BELIZEAN ACCOMMODATIONS WIN MULTIPLE TRIPADVISOR’S TOP 2017 AWARDS

 

BELIZEAN ACCOMMODATIONS WIN MULTIPLE TRIPADVISOR’S TOP 2017 AWARDS

 

Belize City, Monday 3rd 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 15th 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 17th in the top 25 World Destinations category. San Ignacio, Cayo District, also ranked 6th 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 17th, World)

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

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

TOP 10 LUXURY HOTEL – CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

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

TOP 25 HOTELS FOR ROMANCE – WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOP 25 HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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

Victoria House, San Pedro – (ranked 8th)

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

Belize Ocean Club Resort, Placencia (ranked 25th

TOP 25 HOTELS FOR SERVICE WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

TOP 10 HOTELS FOR FAMILIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Villa Verano, Hopkins – (ranked 3rd)

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

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

 

TOP 25 SMALL HOTELS AT THE WORLD AND CENTRAL AMERICA CATEGORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOP 25 BEST BB & INNS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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

A Belizean Nirvana, Placencia – (ranked 8th)

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

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

TOP 25 BARGAIN HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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

Colida Cabanas, Caye Caulker – (ranked 7th)

Black Rock Lodge – (ranked 8th)

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

Ranguana, Lodge, Placencia – (ranked 17th)

 

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