BELIZEAN ACCOMMODATIONS WIN MULTIPLE TRIPADVISOR’S TOP 2017 AWARDS

 

Belize City, Monday 3^rd April, 2017: The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is pleased to announce that Ambergris Caye along with several Belizean accommodations have won awards in seven of nine top categories in the TripAdvisor’s 2017 awards list, both at the World and Central American categories.

TripAdvisor is a travel planning and booking site, and its Travelers’ Choice award winners were determined based on the millions of reviews and opinions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travelers worldwide. In the 15^th year of the awards, TripAdvisor has highlighted the world’s top 7,612 properties in 109 countries and eight regions worldwide, in the categories of Luxury, Bargain, Small, Service, Bread &Breakfast and Inns, Romance and Family. The hallmarks of Travelers’ Choice hotels winners are remarkable service, value and quality.

This year Ambergris Caye ranked second in the top 25 Destinations for Central America and 17^th in the top 25 World Destinations category. San Ignacio, Cayo District, also ranked 6^th on the top 25 destinations for Central America.

The 2017 TripAdvisor’s Awards List are as follows:

TOP 25 DESTINATIONS – WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

Ambergris Caye, Belize – (ranked 17^th, World)

Ambergris Caye, Belize – (ranked 2^nd Central America)

San Ignacio, Cayo – (ranked 6^th, Central America)

TOP 10 LUXURY HOTEL – CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

The Phoenix Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 2^nd, Central America)

TOP 25 HOTELS FOR ROMANCE – WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

Coco Plum Island Resort, offshore Southern Belize – (ranked 9^th, World and 2^nd, Central America)

Belizean Dreams Hotel, Hopkins – (ranked 5^th, Central America)

Sleeping Giant Lodge, Belmopan – (ranked 6th, Central America)

Hamanasi, Adventure and Dive Resort, Hopkins – (ranked 7^th, Central America)

Ka’ana Resort, San Ignacio – (ranked 9^th, Central America)

Colinda Cabanas, Caye Caulker – (ranked 12th, Central America)

Matachica Resort & Spa, San Pedro – (ranked 15^th, Central America)

Victoria House, San Pedro – (ranked 16^th, Central America)

Thatch Caye Resort, Coco Plum Caye – (ranked 19^th, Central America)

TOP 25 HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Las Terrazas Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 4^th)

Victoria House, San Pedro – (ranked 8^th)

Coco Beach Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 11^th)

Belize Ocean Club Resort, Placencia (ranked 25^th

TOP 25 HOTELS FOR SERVICE WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

Sleeping Giant Lodge, Belmopan – (ranked 18^th, World and 2^nd, Central America)

Hamanasi Adventure and Dive Resort, Hopkins – (ranked 22^nd World, and 3^rd, Central America)

Coco Plum Island Resort, offshore southern Belize – (ranked 4^th, Central America)

Belizean Dreams, Hopkins – (ranked 7^th, Central America)

The Phoenix Resort, San Pedro (ranked 11^th, Central America)

Pelican Reef Villas Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 12^th, Central America)

Xanadu Island Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 15^th, Central America

Turneffe Flats, Turneffe Island – (ranked 18^th Central America)

El Pescador Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 20^th, Central America

 

TOP 10 HOTELS FOR FAMILIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Villa Verano, Hopkins – (ranked 3^rd)

La Perla del Caribe, San Pedro – (ranked 6^th)

Grand Colony Island Villas, San Pedro – (ranked 7^th)

 

TOP 25 SMALL HOTELS AT THE WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

Hamanasi Adventure and Dive Resort, Hopkins –(ranked 20^th, World and 3^rd, Central America)

Sleeping Giant, Belmopan – (ranked 5^th, Central America)

Belizean Dreams, Hopkins – (ranked 6^th, Central America)

Coco Plum Island Resort, offshore southern Belize – (ranked 8^th, Central America)

The Phoenix Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 9^th, Central America)

Pelican Reef Villas Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 13th, Central America)

Xanadu Island Resort, San Pedro – (ranked 16^th, Central America)

Ka’ana Resort, San Ignacio – (ranked 21^st, Central America)

TOP 25 BEST BB & INNS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Vanilla Hills Lodge, San Ignacio – (ranked 1^st)

A Belizean Nirvana, Placencia – (ranked 8^th)

The Inn and Twin Palms, Belmopan – (ranked 17^th)

Amanda’s Place, Caye Caulker – (ranked 24^th)

TOP 25 BARGAIN HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Clarisa Falls Resort, San Jose Succotz, Cayo Dist. – (ranked 5^th)

Colida Cabanas, Caye Caulker – (ranked 7^th)

Black Rock Lodge – (ranked 8^th)

Captain Jak’s Cabanas, Placencia – (ranked 13^th)

Ranguana, Lodge, Placencia – (ranked 17^th)

 

The BTB takes this opportunity to congratulate all the awardees and reiterates its commitment to work very closely with stakeholders as a strategic partner in marketing the Belize tourism product, developing initiatives and implementing tourism policies to address the changing needs of visitors and stakeholders. For further information on the TripAdvisor’s 2017 Awards, please visit THE VERY BEST OF TRAVEL, 2017 AWARD WINNERS at https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice