Beaches & Hotels
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November 17, 2025

16 award-winning hotels on Koh Samui

If you love to keep tabs on who's winning gold stars, here's the combined trophy haul for Koh Samui hotels for the year: a total of 41 awards for Koh Samui's best resorts, spas and restaurants

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The winners are in! Here's the combined trophy haul for Koh Samui hotels for this year‍: a total of forty-one awards for sixteen superb island hotels, including Travelers’ Choice Awards, Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards and World Luxury Hotel Awards. As always – Koh Samui has a lot to offer you. You can see the full list of winners at each award site, in a huge variety of categories, but if your heart is already set on Koh Samui – find its latest award-winners neatly summarised below. Enjoy!

1. Banyan Tree Samui

Banyan Tree Samui near Lamai

Coming first both alphabetically and in total award-haul, let’s start with Banyan Tree Samui.

  • World Luxury Hotel Awards: #1 Luxury Spa Resort Thailand (2025)
  • Michelin Guide Thailand: Two-Key Hotel Recognition (2024)
  • EarthCheck Platinum Certification (2025)
  • CN Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, #8 Best Resort Thailand (2025)
  • T+L World's Best Awards, #9 Best Beach + Island Resort in Thailand (2025)

Plus – Saffron: Michelin Guide Thailand, Selected Restaurant (2025)

2. Cape Fahn Hotel

Cape Fahn Hotel in Choeng Mon
  • TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, #1 Boutique Hotel Thailand (2025)
  • T+L World's Best Awards, #3 Best Beach + Island Resort in Thailand (2025)

Plus – Long Dtai: Michelin Guide Thailand, Selected Restaurant (2025)

3. Casa De Mar

Casa de Mar in the north of Chaweng

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, #21, Top 25 Hotels in Thailand (2025)

4. Centara Reserve Samui

Centara Reserve in Chaweng
  • T+L World's Best Awards, #7 Best Beach + Island Resort in Thailand (2025)
  • TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, #10, Top 25 Hotels in Thailand (2025)

5. Conrad Koh Samui

Conrad Koh Samui on the island's remote southwest coast
  • World Luxury Hotel Awards, #1 Luxury Hideaway Resort Thailand (2025)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Four-Stars (2025)
  • CN Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, #12 Best Resort Thailand (2025)

Plus – Conrad Spa Koh Samui: World Luxury Spa Awards, #1 Luxury Island Resort Spa in Asia and #1 Luxury Hideaway Spa in South East Asia (2025)

6. Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui

Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui on the island's northwest coast
  • CN Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, #48 Best Resort in the World and #3 Best Resort in Thailand (2025)
  • T+L 500 List, World's Finest Hotels (2025)
  • Tatler Best, 100 Best Hotels in Asia-Pacific (2025)
  • T+L World's Best Awards, #2 Best Beach + Island Resorts in Thailand (2025)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Four-Stars (2025)

Plus – KOH Thai: Michelin Guide Thailand, Selected Restaurant (2025)

7. Garrya Tongsai Bay Samui

Garrya Tongsai Bay near Choeng Mon

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, #11, Top 25 Hotels in Thailand (2025)

8. Hyatt Regency Koh Samui

Hyatt Regency between Choeng Mon and Chaweng

T+L World's Best Awards, #9 Best Hotel Pools in Thailand (2025)

9. InterContinental Koh Samui Resort

InterContinental on the island's remote southwest coast near Taling Ngam

World Travel Awards, #1, Asia's Leading Beach Resort (2025)

Plus – Baan Thai Spa by HARNN at InterContinental Koh Samui Resort: World Luxury Spa Awards #1 Luxury Resort Spa in Asia and #1 Luxury Oceanview Spa in Asia (2025)

10. Kimpton Kitalay Samui

Kimpton Kitalay on Choeng Mon Beach
  • T+L World's Best Awards, #4 Best Hotels in Thailand and #8 Best Beach + Island Resorts in Thailand (2025)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Recommended Hotel (2025)

Plus – FishHouse: Michelin Guide Thailand, Selected Restaurant (2025)

11. Napasai, A Belmond Hotel

Belmond Napasai on the island's north coast near Maenam

Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Recommended Hotel (2025)

12. Santiburi Koh Samui

Santiburi on Maenam Beach

CN Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, #17 Best Resort in Thailand (2025)

Plus – Santiburi Spa Koh Samui: Luxury Lifestyle Awards, Top 100 Spas of the World (2025)

13. Silavadee Pool Spa Resort

Silavadee on the beautiful rocky coastline near Lamai

T+L World's Best Awards, #10 Best Beach + Island Resorts in Thailand (2025)

14. Six Senses Samui

Six Senses Samui near Choeng Mon
  • World Luxury Hotel Awards, #1 Luxury Eco/Green Hotel in Thailand (2025)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Recommended Hotel (2025)

15. The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui

The Ritz-Carlton, also near Choeng Mon
  • Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Four-Stars (2025)
  • DestinAsian Readers' Choice Awards, #1 Best Resort in Thailand (2025)

Plus – The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui Spa: Forbes Travel Guide Star Award, Four-Star Spa (2025)

16. Vana Belle, A Luxury Collection Resort

Vana Belle on Chaweng Noi Beach
  • World Travel Awards, #1 Thailand's Leading Luxury Resort (2025)
  • World Luxury Hotel Awards, #1 Luxury Romantic Hotel in Thailand (2025)
  • TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, #8, Top 25 Hotels in Thailand (2025)

Award-winning hotels on Koh Samui

Prefer to award your own gold stars? Start with these favourite places to stay – including my favourite family resorts, romantic hotels and some extra-special spots for Koh Samui's best sunsets.

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