There are a number of luxury hotels around the world that do their very best to create the most indulgent and satisfying hotel experience possible.  These top class hotels may distinguish themselves from their competition for a number of reasons:  room size and quality, in-room facilities such as hot tubs, hotel facilities like saunas and gymnasiums, and excellent restaurants and bars.  While there may be top class hotels in many locations around the world, fashionable destinations such as London, New York, and Dubai seem to have more than their fair share.

Hotels are often rated in terms of how many stars they have been given, with more stars relating to more luxurious establishments.  Luxury hotels are normally given five stars, which has traditionally been the highest award offered.  Some hotels have become so extravagant in the modern age however, that this rating system has had to be expanded, and there now exist a number of six star hotels and even some seven star hotels.  The expansion of the five star system is somewhat controversial, with many of the six and seven star ratings being self claimed by individual hotels.

Some of the excellent hotels which have claimed a six star rating include Crown Macau on Taipa Island – Macau, St. Regis Shanghai Hotel in China, the Oriental Bangkok in Thailand, the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, and the Al Husn Hotel in Oman.  A refined sense of style and an exuberant level of luxury are necessary for any establishment to claim a six star rating.  Some of the facilities included in these hotels include sauna rooms, hot tub spa facilities, and sometimes steam rooms as well.  Some of the best rooms in these hotels even provide private spa baths within individual rooms.

As well as the many six star hotels around the world, there are currently three hotels that have claimed to have a seven star level of luxury.  These are the Burj Al Arab in Dubai – the world’s first seven star hotel, the Grace International in Bangkok, and the Town House Galleria in Milan.  There are however, many other locations around the globe designing and building new seven star accommodation.
Any hotel wanting to compete with these big names needs to have an amazing selection of facilities to offer guests, along with an amazing level of luxury.  For many hotel guests who want to stay in top class accommodation, fine quality hot tubs and spas are at the top of their list – making them one of the most common features in the great hotels of the world.