ULTRAs 2025 winners and runners up
Airlines/Airports
Best First Class
WINNER: Singapore Airlines
Nominees: Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Qantas
Best Business Class
WINNER: Qatar Airways
Nominees: Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Cathay Pacific. Etihad Airways
Best Premium Economy
WINNER: Emirates
Nominees: Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic
Best Airline in the World
WINNER: Emirates
Nominees: Qatar Airways, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways
Best Airport in the World
WINNER: Dubai International Airport
Nominees: Hamad International Airport - Doha, Singapore Changi Airport. Zayed International Airport - Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong International Airport
Luxury Brand of the Year
WINNER: Capella Hotels & Resorts
Nominees: Anantara Hotels & Resorts, Lungarno Collection, The Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts, Kempinski Hotels, Rosewood Hotels
Hotels
Best Hotel in Europe
WINNER: Pan Pacific London
Nominees: Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, Corinthia London, Portrait Milano, Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Amsterdam
Best Hotel in Asia
WINNER: The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel
Nominees: The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore, Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort, Capella Bangkok, Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok
Best Hotel ME/Turkey/Africa
WINNER: Ciragan Palace Kempinski
Nominees: Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Zambia Hotel by Anantara, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara, The Leela Palace Udaipur
Best Hotel Indian Ocean
WINNER: Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas
Nominees: The Apurva Kempinski Bali, Naladhu Private Island Maldives, Kilindi Zanzibar
Best Hotel Oceania/Pacific
WINNER: Castaway Island, Fiji
Nominees: Capella Sydney, Pan Pacific Melbourne, OUTRIGGER Reef Waikiki Beach Resort, Capella Taipei
Best Hotel Americas/Caribbean
WINNER: The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel
Nominees: Kempinski Hotel Cancún, Lyle Washington DC, Viceroy Los Cabos, Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort
Ultratravel Collection Hotel of the Year
WINNER: Capella Bangkok
Nominees: Corinthia London, The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel, The Westbury Hotel, Pulitzer Amsterdam
Others
Best Luxury Cruise Line
WINNER: Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Nominees: Silversea, Celebrity Cruises, Seabourne, Explora Journeys
Favourite Holiday Country
WINNER: Japan
Nominees: Italy, Thailand, Maldives, France
Best New Hotel
WINNER: Viceroy at Ombria Algarve
Nominees: Anantara Ubud Bali Resort, Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels, Capella Taipei, Patina Osaka
Sustainable Hotel of the Year
WINNER: The Leela Palace Udaipur
Nominees: Castaway Island, Fiji, Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara, Capella Ubud
Special Award
Lifetime Achievement - Services to Global Aviation
WINNER: Sir Tim Clark, KBE. President of Emirates Airline.