Australian Hotels Named Region's Top Three

If you're looking for the best hotels in Australia and New Zealand, the annual HotelClub Awards could be a helpful guide.

This year's top three hotels in the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands region named at the HotelClub Awards were all Australian: the Gold Coast's Palazzo Versace, Sydney's Shangri-La Hotel and Melbourne's Crown Towers.

Photo: Palazzo Versace Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast © Larry Rivera, licensed to About.com, Inc

The awards were announced in Sydney on the night of September 11.

It's the third successive year that Crown Towers has made it to the top three hotels in the region.

The best hotels are rated according to a poll of hotel consumers conducted by HotelClub Australia, a subsidiary of online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc.

Other popuar hotels at the HotelClub Awards:

Top 3 Hotels in New South Wales

• Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney
• Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
• Lilianfels Blue Mountains Hotel, Katoomba

Top 3 Hotels in Victoria

• Crown Towers, Melbourne
• The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
• Four Points by Sheraton, Geelong

Top Hotel in the Australian Capital Territory

• Hyatt Hotel, Canberra

Top 3 Hotels in Western Australia

• Hyatt Regency, Perth
• Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
• Cable Beach Club Resort, Broome

Top 3 Hotels in South Australia

• Stamford Grand, Adelaide
• Majestic Roof Garden Hotel, Adelaide
• Kangaroo Island Lodge

Top 2 Hotels in the Northern Territory

• Sails in the Desert Hotel, Ayers Rock
• Skycity, Darwin

Top 2 Hotels in Tasmania

• Wrest Point, Hobart
• Cradle Mountain Lodge, Via Sheffield

Top 3 Hotels in Queensland

• Palazzo Versace, Gold Coast
• Sheraton Mirage Resort & Spa, Port Douglas
• Hotel Sofitel, Brisbane

Top 2 Hotels in New Zealand - North Island

• Skycity, Auckland
• InterContinental, Wellington

Top 2 Hotels in New Zealand - South Island

• Heritage, Christchurch
• Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa, Queenstown