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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
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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
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Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab signals a new chapter for Dubai hospitalityArchitecture-led luxury takes an understated turn with Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab, the latest addition to Dubai’s iconic shoreline
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: Capella Taipei wins Best New Opening 2026Designed by André Fu, Capella Taipei is a long-overdue and much-needed addition to the Taiwanese capital’s limited luxury hotel scene
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The most whimsical hotel Christmas trees around the worldWe 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 staysThe 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 designsOnly 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 downThe 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 AlgarveThe 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 LondonA 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 hotelNeri&Hu transforms a Soviet-era post office into the Georgian capital’s anticipated Telegraph Hotel
