Here Are The Best Hotels In Las Vegas: Report

LAS VEGAS, NV - There's no better city than Las Vegas to get away from the day-to-day grind and forget about reality for a while. Sin City is a world class destination for hospitality and it's no surprise that a U.S News & World Report rankings of the best hotels in the country rank Las Vegas' hotels as the best in Nevada.

The report looked at more than 24,000 luxury hotels to come up with the rankings. Hotels that received a gold badge were in the top 10 percent of ranked hotels. Hawaii’s Four Seasons Resort Lanai ranked first, followed by The Peninsula Chicago at No. 2 and The Langham, Chicago at No. 3.

If you don't want to cross the Pacific Ocean or travel inland to Chicago, you can stay in town and visit the No. 9 ranked hotel, the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas.

Here are the best luxury hotels in Las Vegas for those looking for a night or two away from the kids.
1. Mandarin Oriental
2. Aria Sky Suites
3. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
4. Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
5. Wynn Las Vegas
6. SKYLOFTS at MGM Grand
7. Four Season Hotel Las Vegas
8. Bellagio Las Vegas
9. Aria Resort & Casino
10. The Palazzo Las Vegas

If you're looking out-of-state, California and New York had the most gold badge winners with 38 and 26 gold badge hotels, respectively. There were also 24 in Florida.

Among cities, New York City ranked highest in the number of gold badge hotels with 24 — more than double that of Las Vegas and Los Angeles, which tied for second with 11. Washington, D.C. and Chicago had 1o and eight gold badge hotels, respectively.

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