While most of Singapore’s fine dining restaurants have fallen in the rankings of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Singapore performed significantly better in Trip.com’s recently released Trip.Best Global and Asia 100 list for 2024, with Singapore’s Odette ranked first among Asia’s Best Fine Dining Restaurants.
their Trip.Best Global and Asia 100 ListsTrip.com ranks a variety of top hotels, attractions, nightlife, restaurants, and overall destinations. For restaurants, there is only an Asia 100 list, not a global list.
These lists are created by looking at various travel listings on Trip.com, considering user reviews, sales popularity throughout the year, ongoing quality and distinctive themes, and then scoring them using an algorithm.
Culinary success
Therefore, Odette may win first place. Trip. Fine Dining in AsiaDespite being ranked 10th in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, due to different people voting for the rankings, Odette seems to be a year-round favourite among guests.
Located in the National Gallery Odette The restaurant serves a 5-7 course tasting menu based on modern French cuisine, and its historic location and former Supreme Court setting make it a perfect match, no doubt adding to its popularity.
Apart from Odette, all of Singapore’s restaurants on the list feature in the top 50, including Summer Pavilion at number 27, Le Ami at number 30 and Zen at number 37.
Singapore is not the only Southeast Asian restaurant to make it into the top 50, as Thai restaurants all feature highly in the list, with Sorn at 9, Gaggan at 23, Restaurant Potong at 38 and Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin at 40.
Gagganis notable for its #23 ranking, as the company also holds #9 in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. This is further evidence that Trip.Best uses different criteria for its rankings. Since Trip.com is in the travel industry, its rankings are more likely focused on how the average person finds these experiences abroad.
Luxury Stay
Apart from restaurants, Singapore also performed well in the list of “World’s 100 Luxury Hotels”. Raffles Hotel It was ranked the highest among hotels in Asia.
Raffles Hotel was ranked second, sandwiched between two other Parisian hotels: behind the Hotel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel, and ahead of Le Bristol Paris, an Oetker Collection Hotel.
In the Asian list, Raffles Hotel took the top spot, with another Singapore hotel, Capella Singapore, also making it into the top 100.
Among its neighbors, Thailand continues to perform well globally and in Asia, with two Thai hotels in the top 10 globally, Capella Bangkok at number 6, and Mandarin Oriental Bangkok at number 10. On the Asian list, Thai hotels have six in the top 50 and nine overall, giving Thai hotels roughly 10% of the top 50 in Asia and the top 100 overall.
Six hotels from Indonesia, four from Vietnam and three from Malaysia also made the list. The large number of hotels from Southeast Asia indicates that the region is developing as a luxury resort destination.
Enjoy it day or night
However, Singapore is the only Southeast Asian country to be ranked in the Global 100. The best thing to doand Nightlife list.
Universal Studios Singapore is ranked 6th among the best activities in the world, while Sentosa is ranked 7th. In terms of nightlife, the Singapore Flyer is ranked 33rd in the world rankings, while the Cable Car is ranked 55th.
Nevertheless, Thailand beat Singapore. Worldwide DestinationsAccording to Trip.Best.
Trip.Best has a list of the top 100 travel destinations. Topping the list is Paris, France, while Bangkok, Thailand, comes second. Singapore is in fourth place behind Beijing, China, and ahead of London, England.
Although Singapore performed impressively on Trip.com’s 2024 list, Thailand appears to be a more popular travel destination for people around the world. This is likely due to the diversity of experiences in Thailand – particularly outdoor experiences like river rafting, cliff jumping and exploring Thailand’s many karst formations – combined with city life in places like Bangkok and beach holidays in places like Phuket, all at a more affordable price.
However, we cannot ignore Singapore’s impressive performance across a range of categories. Singapore ranks among the top five travel destinations, demonstrating its year-round popularity among travelers from all over the world. As travel preferences and priorities continue to evolve, it will be interesting to see how these rankings change in the coming years.