leisure editors selected in the "Ones to Watch" category which highlights those spas that the magazine's editors believe will be on the list in years to come.
In June 2003, Travel + Leisure announced the results from their World’s Best Service Readers’ Survey for 2003. World’s Best Service Award winners were selected based on readers’ evaluations of the quality of service on hotels around the world. When Travel + Leisure ask their readers what makes a great hotel, they invariably agreed on one thing: the people. In the World’s Best Awards (2002), the readers of Travel + Leisure ranked Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as one of the top hotels in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The readers also voted Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as one of the World’s Top Islands by Region and one of the World’s Best Rooms in September 2000. In 1996, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was ranked 13th among the World’s Best Hotels list. Bora Bora, as a destination was among the World’s Best 25 Island Resort Areas. Travel + Leisure is the authority, setting trends, and motivating readers and is a leading source of information on travel, hotels, resorts, dining and entertainment. The content is geared toward sophisticated travelers with a circulation of over 1 million.
DEPARTURES MAGAZINE
“Favorite Places Readers Survey” May/June 2003
Departures, a luxury lifestyle magazine published exclusively for American Express Platinum and Centurion Card members, revealed is readers’ ultimate travel picks in the first-ever Departures Readers’ Favorite Survey: Travel. Departure’s team of editors spent months creating a list of the world’s top hotels, from which they asked their readers to pick their favorites. The survey welcomed over 50,000 online responses as readers selected their favorites among big city hotels, boutique hotels, country hotels, luxury resorts, ski lodges, beach hotels, domestic and international airlines and cruise lines.
MODERN BRIDE
“Ultimate Honeymoon Suite-Over water Bungalow” 2001 – 2005
“Sexiest In-Room Extras” 2005
“Best Hotel for Seclusion” 2001 - 2004
“Most Scenic Honeymoon Spot” 2003
Modern Bride reaches 94% of the bridal market. Leading travel agents are consulted for an annual honeymoon survey and pick the top spots in a number of different categories and they are revealed in their “Honeymoon and Destinations” issue. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa has been chosen as the “Ultimate Honeymoon Suite” for five years in a row, as well as one of the “Best Hotels for Seclusion” and one with the “Sexiest In-Room Extras”.
WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS
“Asia/ Pacific (Australasia) leading Resort” 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005
In 1998, 1999, again in 2003, and now 2005, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa has been honored with the nomination of Australasia’s leading resort. World Travel Awards Fever hits the travel industry community around the world, building to the crescendo of the annual Awards Presentation, when tens of thousands of travel professionals cast their favorites on the web and glue themselves to official World Travel Awards web site to learn who will receive the highest accolade every year. Voting is cast by travel agents in over 200 countries around the world.
TRAVEL CHANNEL
“Top Ten Best Honeymoon Destinations” 2003
Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was named number three in the “Top Ten Best Honeymoon Destinations” according to the Travel Channel.
ZAGAT’S TOP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, RESORTS & SPAS SURVEY 2003-2006
With a room rating of 28, and an overall average of 25.25, Zagat’s said of Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa, in the 2006 survey: “You feel like a celebrity (and you might see a few)” at this “magical” “getaways” featuring “spectacular” accommodations including “romantic overwater bungalows” as well as beach and garden cottages that fulfill the “fantasy of being marooned on a private island”; the service is “outstanding”. The results of this survey are created from the shared experiences of nearly 12,000 people and is based on roughly 365,000 nights at hotels per year. On average, to be included in the survey one or more surveyors per night, every night, all year long. Considered the candid, no punches-pulled guide to where to stay and eat, Zagat Surveys have been called “a necessity second only to a valid credit card” by the New York Times. Zagat rates room, service, dining and public/spaces/facilities on a scale of 0 to 30. A rating of 20-25 is considered “very good to excellent, with a 26-30 considered “extraordinary to perfection.”
FORBES MAGAZINE
“25 Best Beach Resorts in the World” 2001
Forbes magazine ranked Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa one of the “25 Best Beach Resort in the World.” Many countries, of course, can offer many fine resorts, but to make their readers decision easier, they have picked only one resort per country, based on the beauty of the beach and the service and amenities of the resort.
THE TIMES, UK
“Top 100 Hotels” (14th place) 2000
The Times of London, the world’s oldest and largest newspaper, picked the top 100 hotels in the world. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was ranked 14th place on the list.
GOURMET MAGAZINE
“World’s Best Hotels for Scuba & Snorkeling” May 2000
“Rooms at the Top” May 1998
Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was named by readers of Gourmet Magazine to its “Rooms At The Top” List (1998) of acclaimed hotels, inns and resorts. In 2000, the resort was named as one of the “World’s Best Hotels for Scuba and Snorkeling.” Gourmet magazine is targeted to the sophisticated epicurean, featuring culture, history, fine food, wine and spirits as well as art, antiques, travel and shopping.
THE ROBB REPORT
“#1 Luxury Destination” June 1999
“Top 10 Exotic Spots” January 1998
Robb Report is the ultimate authority on the lifestyle that encapsulates all the elements of luxurious living. In 1998, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was chosen as one of the top 10 most exotic spots. Then in 1999, the resort was honored with the award as “#1 Luxury Destination.” With exclusive editorial and stunning photography on autos, yachting, private aviation, real estate, fashion, jewelry, travel and epicurean life. Robb Report provides a detailed guide to the products, events, issues and passions that capture the attention of today's affluent consumer. Robb Report enjoys one of the wealthiest consumer demographics of any publication in the U.S. or abroad. Syndicated research companies such as MMR measure Robb Report readers as the most affluent consumers of nearly all luxury products and services. Syndicated and reader studies are reiterations of what we already know - Robb Report appeals to readers of high net worth who are discerning, discriminating and able to afford the things they are passionate about.
BRIDE & SETTING UP HOME
“World’s Top 100 Honeymoon Destination” 1999
Brides & Setting Up Home Magazine, the leading bridal magazine in England, voted Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as one of the top honeymoon destinations. This magazine features everything for the bride-to-be... in the best English tradition!
HIDEAWAY MAGAZINE
“Hideaway of the Year” 1999
In 1999, Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa was picked by Hideaway Magazine as the Hideaway of the year. The award was based on reader responses and from their own travels.
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
“Year’s Best / Favorite Lodging” 1998
In the Year’s Best, readers voted Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa as their Favorite Lodging.
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