The sexiest hotel bedroom in the world is just a three hour flight away

SINGAPORE - You don’t have to traverse till the ends of the world to hole up in a sexy hotel room.

Not when boutique hotel specialist guide Mr and Mrs Smith has announced the winners of their second edition of the Smith Awards on Thursday in a ceremony at Bankside Vaults in London.

The Smith Hotel Awards picks out the best in 12 categories, including Sexiest Bedroom, Best Hotel Pool, Hottest Hotel Bar and Best for Families, among their collection of over 950 hotels. Five of the winners are in our half of the world: Sexiest Bedroom went to Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in Vietnam; Emirates Wolgan Valley in Australia’s Blue Mountains took Best For Families; Sydney’s 1888 snagged Best Budget Hotel; Sal Salis at Ningaloo Reef won for Eco Award; and Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island won Best Above And Beyond.

“When we started Smith in 2003, we set out to find the very best boutique hotels in the United Kingdom. Over the last 11 years, we’ve taken that mission all over the world, so this list of 2014 award winners really does represent the best of the best on the global hotel scene,” said co-founder of Mr and Mrs Smith James Logan. “Choosing from such incredible hotels is a tough job, of course, which is why we asked the public to help, and thanks to them and our panel of specialist judges, we think we’ve arrived at the ultimate hot list.”

Mr and Mrs Smith revealed that more than 20,000 of their members voted for their favourite properties throughout September. The shortlist was then put to a panel of three specialist judges in each category.

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The roll call for the full list of winners:

Best-Dressed Hotel: El Fenn, Marrakech, Morocco

Sexiest Bedroom in the World: Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam

Hottest Hotel Bar: The NoMad Hotel, New York, United States

Best Hotel Restaurant: Lime Wood, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Best Spa Hotel: Dormy House, Cotswolds, UK

The Eco Award: Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef, Australia

Best for Families: Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort, Blue Mountains, Australia

Best Budget Boutique Hotel: 1888 Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Best Pool: Monastero Santa Rosa, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Above and Beyond: Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Best Newcomer: Ham Yard Hotel, London, UK

Best Smith Hotel 2014: Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, Bahia, Brazil

To find out what goes into making a winning hotel, read our interview with three of these judges online (http://tdy.sg/todaytravel).