The largest hotel in the world, the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, has also ranked as one of the best. Travel Republic has unveiled its customers’ Top 20 hotels from 2012 and the Venetian scoops No1 with one holidaymaker describing it as “a wonderfully luxurious experience”. With a 120,000-square-foot casino there’s enough entertainment for any Vegas thrill-seeker and along with the adjoining Palazzo Hotel, the Venetian is part of the largest hotel complex in the world, with a total of 8,108 rooms & suites.
At No2, narrowly missing out on retaining the top spot for the third year in a row, is the Aegean Sky Hotel in Crete, with rooms available for a modest £26 per night. Travel Republic boss Kane Pirie said: “We added up the ratings our customers gave the hotels they stayed in last year to compile the Top 20. Our customers are asked to rank their hotel from 1 (very poor) to 10 (spectacular) and you can only submit a review once you’ve made your booking and returned home, making our reviews 100 per cent genuine.
“The Venetian received an almost perfect score – 9.59 out of 10 – making it the highest ranking hotel, but all the hotels included deserve recognition. With more than 160,000 hotels on TravelRepublic.co.uk, securing a spot in the top 20 is an impressive achievement.”
Last year, Travel Republic customers (www.TravelRepublic.co.uk) added more than 165,000 new reviews, taking the total to more than half a million. Here’s the Top 20 hotels:
- Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino (5 star) in Las Vegas, Average rating: 9.59
- Aegean Sky Hotel (4 star) in Malia, Crete, Average rating: 9.53
- Aria Resort and Casino (5 star) in Paradise, USA, Average rating: 9.36
- Princesa Yaiza Suite Resort Hotel (5 star) in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Average rating: 9.35
- Les Orangers D’Alilia (4 star) in Marrakech, Morocco, Average rating: 9.35
- Lopesan Villa Del Conde Resort And Corallium Thalasso Hotel (5 star) in Meloneras, Gran Canaria, Average rating: 9.32
- General Hotel (5 star) in Prague, Czech Republic, Average rating: 9.31
- Hilton Malta (5 star) in St Julians, Malta, Average rating: 9.31
- Delphin Palace Hotel (5 star) in Lara, Turkey, Average rating: 9.31
- Elysium Hotel (5 star) in Paphos, Cyprus, Average rating: 9.26
- The Cliff Bay Hotel (5 star) in Madeira, Portugal, Average rating: 9.26
- Voyage Belek Hotel (5 star) in Belek, Turkey, Average rating: 9.25
- De Tuilerieen Hotel (4 star) in Bruges, Belgium, Average rating: 9.24
- Las Velazquez Apartments (2 key) in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Average rating: 9.23
- Aloft London Excel (4 star) in Silvertown, London, Average rating: 9.22
- Sheraton Hotel (5 star) in Krakow, Poland, Average rating: 9.21
- Britania Hotel (4 star) in Lisbon, Portugal, Average rating: 9.20
- Corinthia Hotel (5 star) Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, Average rating: 9.20
- Grand Hotel Casselbergh (4 star) in Bruges, Belgium, Average rating: 9.19
- Sunrise Apartments (2 star) in Koutouloufari, Crete, Average rating: 9.18
