Virtuoso Hotels: Confirmed Upgrade at Booking, 2023 (Updated)

Virtuoso Hotels: Confirmed Upgrade at Booking, 2022

1/26/23 Update, including The Fifth Avenue Hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia, Montage Palmetto Bluff, The St. Regis Istanbul, Four Seasons Buenos Airesand others.

Which Virtuoso Hotels Confirm an Upgrade at Booking in 2022? One of the top requests we receive from TravelSort clients is for a confirmed upgrade at booking. Most hotels only provide an upgrade at check-in, if one is available, but there are some hotels that will confirm a one category upgrade at the time of booking, if the next category is available at the time the reservation is made. There are also a few hotel preferred partner programs that upgrade at time of booking, which we note below.

Here are the Virtuoso hotels that upgrade at time of booking for 2022 stays:

North America (Canada, U.S., Mexico)

Alila Ventana Big Sur
Carmel Valley Ranch, California
Fairmont Grand Del Mar (excludes suites)
Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica (select categories)
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, NYC
The Halekulani, Waikiki, Hawaii (select categories)
The Mark, NYC
Montage Deer Valley (view category for hotel rooms and suites only; residence upgrades upon arrival, subject to availability)
Montage Laguna Beach, California (view upgrade at time of booking for Ocean Coastal and higher categories)
Montage Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina
Pendry West Hollywood (excludes suites)
Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa, Mexico (Pool View Room up to Reef Room, suites excluded)
The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
Shangri-La Vancouver (up to Executive Balcony King Room)
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA

Central and South America

Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires (excludes Grand and Lounge Suites
Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
Four Seasons Buenos Aires
Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro
Hotel Punta Islita, Costa Rica
Park Hyatt Mendoza (Park to Andes category)
Txai Resort Itacare, Brazil

Europe

Borgo dei Conti Resort, Perugia, Italy
Le Bristol Paris (when booking Deluxe Double up to Junior Suite)
Carlton Cannes
The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, London ( for Superior and Deluxe rooms. All other room categories will be confirmed 72 hours prior to arrival, subject to availability)
Chateau Saint Martin & Spa, Vence, France, Oetker Collection
De L'Europe, Amsterdam (up to Junior Suite)
Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski St. Moritz, Switzerland (upgrades from Tower Suite to Presidential Suite are excluded)
Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Hotel Barriere Le Normandy Deauville
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
Hotel Chais Monnet, Cognac, France
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden
InterContinental London Park Lane
InterContinental Lyon, Hotel Dieu
InterContinental Marseille, Hotel Dieu
InterContinental Paris Le Grand (Cosy to Classic only; other upgrades based on availability on arrival)
The K Club, Kildare, Ireland (when reserving a Deluxe Room or higher category)
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains St. Moritz, Switzerland (excludes Tower Suite to Presidential Suite)
Kempinski Palace Portoroz, Slovenia
The Lausanne Palace, Switzerland (up to Junior Suite)
Palais Coburg Residenz, Austria (subject to availability during festive season)
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome
Regent Berlin
Ritz Paris
Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris
Sina Brufani, Perugia, Italy
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
Steigenberger Wiltcher's, Brussels
Waldorf Astoria Berlin

Turkey, Middle East, Africa

Raffles Istanbul
Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul
Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi
The St. Regis Istanbul
Tswalu Kalahari, Kalahari, South Africa

Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel in Cape Town, confirms a Virtuoso upgrade at time of booking.

Asia

Ananda in the Himalayas, India (upgrade to a Deluxe Valley View Room from Palace View Room at time of booking)
Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp, Chiang Rai, Thailand (upgrade at time of booking from 3 Country Deluxe Room to 3 Country Suite, except during peak holiday period)
Beijing Hotel NUO
Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape, Bali
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore
Four Seasons Kyoto
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (up to Esplanade Room only)
InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (excludes suites)
Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong (Upgrade not applicable for L600 Executive Room & suites categories)
The Mandarin Oriental Singapore (selected rooms; hotel closed for renovations March-September 2023)
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa
Park Hyatt Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Peninsula Beijing
The PuLi Hotel and Spa Shanghai (not applicable to any twin bed room categories)
The PuXuan Hotel and Spa, Beijing
Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Raffles Makati, Philippines
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The St. Regis Singapore
Taj Palace, New Delhi

Four Seasons Kyoto offers a Virtuoso confirmed upgrade at time of booking

Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands

InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa
Lyall Hotel and Spa, Melbourne
Shangri-La Hotel Sydney (not valid over certain peak holiday dates)
SO / Auckland
Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour

Hyatt Prive, Shangri-La Luxury Circle, and Oetker Collection are luxury hotel programs that provide a confirmed upgrade at time of booking:

Shangri-La Luxury Circle confirms an upgrade at time of booking, for select room categories only (note there are no room to suite confirmed upgrades, and no upgrades from regular rooms to Horizon Club rooms)
Hyatt Prive can confirm an upgrade within 24 hours of TravelSort making the request, but this is not guaranteed; it does depend on whether the hotel anticipates high occupancy during the stay dates.
Oetker Collection confirms one category room to room or suite to suite upgrades at time of booking, if the next category is available when booking.
There are also exclusive Four Seasons Preferred Partner confirmed upgrade offers for select hotels and resorts, for example the following Four Seasons hotels and resorts have guaranteed upgrade offers during part of 2023:
Beverly Wilshire, Los Angeles
Four Seasons Boston at One Dalton Street
Four Seasons Denver
Four Seasons Houston
Four Seasons Lanai
Four Seasons Lisbon
Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Four Seasons Milan
Four Seasons San Francisco