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The new design-led hotels that should be on your radar
Explore the best new openings in the world, from an intimate bolthole in Mexico City to a sunny island resort in the Maldives
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A contemporary Mexican hotel emerges from a 16th-century ruin in Mérida
A renovation project by Zeller & Moye, Mérida’s new Hotel Sevilla wears its architectural interventions lightly, mixing new brutalist elements into listed interiors and a palm-filled courtyard
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The most anticipated hotel openings of 2026
From landmark restorations to remote retreats, these are the hotel debuts shaping the year ahead
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How designer Hugo Toro turned Orient Express’ first hotel into a sleeper hit
The Orient Express pulls into Rome, paying homage to the golden age of travel in its first hotel, just footsteps from the Pantheon
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The best way to see Mount Fuji? Book a stay here
At the western foothills of Mount Fuji, Gora Kadan’s second property translates imperial heritage into a deeply immersive, design-led retreat
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In Norway, remoteness becomes the new luxury
Across islands and fjords, a new wave of design-led hideaways is elevating remoteness into a refined, elemental form of luxury
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The most stylish hotel debuts of 2025
A Wallpaper* edit of this year’s defining hotel openings. Design-led stays to shape your next escape
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Tokyo’s most cinematic stay reopens as an exercise in architectural self-control
Park Hyatt Tokyo and Studio Jouin Manku demonstrate how design can evolve without erasing memory, balancing modernist heritage with contemporary comfort
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The ryokan, reinvented: checking in at Hoshinoya Tokyo
Hoshinoya Tokyo rewrites the ryokan for the modern city, a barefoot ascent through layered rituals, tradition and restorative onsen culture
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The most whimsical hotel Christmas trees around the world
We round up the best hotel Christmas tree collaborations of the year, from a ‘hotel within a hotel’ in Tokyo to 400 bellboy teddy bears in Paris
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At last: a London hotel that’s great for groups and extended stays
The July London Victoria, a new aparthotel concept just steps away from one of the city's busiest rail stations, is perfect for weekends and long-term visits alike
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You can now stay in one of Geoffrey Bawa’s most iconic urban designs
Only true Bawa fans know about this intimate building, and it’s just opened as Colombo’s latest boutique hotel
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Check into the parkland oasis where Tokyo slows down
The third in a hat-trick of Trunk spaces in Tokyo, Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park offers a measured take on contemporary Tokyo living
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Retreat to an earthy resort in a sylvan slice of the Algarve
The beautifully wild Portuguese landscape envelops the Vale Palheiro Earth Resort, offering visitors a chance to immerse themselves in rural authenticity
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Sir Devonshire Square is a new kind of hotel for the City of London
A Dutch hospitality group makes its London debut with a design-forward hotel offering a lighter, more playful take on the City’s usual formality
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A 1970s brutalist icon becomes Tbilisi’s most striking new hotel
Neri&Hu transforms a Soviet-era post office into the Georgian capital’s anticipated Telegraph Hotel
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A Roman holiday, but make it Tokyo. Check into the Bvlgari Hotel
Crowning the top six floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Bvlgari’s first hotel in Japan is a skyline retreat shaped by two cultures
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Montcalm Mayfair opens a new chapter for a once-overlooked London hotel
A thoughtful reinvention brings craftsmanship, character and an unexpected sense of warmth to a London hotel that was never previously on the radar
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The W New York, Union Square gets a grown-up revamp by Rockwell Group
The noughties hotspot has reopened with a more mature – yet never muted –new look. Wallpaper* checks in
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Is this Tokyo’s most alluring new hotel?
In the world’s busiest capital, a new benchmark for serenity emerges 35 floors above ground. We checked into the Fairmont Tokyo
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St. Regis Hotels and Resorts illustrates its spirit of celebration
Bespoke Partnership
A collaboration between St. Regis and New York artist Tug Rice captures the storied brand’s Gilded Age glamour and decadent modernity
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Experience the cradle of the Renaissance in a new light at Florence’s W hotel
Florence’s palazzi, basilicas and baptistries groan with history. But the city’s new W hotel poses an alternative perspective – one that is distinctly modern
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Fall in love with the Dolomites at this serene retreat
In South Tyrol, the refreshed Forestis hotel raises the bar for high-altitude calm
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An around-the-world art tour with Rosewood
Bespoke Partnership
From London to New York, Amsterdam and São Paulo, the hotel group showcases curated art that reflects the unique local context
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In Sou Fujimoto’s far-flung Not A Hotel villa, solitude feels almost planetary
An underwater sauna, an infinity pool and a circular courtyard garden are just a few of the highlights at Not A Hotel’s latest outpost, on Japan’s Ishigaki Island
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The Standard’s new hotel brings signature swagger to Thailand’s silvery sands
With its design-driven new Thai resort, The Standard Pattaya Na Jomtien, the boutique hotel brand bets on modernist nostalgia
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Check into a new pocket-sized Tokyo hotel
Soil Nihonbashi Hotel brings greenery, warmth and a neighbourhood spirit to a quiet corner near Tokyo Central Station
