Conde Nast Traveller magazine story:
Vancouver - #1 City in the Americas
The reader?s of Condé Nast are among the savviest travellers on the globe. Their opinions are formed from years of experience travelling to cities around the world, from Albuquerque to Zurich. So that makes their decision to name Vancouver the best city in the Americas all the more satisfying. Editors of the seminal travel magazine tabulated its readers 30,000 votes, and Vancouver beat out rivals like Mexico City, Toronto and San Jose, Costa Rico.
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http://vancouver.com/whattoexpect/review/index.htm