Forbes Travel Guide Proclaims The Edge List 2025

Celebrating off-the-beaten-path accommodations and cruises that outline ‘luxurious with out limits’

ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”), the worldwide authority on luxurious hospitality, in the present day introduced The Edge List 2025, honoring 20 accommodations, resorts and cruises that redefine the boundaries of journey, offering entry to distant, awe-inspiring locations whereas delivering uncompromising consolation and elevated experiences.

The six classes of the 2025 listing embrace: Animal Encounters, Beach Adventures, Cultural Immersion, Natural Wonders, Ocean Expeditions and Wilderness Retreats.

Winners embrace Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Krabi, Thailand, a secluded 54-room resort surrounded by limestone cliffs, verdant rainforests and the emerald Andaman Sea (Beach Adventures); Hotel das Cataratas, A Belmond Hotel, Iguassu Falls, the one resort inside Brazil’s Iguacu National Park (Natural Wonders); and Silversea’s Silver Origin, a sleekly fashionable small cruise ship constructed particularly to navigate the Galapagos Islands (Ocean Expeditions).

Ritz-Carlton Reserve has essentially the most winners with Nujuma within the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, and Mandapa in Bali becoming a member of Phulay Bay on the listing. The model focuses on creating a way of discovery with its distant and intimate places.

“Edge” is an acronym that represents: Exceptional Access to distant, awe-inspiring locations; Daring Innovation in offering boundary-pushing adventures and once-in-a-lifetime experiences; Global Stewardship with a prioritization on conservation, minimizing influence and look after the neighborhood; and Elevated Experience, delivering excellence even in far-flung environments. 

“The Edge List celebrates the spirit of discovery that defines great travel,” mentioned Hermann Elger, CEO of Forbes Travel Guide. “These honorees combine access to extraordinary, off-the-beaten-path destinations with the elevated comfort and service that discerning travelers expect. We are proud to recognize these properties for delivering such unique and memorable experiences.”

The Edge List honorees have been decided via in-person visits from Forbes Travel Guide’s incognito inspectors or editorial group, mixed with analysis and inspection knowledge.

One of the honorees will probably be introduced because the winner of the 12 months at The Summit 2026, Forbes Travel Guide’s annual occasion bringing collectively the worlds of journey and luxurious, to be held in Monaco in February.

To view the total listing of The Edge List honorees, go to ForbesTravelGuide.com. 

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Forbes Travel Guide is the one world ranking system for luxurious accommodations, eating places, spas and ocean cruises and their eating places. Our nameless skilled inspectors consider primarily based on tons of of exacting requirements, with an emphasis on distinctive service, to assist discerning vacationers choose the world’s finest experiences. The solely method to get a Five-Star, Four-Star, or Recommended ranking is by incomes it via our unbiased inspection course of. For extra details about Forbes Travel Guide, please go to ForbesTravelGuide.com.

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