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Forbes 2022 Star Awards Revealed

May 16th, 2022

Forbes has released its 2022 Star Awards to honor the world's most outstanding hotels, restaurants and spas. There was a total of 323 Five-Star hotels, 558 Four-Star properties and 401 Recommended hotels, as well as 102 Five-Star and 193 Four-Star spas worldwide.

Noteworthy Spas

Forbes highlighted a number of award-winning spas:

Five-Star Destinations

Forbes honored nine destinations with five stars for the first time this year:

Awards in the U.S.

From California to Maine, there were plenty of U.S. achievements this year:

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