{"id":930080,"date":"2026-07-12T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/930080\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:18:38","slug":"2-fw-hotels-declared-worlds-best-by-travel-leisure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/930080\/","title":{"rendered":"2 FW hotels declared &#8216;World&#8217;s Best&#8217; by Travel + Leisure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Fort Worth and its top-tier hospitality industry are continuing its winning streak: Two local hotels and resorts were lauded among the best hotels in the world, according to Travel + Leisure&#8217;s 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-top-100-hotels-in-the-world-11952519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World&#8217;s Best Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Travel + Leisure&#8217;s annual World&#8217;s Best Awards are the culmination of readers&#8217; choice surveys of the ultimate travel experiences around the globe, which include the top hotels, resorts, travel destinations, and more. The 2026 survey had more than 207,000 responses from T+L readers with over 661,000 votes across 10,088 accommodations, cruise lines, and other properties.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth&#8217;s famous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hoteldrover.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hotel Drover<\/a><\/strong> was the only Cowtown entrant on the list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-dallas-forth-worth-hotels-11952547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">best hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a>. The five-year-old hotel is celebrating half a decade in the Stockyards this year with anniversary packages, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworth.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/hotel-drover-backyard-patio-expansion\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">multimillion-dollar upgrades<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/auberge.com\/bowie-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bowie House<\/a><\/strong> also reaffirmed its status as one of the most deluxe hotels in the region (and beyond) after it ranked as the 15th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-continental-us-hotels-11952486\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">best hotel in the U.S.<\/a> for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"1fe0d\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"8ec0bf14f1bd49a3decebe3fa4d920eb\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202560%201674'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bowie-house-pool.webp\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" alt=\"Bowie House pool\"\/> The rooftop pool is a hot destination for summer visitors to cool off.             Bowie House         <\/p>\n<p>The city of Fort Worth was also dubbed the 6th best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-best-cities-in-us-11952432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">travel destination<\/a> in the U.S. this year, proving that readers are still obsessed with visiting Funkytown for its historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthstockyards.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">attractions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworth.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/food-events-birdie-pickle-ellerbe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">restaurant<\/a> scene, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In its 31st year, the World\u2019s Best Awards continue to be a reflection of the extraordinary experiences that you, our trusted readers, crave,&#8221; T+L editors wrote. &#8220;This year, we at Travel + Leisure implore you to explore the winners with the same curiosity in which you chose them. While some hotels offer a rich backstory and entrancing interiors, others are brand new to the hospitality scene&#8230; As for the top cities, tried-and-true reign supreme with phenomenal attractions, superlative hotels, and electric dining scenes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The best hotels and resorts in Dallas<br \/><\/strong>Dallas&#8217; <strong>Hotel Crescent Court<\/strong> soared to the top of the list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-dallas-forth-worth-hotels-11952547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">best local hotels<\/a> in 2026. With 186 guest rooms, 40 luxurious suites, a rejuvenating spa and fitness center, and a rooftop heated pool, Hotel Crescent Court offers guests an inviting atmosphere that feels much more like a &#8220;home away from home&#8221; than a hotel. And according to T+L readers, its grand design is another perk of the stay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The landmark in Uptown Dallas sets itself apart with a blend of European-inspired elegance and classic Texan hospitality, as well as its castle-like fa\u00e7ade, designed by Pritzker Prize\u2013winning architect Philip Johnson,&#8221; T+L wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Dallas dominated the local list with four out of five hotels based in the Big D. The <strong>HALL Arts Hotel <\/strong>made its grand debut on the list<strong\/>, while<strong> <\/strong><strong>The Adolphus <\/strong>and <strong>Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek<\/strong> made the cut for another consecutive year. Rosewood Mansion also appeared on T+L&#8217;s separate list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/travel\/travel-leisure-500-hotel-vin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">500 best hotels<\/a> in the world in May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Fort Worth and its top-tier hospitality industry are continuing its winning streak: Two local hotels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":930081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,5800,7371,7372,17054,980,398,27246,358,1164,37781,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,8813],"class_list":["post-930080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-awards","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-hotels","tag-lists","tag-media","tag-resorts","tag-texas","tag-travel","tag-travel-leisure","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vacation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116907678630002013","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}