London – September 04, 2026 -- 50 Best has published its extended ranking of hotels placed No.51 to No.100, covering 23 territories and 40 cities ahead of the main World's 50 Best Hotels 2026 ceremony set for Paris on September 15. The expanded list includes 10 independent properties and precedes the top-50 announcement broadcast live on 50 Best's YouTube channel at 20:00 Paris time.
Asia dominates with 20 ranked properties, led by Japan's seven entries
Japan places Park Hyatt Tokyo at No.53, Hotel The Mitsui in Kyoto at No.79, and Waldorf Astoria Osaka at No.89. Mainland China enters the list with two hotels: Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen at No.90 and The Peninsula Shanghai at No.99.
La Réserve Paris tops the extended ranking as Europe secures 16 slots
France adds three further entries, including newcomers Ritz Paris at No.72 and Carlton Cannes at No.80. Italy leads the European field with nine hotels, among them Il San Pietro di Positano at No.58, Castiglion del Bosco in Montalcino at No.62, Orient Express La Minerva in Rome at No.66, and Forestis Dolomites at No.68. The United Kingdom places two hotels and Turkey one.
New York anchors North America's three-hotel showing
The Fifth Avenue Hotel ranks No.78 and also won this year's American Express Travel One To Watch Award, alongside Aman New York at No.87 and The Greenwich Hotel at No.92. Mexico contributes three properties: Hotel Esencia at No.64, Montage Los Cabos at No.67, and Four Seasons Tamarindo at No.74.
South America, Oceania and Africa each place two or one hotels
Palacio Nazarenas in Cuzco, Peru, ranks No.54, while Hotel das Cataratas at Brazil's Iguazu Falls takes No.77. Oceania is represented by Huka Lodge in Taupo, New Zealand, at No.82, and The Calile in Brisbane, Australia, at No.83. La Mamounia in Morocco, at No.75, is Africa's sole entry on the extended list.
Faye Huggett, community director of The World's 50 Best Hotels, said the extended list broadens recognition across a wider community of properties and the people who run them, each defining what great hospitality looks like today.