Cancun hotel awards with a published methodology
Advertising does not affect scoring. Award decisions are published only when the stated evidence and review process have been completed. Staff nominations are reviewed separately from hotel categories.
When an award uses an on-site assessment, the applicable method and evidence are disclosed.
Awards cannot be bought, and advertisers get no scoring advantage.
Published results describe the evidence and criteria used for that decision.
Hotel categories
Seventeen categories, because the best hotel for a toddler is never the best hotel for a pool party. Pick the one that matches your trip.
Staff awards
Hotels are made by people. Each property can put forward its own team, and guests can nominate anyone who made their holiday, right down to the pool crew.
How judging works
- 1. Longlist. Every hotel in our Cancun database with verified data and enough recent guest signal.
- 2. Unannounced stays. Auditors from our expat panel visit as ordinary guests and score the full journey.
- 3. Cross-check. Scores are compared against guest reviews, complaint patterns and our own page data.
- 4. Shortlist and staff nominations. Shortlisted properties nominate their own people; guests nominate too.
- 5. Ceremony and badges. Winners are announced at the annual ceremony in Cancun and get a verifiable badge that links back to their scored page.
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