Each year there’s a lot of anticipation about which hotels in North America will join AAA’s prestigious 5-Diamond list. This is a tough club to join being of the kind which the physical requirements to meet are daunting and there are a lot of expenses involved, such as having a high staff-to-guest ratio and people who can speak multiple languages.

Three new hotels made the list in Mexico: the St. Regis Punta Mita Resort in Nayarit and two hotels that are walking distance apart on the other coast: Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, and Rosewood Mayakoba. Naturally, we have reviewed totally three of them already. Follow the links for detailed info.

Who got dropped, you ask? None of them in Mexico actually. The six that lost their ranking are in the U.S.

Cairo has hundreds of hotels to choose from, this is after all the biggest city in Africa as well as the most visited. I’ve put together a list of top 10 hotels in Cairo that will hopefully help anyone looking for accommodation with good value and honest service. You can get a good, clean, safe dorm room despite under $10, or you can opt for a resort overlooking the Pyramids with multiple swimming pools. Even that will only set you back just over $100 a night. Sound good?

Personally, I take delight in a small, mid-range boutique hotel like the Talisman. It’s beautifully decorated, uniquely furnished and in the center of it all. I like to walk out the front door of a hotel and really be in the thick of it, why bother traveling to Egypt differently?

Check out my: Top 10 List of Hotels in Cairo. You’ll determine judicially information about location, rates, links to reviews, and the hotel to make a direct booking.