Virtuoso Hotels That Upgrade at Time of Booking 2020

Several Virtuoso Hotels Will Confirm Upgrades at Time of Booking in 2020, so if you're a luxury traveler and value being able to confirm an upgrade in advance, this list is for you. Below it, I'll also mention additional ways of confirming an upgrade in advance at other luxury hotels not on this list. As always, there does need to be availability in the category above the one you reserved, in order to confirm the upgrade. For this reason, it's best to plan well in advance.

2020 Virtuoso Hotels That Confirm an Upgrade at Time of Booking

Asia and Pacific

Ananda in the Himalayas, India
Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas
Bulgari Hotel Beijing
Capella Shanghai Jiam Ye Li
China World Summit Wing, Beijing
The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
The Mandarin Oriental Singapore
The Opposite House, Beijing
Park Hyatt Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Peninsula Beijing
The PuLi Hotel and Spa Shanghai
Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Taj Palace, New Delhi

Australia

Crown Towers Melbourne
Crown Towers Perth
Lyall Hotel and Spa
Shangri-La Hotel Sydney

Caribbean

Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort, Spa & Casino
Silversands Grenada

Europe

Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
Le Bristol Paris
Chateau Saint Martin & Spa, Vence, France
De L'Europe, Amsterdam
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Hotel Barriere Le Fouquet's Paris
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
Hotel Chais Monnet, Cognac, France
Hotel Goldener Hirsch, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Salzburg
Hotel Lutetia, Paris
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden
InterContinental Carlton Cannes
InterContinental London Park Lane
InterContinental Lyon, Hotel Dieu
InterContinental Marseille, Hotel Dieu
The K Club, Kildare, Ireland
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains St. Moritz, Switzerland
La Reserve Geneve, Switzerland
Palais Coburg Residenz, Austria
Palais Hansen Kempinski, Vienna
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome
Regent Berlin
Ritz Paris
Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris
San Clemente Palace Kempinski Venice
Sina Brufani, Perugia, Italy
Sofitel Brussels Le Louise
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
The St. Regis Moscow Nikolskaya
Steigenberger Wiltcher's, Brussels
Waldorf Astoria Berlin

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

Carmel Valley Ranch, California
Fairmont Austin
Fairmont Grand Del Mar
Halekulani, Waikiki, Hawaii
Inn at Lost Creek, Colorado
InterContinental Los Angeles Century City
The Mark, NYC
Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA
Montage Beverly Hills
Montage Deer Valley
Montage Laguna Beach, California
Montage Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina
Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa, Mexico
Prestige at The Palazzo, Las Vegas
Rosewood Mayakoba
Shangri-La Vancouver, Canada
The St. Regis New York
Venana Big Sur, an Alila Resort, California

South America

Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires
Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
Hotel Punta Islita, Costa Rica
Los Cauquenes Resort & Spa, Ushuaia, Argentina
Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
Park Hyatt Mendoza
Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco
Txai Resort Itacare, Brazil

Turkey

Raffles Istanbul
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul

Shangri-La Luxury Circle and Hyatt Prive 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.
There are also regular Four Seasons Preferred Partner confirmed upgrade offers for select hotels and resorts. For example:
Four Seasons Hualalai Guaranteed Upgrade 2019
Four Seasons Ko Olina guaranteed upgrade until 12/19/19 and from 1/4/20-12/15/20
Four Seasons Washington DC guaranteed upgrade from 12/10/19-2/29/20
Four Seasons Florence guaranteed upgrade 11/1/19-12/20/19
Four Seasons Koh Samui guaranteed upgrade until 12/19/19; applicable to One Bedroom Pool Villa, Deluxe One Bedroom Pool Villa
Four Seasons Bali at Jimbaran Bay guaranteed upgrade until 12/20/19 for Garden Villa to Jimbaran Bay Villa, Jimbaran Bay Villa to Deluxe Villa, and Deluxe Villa to Premier Ocean Villa.
Four Seasons Chiang Mai: Guaranteed upgrade until 10/31/19 (except blackout dates of 9/28/19-10/6/19) and from 11/20/19-12/19/19, highest upgrade to Upper Rice Terrace Pavilion
Four Seasons Costa Rica guaranteed upgrade until 10/31/19 when reserving a Cielo Guest Room or One Bedroom Canopy Suite