The 500 Travel and Leisure Magazine Award

Another Zambia safari kudu. The Royal Livingstone a Sun International resort in Livingstone has been named one of the best 500 hotels in the Travel & Leisure’s annual list. The list is of the 500 greatest hotels and resorts in the world. The Royal Livingstone Hotel will receive a plague for this award by the Travel & Leisure Magazine.

Ms Nancy Novogrod, Editor-in-chief of T&L magazine said being named the exclusive Travel & Leisure 500 by the most discerning traveler and T&L readers demonstrate that the Zambian resort is of world class.

Ms Novogrod said, “The T&L 500 is a list that’s more than a list. It’s the most reliable and comprehensive guide to hotels. One that is sure to be among our reader’s fovourites. Something to be said and referred to time and again to help our readers expertly navigate the globe”
This year’s T&L 500 includes 169 properties that are on the list for the first time. Out of the 500 the United States of America has 198 hotels and resorts. As a city London is said to have more of the T&L 500 hotels than any European city.

The highest scoring T&L 500 hotels are in Africa and the Middle East. Last year 58 Asian hotels grew by 29 percent.

So a Zambian hotel is among the rarefied 500 of the world. That’s another of Zambia the Africa's best kept secret in safaris.