{"id":4972,"date":"2013-07-31T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2013-07-30T21:20:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T01:20:42","slug":"u-s-news-world-reports-releases-inaugural-ranking-of-best-hotels-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/07\/31\/u-s-news-world-reports-releases-inaugural-ranking-of-best-hotels-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News &#038; World Reports Releases Inaugural Ranking of Best Hotels In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON,\u00a0July 30, 2013\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0U.S. News &amp; World Report has released its inaugural ranking of the\u00a0<b>Best Hotels in\u00a0Canada.<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4974\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4974\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4974\" alt=\"Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/07\/Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite.jpg 470w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite-293x300.jpg 293w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite-333x341.jpg 333w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/Fairmont-Pacific-Rim-Suite-47x47.jpg 47w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fairmont Pacific Rim Suite (Copyright: U.S. News &amp; World Report)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Out of the 218 luxury hotels across\u00a0Canada\u00a0evaluated for the 2013 rankings, 22 properties scored high enough to earn a place on the list of the\u00a0<b>Best Hotels in\u00a0Canada\u00a0<\/b>. The top five are:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/review-Fairmont_Pacific_Rim-Vancouver-Canada-13164\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fairmont Pacific Rim<\/a>;\u00a0Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/review-Hotel_Georgia-Vancouver-Canada-13165\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosewood Hotel Georgia<\/a>;\u00a0Vancouver<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/review-The_Ritz_Carlton_Montreal-Montreal-Quebec-18911\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ritz-Carlton, Montreal<\/a>;\u00a0Montreal<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/review-Hastings_House-Salt_Springs_Island-Canada-69755\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hastings House Country House Hotel<\/a>;\u00a0Salt Spring Island, British Columbia<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/review-Auberge_Saint-Antoine-Quebec_City-Canada-74149\/\" target=\"_blank\">Auberge Saint-Antoine<\/a>;\u00a0Quebec City<\/p>\n<p><i>See full list:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Hotels\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\">Best Hotels in Canada<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About the Rankings<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Luxury hotels in\u00a0Canada\u00a0were ranked based on an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/methodology\/\" target=\"_blank\">unbiased methodology<\/a>\u00a0that includes the collective opinion of travel experts and guests, expressed through awards, recommendations and ratings. The U.S. News approach reflects the core goal of all of our rankings, which is to provide impartial analysis to help consumers make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Best Hotels in\u00a0Canada\u00a0takes the guesswork out of choosing the right hotel,&#8221; said\u00a0Chad Smolinski, Senior Vice President at U.S. News. &#8220;Hotels that consistently meet the high expectations of experts and travelers are recognized in our rankings, giving travelers to\u00a0Canada\u00a0recommendations they can count on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Awards<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Best Hotels in\u00a0Canada\u00a0<\/b>: Top 10 percent of all ranked luxury hotels in\u00a0Canada<\/li>\n<li><b>Best Hotels in [Destination]:<\/b>\u00a0Top 30 percent of all ranked luxury hotels within a Canadian destination (e.g.,\u00a0Vancouver)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/b><\/p>\n<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report is a multi-platform publisher of news and analysis, which includes the digital-only U.S. News Weekly magazine,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.usnews.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rankingsandreviews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.rankingsandreviews.com<\/a>. Focusing on Health, Personal Finance, Education, Travel, Cars and Public Service\/Opinion, U.S. News has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers. U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s signature franchise includes its News You Can Use\u00ae brand of journalism and its &#8220;Best&#8221; series of consumer guides that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, mutual funds, health plans, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON,\u00a0July 30, 2013\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0U.S. News &amp; World Report has released its inaugural ranking of the\u00a0Best Hotels in\u00a0Canada. Out of the 218 luxury hotels across\u00a0Canada\u00a0evaluated for the 2013 rankings, 22 properties scored high enough to earn a place on the list&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,742],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. News &amp; World Reports Releases Inaugural Ranking of Best Hotels In Canada - VeryGoodPoints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Best Hotels In Canada\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/07\/31\/u-s-news-world-reports-releases-inaugural-ranking-of-best-hotels-in-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"U.S. News &amp; 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