Three of the ten best airport hotels in the world are in Europe, but the best is in Singapore

Nothing is more convenient and practical than a hotels near the airport When you land late in the evening or have a very early departure in the morning. Airport hotels often save and ease the lives of so many travelers and frequent flyers. But which hotels are the best? The ones with the best reviews? Where are they located?

He tells us about it Skytrax, the renowned research company a British company that compiles rankings dedicated to airlines and airports, which again this year published its Airport Hotel Awards.

Airport Hotel Awards from Skytrax, what they are

The Airport Hotel Awards are based on Surveys conducted among guests to assess hotel standards, including: overall experience at the hotel; access to/from the airport to the hotel; friendly and professional front desk service; friendly and personable hotel staff; treated as valued customers.

Also taken into consideration are the cleanliness of the room and bathroom; the bedroom provided a good night's sleep; in-room amenities; leisure, fitness and spa facilities; quality of food; quality of service of restaurant staff; and value for money.

In addition to the worldwide rankings, Skytrax has also compiled those broken down by different geographical areas: Africa, Asia, Australia, China, Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, India and South Asia. For each area he identified top five hotels.

The top ten best Airport Hotels in the world

Among the best airport hotels in the world are. Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Singapore in first place, Hyatt Regency Shenzhen Airport in second place and TWA Hotel New York JFK in third place. An unchanged podium that remains so in both the 2024 and this year's rankings.

In fourth place is the Fairmont Vancouver Airport, on the fifth Hilton Munich Airport, in sixth place the Cordis Shanghai Hongqiao. Toward the up are: NH Vienna Airport hotels 7th place, Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain 8th place, Sofitel Athens Airport ninth place. Closing out the top 10 of the 2025 ranking is the Westin Denver International Airport.

In particular, it emerges that three of the top ten airport hotels of the world are found in Europe: in Munich, Vienna e Athens. And they are, as mentioned, the hotels Hilton Munich Airport, Hotel NH Vienna Airport e Sofitel Athens Airport. Hilton Munich Airport, compared to the 2024 ranking - in which it was already present - loses one place: it climbs from fourth to fifth place. Instead NH Vienna Airport hotels e Sofitel Athens Airport are the new entry 2025 in the top ten. Amazing how missing from the list of awardees is one of the best hotels in this category, which is in Tokyo Haneda.

Skytrax Airport Hotel Awards, top five in Europe

Europe's top five hotels Are, as mentioned, Hilton Munich Airport, Hotel NH Vienna Airport, Sofitel Athens Airport. Added to these three, in order of merit, are. the Hilton Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and Hilton Frankfurt Airport, in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Hilton Munich Airport in particular, is confirmed at the top of both the 2024 and 2025 rankings.

Skytrax Airport Hotel Awards, top five in Africa

In first place-both in 2024 and 2025-among the best airport hotels in Africa is the InterContinental OR Tambo, in Johannesburg, South Africa. In second place Novotel Cairo Airport, on the third Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport, in fourth place Le Méridien Cairo Airport and in fifth and final place the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel Addis Ababa.

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