Ranking the Top Hotel Brands

No two brand rankings are exactly alike--as these rankings of top hotel brands clearly show.

This week's Fortune magazine lists the top 5 hotel brands as ranked by a survey conducted among business travelers who are readers of Fortune and Travel + Leisure. Their picks:

1. Ritz-Carlton
2. Luxury Collection
3. Kimpton
4. Waldorf Astoria Collection
5. Fairmont 

Travel + Leisure separately ranked the world's top hotel brands earlier in the year this way:

1. Amanresorts
2. Oberoi Hotels
3. One & Only
4. Four Seasons
5. Mandarin Oriental

U.S. News & World Report ranked North American hotel brands this way in January:

1. Park Hyatt, Chicago
2. Ritz-Carlton, Montreal
3. Rosewood Hotel Georgia (Vancouver)
4. Waldorf-Astoria, Chicago
5. St. Regis Punta Mita (Mexico)

The American Customer Satisfaction Index ranks hotel brands this way as of April:

1. Ritz-Carlton
2. J.W. Marriott
3. Hyatt
4. Hyatt Place
5. Westin