: Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, is delighted to celebrate 57 member hotels recognized in this year’s Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards. Nine of these properties are honored in the “Best 100 Hotels in the World” list in addition to three hotel collections that were spotlighted among the “Best 25 Hotel Brands in the World”. Now in its 28th year, Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards pay tribute to the finest and most sought-after travel and luxury hotel experiences found anywhere in the world.