Travel + Leisure World's Best List

Posted 09 2 2007 9:02PM

NEW YORK - Midwest Airlines was named best domestic airline in Travel + Leisure magazine's annual readers' survey.

The Milwaukee-based airline has won the honor in the magazine's World's Best Awards eight out of 12 years.

JetBlue, despite highly publicized delays this past winter that led the airline to apologize to customers, came in No. 2 on the top 10 list.

Third was Hawaiian Airlines, followed by USA 3000 Airlines, Aloha Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Horizon Air.

Travel + Leisure readers named Florence, Italy, the world's best city, followed by Buenos Aires, Bangkok, Rome, Sydney, New York, Udaipur in India, Istanbul, San Francisco, and Cape Town, South Africa.

It was the first time that Udaipur made the magazine's top 10 cities of the world list. Known as the city of lakes, Udaipur is home to spectacular palaces, gardens and temples. The city also has luxury hotels like the Oberoi Udaivilas and the Lake Palace.

Top 10 large-ship cruise lines in the readers' survey were Crystal, Regent Seven Seas, Oceania, Disney, Cunard, Celebrity, Holland America, Orient, Princess and Royal Caribbean.

The survey of nearly 19,000 readers also named Bali the world's best island, Hertz the world's best car-rental agency, and The Peninsula in Bangkok as the world's best hotel for under $250.

A complete list of World's Best Awards 2007 winners in every category is on the magazine's Web site http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest. The winners will also be featured in the August issue of Travel + Leisure, on newsstands July 24.