These are the best hotels in the U.S. and Europe, according to a new ranking

The U.S. News & World Report released its 13th yearly ranking of the champion hotels for travelers this week.

The rankings, published Tuesday, are based connected 3 factors: the fig of awards received from the question industry, a hotel's prima rating, and impermanent reviews from the question website Tripadvisor.

More value was fixed to recipients of "highly selective" awards, arsenic good arsenic those with much traveler reviews, according to the property release. That makes it harder for caller hotels to interruption into the precocious ranks of the yearly list.

The study ranks lone "luxury" hotels and resorts, which U.S. News defines arsenic those that consistently mean from 4- to 5-star ratings, though it present includes prime hotels with 3.5 stars too, the institution said.

To beryllium considered, hotels indispensable besides person astatine slightest 20 rooms, according to the release.

These are the apical ranked hotels successful the U.S.:

1. Acqualina Resort & Residences — Miami, Florida
2. The Canyon Suites astatine The Phoenician, a Luxury Collection Resort — Scottsdale, Arizona
3. Pendry West Hollywood — Los Angeles, California
4. The Sanctuary astatine Kiawah Island Golf Resort — Kiawah Island, South Carolina
5. The Inn & Club astatine Harbour Town, Sea Pines Resort — Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Miami's Acqualina Resort & Residences took the apical spot successful the United States for the archetypal time. It has 3 pools, water views and an award-winning spa.

U.S. News besides published further edifice rankings that tin beryllium searched by authorities oregon by city.

For example, travelers tin hunt for the best hotels successful California, oregon research edifice rankings successful 46 antithetic towns and locations there, specified arsenic La Jolla, Disneyland and Napa Valley.

They tin past filter hotels based connected prima ratings, terms and amenities.

Best hotels successful Europe

These are the apical ranked hotels successful Europe:

1. Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands
2. Grand Hotel Tremezzo — Tremezzo, Italy
3. La Reserve Paris Hotel and Spa — Paris, France
4. The Goring — London, U.K.
5. The Connaught — London, U.K.

Last year's No. 1 hotel, Le Bristol Paris, came successful astatine No. 6 this year.

Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam clinched the apical spot successful Europe for the archetypal time. It comprises six canal-side mansions and houses a two-starred Michelin edifice that specializes successful vegetarian cuisine.

Europe's No. 2 hotel, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, overlooks Italy's celebrated Lake Como.

The U.S. News & World Ranking besides ranks hotels successful 39 European countries, from Albania to Wales.

Similar to the U.S. rankings, visitors tin halfway into these rankings by "popular regions," specified as Capri, Cinque Terre and Venice successful Italy.

Best hotels successful the Caribbean

These are the apical ranked hotels successful the Caribbean:

1. Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel, Anguilla — Maundays Bay, Anguilla
2. Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection — Jumby Bay Island, Antigua
3. Jade Mountain Resort — Soufriere, St. Lucia
4. Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France — Saint Barthelemy
5. Tortuga Bay Puntacana Resort & Club — Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

The Caribbean's champion hotel, Cap Juluca, has dome-shaped villas with views of the water and nonstop entree to the beach.

The U.S. News & World Report besides published caller rankings for successful Canada, Mexico and Bermuda.

Separately, it besides ranks all-inclusive resorts successful the Caribbean and Mexico, which were topped by Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection and Grand Velas Los Cabos, respectively.