It's not every Thursday night that the Livingetc team is invited to attend the crowning of The World's 50 Best Hotels, and so how could we decline the invitation?
Selected by a panel of over 800 anonymous judges between seasoned hoteliers, travel journalists, and discerning globetrotters, each invited to vote for their top seven sojourns from the past two years in order of preference, the resulting list strives to capture "the creativity, sustainability, and heartfelt hospitality that define travel today," BBC presenter Amol Rajan, who hosted the awards ceremony, explained at the start of the evening, which was held at London's Thames-facing, striking 1 Old Billingsgate Market.
