Last updated September 7, 2026
Conrad is Hilton’s largest luxury brand, roughly 54 hotels across 24 countries, and the quality spread is wider than the flag suggests: a handful of world-class resorts, a strong bench of city flagships, and a few properties coasting on the name. This ranking is built from award pricing, published property detail and recent guest reports. This ranking covers the ones worth planning a trip around.
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The verdict
The elite of the brand is clear: Conrad Maldives Rangali Island and Conrad Bora Bora Nui for overwater trips, Conrad Tokyo for city luxury, and Conrad Tulum for the most attainable five-star beach redemption in this hemisphere. The brand overview covers what Conrad is; this page is about which properties deserve your points, and the answer favors the resorts built or renovated since 2020.
How I ranked them
Three inputs, weighted in this order: consistency of recent guest experience, points value against our 0.5 cent baseline, and whether the property does something no nearby hotel matches. Recognition helps but does not decide. Travel and Leisure’s 2026 awards placed Conrad Tokyo fifth among Tokyo hotels and put Tulum and Punta de Mita in Mexico’s top 15 resorts, and Conrad Orlando holds AAA Five Diamond status, all consistent with what readers report.
The top 10 Conrad hotels
1. Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
The brand’s crown: two islands, overwater villas, and the famous undersea restaurant. With the 5th night free, it is the most achievable Maldives luxury redemption in any program.
2. Conrad Bora Bora Nui
Overwater villas on a private islet with the best lagoon views on the island. Pairs with the Maldives as the two aspirational awards that justify hoarding Hilton points.
3. Conrad Tokyo
Bay-view rooms above Shiodome, ranked fifth in the city by Travel and Leisure in 2026. Diamond breakfast on the 28th floor is one of the best elite breakfasts in the program.
4. Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya
The 2022-built resort that made Tulum bookable on points. Swim-up suites, cenote-style pools, and award rates that clear our value bar most of the year. My worked math is in the Conrad vs Ritz-Carlton comparison.
5. Conrad Punta de Mita
Pacific-coast sibling with a quieter beach and strong family setup; Mexico’s other top-15 Conrad in the 2026 T+L awards.
6. Conrad Orlando
AAA Five Diamond and attached to the Evermore lagoon complex. The family-luxury pick of the brand, and a better product than the theme-park-adjacent legacy hotels; see how it fits in our Orlando guide.
7. Conrad Los Angeles
New-build tower in the Frank Gehry complex downtown; rooftop pool with skyline views. Ranked in our LA guide as the city’s top Hilton-family stay.
8. Conrad Washington DC
Sharp modern build at CityCenter with the best rooftop in the district’s hotel scene; the luxury anchor of our DC guide.
9. Conrad London St James
Clubby, well-run base by St James’s Park, and the brand’s most reliable European city stay while the Admiralty Arch Waldorf finishes next door.
10. Conrad Bangkok
Veteran property that keeps earning its slot on service and price: award rates regularly under 50,000 points for genuine luxury.
The rest of the brand, by region
United States: beyond the ranked five, Conrad New York Downtown gives all-suite rooms near the World Trade Center, Conrad Nashville and Conrad Indianapolis cover their markets well, and Crockfords-adjacent Conrad Las Vegas anchors the Resorts World complex we cover in the Vegas guide.
Asia-Pacific: the deepest region. Conrad Osaka pairs with the Waldorf Astoria Osaka at the top of that city, Conrad Singapore runs two properties, and Hong Kong, Seoul, Bali, Koh Samui, Manila, and Macao all fly the flag, plus a wide China lineup. Quality is generally high; renovation dates are the thing to check on the older towers.
Europe, Middle East, Africa: London St James leads, Conrad Algarve is the resort play, Conrad Ibiza brought the brand to the Balearics, and Dubai plus Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Towers cover the Gulf.
Hilton lists every current property on the brand page; anything not named here is either newly opened or a property I have not seen enough recent reports on to rank honestly.
What the top four cost, in practice
Maldives: peak-season overwater villas price 120,000 to 150,000-plus a night, and the play is 5 nights in a beach villa with the 5th free, then paying cash to upgrade categories on property if the gap is small. Factor the seaplane transfer, which runs 600-plus dollars per person round trip and books through the resort, not with points.
Bora Bora: similar band, thinner standard-award space. Set alerts 9 to 11 months out; space appears when the calendar opens and evaporates by 6 months before peak season.
Tokyo: 80,000 to 110,000 most weeks. Bay-view king rooms are the category to book; city-side rooms save 10,000 points and lose the reason you came. Cash rates in Tokyo run high enough that points clear 0.7 cents regularly.
Tulum: 70,000 to 110,000 with real shoulder-season dips. May and early December have given me sub-90,000 rates against 500-dollar cash nights two years running.
Where I would spend cash instead
Two honest caveats inside the brand. Some older Asia city towers, strong as they are on service, carry 2000s-era rooms between renovations; check the latest refurbishment date before burning 6 figures of points on a suite. And Conrad Dubai sits in a crowded luxury market where cash rates at competitors regularly undercut the points math; in Dubai I price the field first. Neither is a bad hotel. They are places where the redemption needs checking rather than assuming.
Points strategy at Conrad
Conrad awards run roughly 50,000 points in Bangkok to 150,000-plus in the Maldives. The plays that matter: book 5-night blocks for the free night, run every stay through the calculator against cash, and remember Diamond breakfast and upgrades apply at every Conrad, which is the margin over booking comparable independents. Earning the balance is the easy part; our earning guide and card guide cover it.
Booking windows that work
Resort Conrads reward planning: the Maldives and Bora Bora want 9-plus months of lead time for standard awards, Mexico wants 3 to 6, and shoulder-season Mexico can be booked 6 weeks out without pain. City Conrads run the opposite way; Tokyo, Bangkok, and the US cities release award space steadily, and last-minute city awards are often the best value in the whole brand because cash rates spike into compression nights while award prices lag. My rule: book resorts the day plans firm up, and hold city bookings flexible until the cash-versus-points gap is visible.
One more habit: reprice every award a month before arrival. Hilton awards rebook without penalty at most properties, and dynamic pricing moves both directions. Two minutes of checking has refunded me 6 figures of points over a couple of years.
Family versus couple math
The ranking shifts with who is traveling. Couples: the order above stands. Families: Orlando jumps to the top three, because the lagoon complex absorbs children for full days and the suite inventory fits four without a second room; Punta de Mita moves ahead of Tulum for the calmer, swimmable beach; and Tokyo drops, since its rooms fit two adults and little else. Solo business travelers should weight the city flagships, where Diamond breakfast and lounge-style perks do the most daily work. There is no single best Conrad, only a best Conrad for the trip you are actually taking, and that framing will save you from booking someone else’s dream redemption. When in doubt, price two candidates side by side for your exact dates, count breakfast and transfer costs into both columns, and let the totals decide; the spreadsheet takes ten minutes and regularly flips the answer that the photos suggested. The brand is deep enough that the second-choice property is usually excellent too, which is a nice problem to have.
Where to go next
Weigh the whole luxury tier in Conrad vs Waldorf Astoria, see every Waldorf in the brand roundup, or compare against the competition in Conrad vs Ritz-Carlton. City-by-city picks live in the destinations hub.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Conrad hotel?
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island leads the brand, with Conrad Bora Bora Nui and Conrad Tokyo close behind. For points value in this hemisphere, Conrad Tulum is the standout.
How many Conrad hotels are there?
Around 54 hotels in 24 countries, which makes Conrad the largest of Hilton’s three luxury brands ahead of Waldorf Astoria and LXR.
Is Conrad better than Waldorf Astoria?
Waldorf Astoria sits slightly above Conrad in positioning and price. Conrad is often the better points value, and its top resorts compete directly with Waldorf’s best.
How many points is a Conrad night?
Roughly 50,000 at value properties like Bangkok up to 150,000-plus at the Maldives in season, with the 5th night free on standard award stays.
