Since we posted the recent AAA TrueGuest Award winners, many people have asked about the Forbes Travel Guide List.  Forbes now rates 57 hotels in the world as 5 Star.

Here is the 2012 list:

CALIFORNIA

The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills
Chateau du Sureau, Oakhurst
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco
Montage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills 
The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
The Grand Del Mar, San Diego 
The St. Regis San Francisco, San Francisco
The St. Regis Monarch Beach, Dana Point

COLORADO

The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
The Little Nell, Aspen

CONNECTICUT

Mayflower Inn, Washington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA

Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Palm Beach
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, Manalapan

GEORGIA

The Cloister, Sea Island
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, Atlanta
The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island

HAWAII

Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu, Kona, Hawaii
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Wailea, Maui

ILLINOIS

Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago, Chicago

MASSACH– USETTS
Blantyre, Lenox
Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston 
Four Seasons Hotel Boston, Boston
Mandarin Oriental, Boston, Boston

NEVADA

Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Skylofts at MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Tower Suites at Encore Las Vegas, Las Vegas

NEW YORK

Four Seasons Hotel New York, New York
Mandarin Oriental, New York, New York
The Peninsula New York, New York
The Point, Saranac Lake
The Ritz-Carlton, New York, Central Park, New York
The St. Regis New York, New York
Trump International Hotel & Tower New York, New York

NORTH CAROLINA

The Fearrington House Inn, Pittsboro
The Umstead Hotel & Spa, Cary

PENNSYLVANIA

Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington

SOUTH CAROLINA

Woodlands Inn, Summerville
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island

TENNESSEE

The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville

UTAH

Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City

VERMONT

Twin Farms, Barnard

VIRGINIA

The Inn at Little Washington, Washington
The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond

WISCONSIN

The American Club, Kohler

WYOMING

Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole

HONG KONG

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
The Peninsula Hong Kong
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong

MACAU

Altira Macau, Macau
Wynn Macau, Macau

SINGAPORE

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore

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Source:  Forbes Travel Guide on Startle.com