Hotels
Hotels scoured from cities all over the world - the most inspiring new bolt-holes in the world
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Love modernist design? Don’t miss this exhibition at this storied Austrian hotelWithin a historic Alpine setting, ‘Provenance’ at Almhof Schneider traces the journeys of modernist design across continents and time
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Imperial Hotel Kyoto revives a former geiko theatreA layered 55-room retreat carries forward the legacy of a 1936 landmark, weaving together centuries of history and culture
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Inside Quito’s newest boutique hotel, where Ecuadorian art is at the forefrontWith just five suites, Casa Santa Clara provides an intimate stay in the protected historic centre of the city
By Lydia Swinscoe Published
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This two-room hotel in Nara is a design lover’s dreamLocated in Naramachi, the heart of the Japanese ancient city, Tayura captivates with its boutique comforts and pink-putty colour scheme
By Jens H Jensen Published
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Axel Vervoordt knows how to make a good first impressionA nearly two-decade collaboration continues as the Belgian interior designer redefines the lobby of Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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At Rosewood Courchevel Le Jardin Alpin, luxury meets alpine chicRosewood Hotels & Resorts debuts its first winter resort at Courchevel 1850 in the French Alps
By Hélène Bauer Published
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Check into Nolinski Paris for a refreshing dose of design-led calmThe Haussmannian conversion by Jean-Louis Deniot layers brass, lacquer and frescoed ceilings for a richly calibrated hotel experience
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Thebe Magugu brings Afro-modernism to Belmond’s Mount Nelson hotelA hotel suite and a cultural platform on home turf mark the South African fashion designer’s first major move into interior and product design
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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This new London hotel is a love letter to its neighbourhoodKinsfolk & Co unveils the anticipated Newman hotel. Designed by Lind + Almond, it’s a paean to Fitzrovia’s bohemian soul
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Pierre-Yves Rochon reimagines Four Seasons Hotel George V as a collection of Parisian apartmentsThree decades on, the French interior designer returns to the historic Parisian hotel with a vision grounded in light, craft, and domesticity
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Tour Artfarm’s snug new hotel in the Swiss AlpsChesa Marchetta reimagines a 16th-century guest house once frequented by Gerhard Richter and Jean-Michel Basquiat
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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At Mandarin Oriental Vienna, luxurious interiors bear the spirit of an Austrian grand dameLuxury hospitality arrives at a Secession landmark in the heart of the Austrian capital
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Check into the bijou riad supporting Morocco’s skateboarding youthHospitality and social good go hand-in-hand at Riad Alena, Marrakech’s new insider hotel with a rolling cultural agenda
By Ellie Howard Published
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The best hotels in Copenhagen for a stylish city breakDiscover the best design-led hotels in Copenhagen for architecture and interior design fans
By Sarah Wood González Published
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How an architect rebuilt his family ‘kongsi’ into Malaysia’s most ambitious hotelA transformed 19th-century Chinese clan compound in George Town is now Soori Penang, a stately hotel shaped as much by heritage law as by personal history
By Daven Wu Published
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This remote Norwegian hotel is a soul-soothing delightSearching for the ultimate ‘coolcation’? Lilløy Lindenberg is a cosy, four-room bolthole perched on a fjord-flanked private island near Bergen
By Stephanie Gavan Published
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Check into Janu Tokyo hotel, Aman’s sociable sibling brandStep inside the Jean-Michel Gathy-designed Janu Tokyo and discover its state-of-the-art wellness facilities
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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This bijou hotel in Madrid doubles as a cultural hubCasa de las Artes is located within the Spanish capital’s ‘Art Triangle’. Designed by ASAH Studio, it offers the warmth and intellect of one of the many neighbouring museums
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Is the Waldorf Astoria New York the ‘greatest of them all’? Here’s our reviewAfter a multi-billion-dollar overhaul, New York’s legendary grand dame is back in business
By Anna Fixsen Published
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A contemporary Mexican hotel emerges from a 16th-century ruin in MéridaA 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
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The most anticipated hotel openings of 2026From landmark restorations to remote retreats, these are the hotel debuts shaping the year ahead
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published
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How designer Hugo Toro turned Orient Express’ first hotel into a sleeper hitThe Orient Express pulls into Rome, paying homage to the golden age of travel in its first hotel, just footsteps from the Pantheon
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published
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The best way to see Mount Fuji? Book a stay hereAt the western foothills of Mount Fuji, Gora Kadan’s second property translates imperial heritage into a deeply immersive, design-led retreat
By Sable Massingill Martinez Published
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In Norway, remoteness becomes the new luxuryAcross islands and fjords, a new wave of design-led hideaways is elevating remoteness into a refined, elemental form of luxury
By Sophie Axon Published
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The most stylish hotel debuts of 2025A Wallpaper* edit of this year’s defining hotel openings. Design-led stays to shape your next escape
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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The ryokan, reinvented: checking in at Hoshinoya TokyoHoshinoya Tokyo rewrites the ryokan for the modern city, a barefoot ascent through layered rituals, tradition and restorative onsen culture
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Curvilinear futurism meets subtropical beaches at Not A Hotel’s ZHA-designed Okinawa retreatZaha Hadid Architects has revealed the design for the first property in Not A Hotel’s futuristic new Vertex collection, coming soon to southern Japan
By Anna Solomon Published


