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Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Dubai's sail-shaped icon remains an all-suite spectacle of gold, marble and butler service on its own island off Jumeirah Beach.
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Today’s Brief · Wednesday 28 October
Alaska Airlines' Anchorage-Tokyo Nonstop Service Debut
Today, Alaska Airlines announces a unique nonstop service from Anchorage to Tokyo, while Easyjet plans to offer Starlink Wifi on its aircraft. Meanwhile, Airbnb will require temporary phone numbers for privacy protection, impacting both large hosts and guests.
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9.5Hotel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
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Antibes, France
9.6Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
The Riviera legend at the tip of Cap d'Antibes, where pine-scented gardens, the seawater Eden-Roc pool and film-festival mythology endure.
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New York, United States
9.4Aman New York
A hushed urban sanctuary inside the Crown Building on Fifth Avenue, where every room has a fireplace and the spa spans three floors.
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Nice, France
9.3Le Negresco
The pink-domed grande dame of the Promenade des Anglais, a 1913 palace hotel that doubles as a private museum of French art.
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Monte-Carlo, Monaco
9.5Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Monaco's founding palace hotel of 1864 on the Place du Casino, home to Alain Ducasse's Louis XV and Europe's most famous hotel cellars.
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Marrakech, Morocco
9.7Royal Mansour Marrakech
A medina of 53 private riads built by Morocco's finest artisans, where invisible service and museum-grade craft define the country's ultimate stay.
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Phuket, Thailand
9.1The Nai Harn
Phuket's original grande dame reborn — 120 rooms and suites terraced above Nai Harn Bay's white crescent at the island's serene southern tip, where world-class sleep, Michelin Key-recognised luxury and front-row sunsets meet far from the crowds.
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Moltrasio, Italy
An 18th-century villa above Lake Como transformed by its owning family into a 24-suite masterpiece of Italian craft, gardens and joyous hospitality.
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- Just 24 one-of-a-kind suites in a frescoed 1787 villa
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- Italian home-style fine cooking served under garden pergolas and in the villa's dining rooms, with lake fish and produce from local farms.
- Best time to visit
- May to September
The most seductive small hotel in Italy right now—Como's history, craft and dolce vita distilled into 24 unforgettable suites.
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Kyoto's Maple Season: How to See the Old Capital at Its Most Beautiful
For a few weeks each year, Kyoto's temple gardens turn crimson and gold. When the colour peaks, where to find it, and where to stay so the city's most beautiful season feels like your own.
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The Nai Harn, Phuket: We Found the Best Night's Sleep in Thailand — Review
Our editors checked into Phuket's original grande dame above the island's most beautiful bay — and checked out rating it 9.1. Inside: the bed we're still dreaming about, a Michelin Key 2025 with cooking to match, and the sunset that ends every argument about where to stay in Phuket.
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