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A refined hotel suite with panoramic windows framing a city view

Suite Reviews

The Suites Redefining Modern Luxury

The world's most ambitious hotel suites have become laboratories for the future of luxury — private spas, residential scale and views engineered like artworks.

24 July 20266 min read

Golden spires of a Bangkok temple against the city sky

Destination Guides

Why Bangkok Remains One of the World's Great Hotel Cities

Service culture, riverfront legends and fearless new openings: the case for Bangkok as one of the world's truly great hotel cities, decade after decade.

18 July 20267 min read

Paris rooftops with the Eiffel Tower rising in the distance at golden hour

Destination Guides

A Luxury Weekend in Paris

Two nights, one arrondissement of palaces and a city that rewards unhurried planning: how to shape a flawless luxury weekend in Paris, hotel first.

12 July 20267 min read

A sleek contemporary hotel suite with designer furnishings and soft natural light

Hotel Openings

The Best New Luxury Hotel Openings

The openings reshaping the luxury map right now — the debuts and revivals earning genuine acclaim, and what each one signals about where hospitality is heading.

5 July 20266 min read

A small private island ringed by white sand and turquoise sea

Inspiration

Private Island Resorts Worth Travelling For

The private island is luxury travel's ultimate promise: a world reduced to one shoreline. These are the islands consistently judged worth the long journey.

28 June 20267 min read

Palm trees leaning over a calm white-sand beach ideal for families

Family Travel

The Best Luxury Hotels for Families

Luxury travel with children no longer means compromise. These resorts are renowned for keeping parents and kids equally — and separately — delighted.

22 June 20267 min read

The grand facade of a historic European luxury hotel

Rankings

Europe's Most Iconic Grand Hotels

The palaces of Paris, the legends of London, the salons of Venice: a tour through the grand hotels that wrote the rules of European luxury and still enforce them.

16 June 20268 min read

A curve of overwater villas stretching across a turquoise Maldivian lagoon

Destination Guides

Where to Stay in the Maldives

Every Maldives resort is its own island, which makes choosing the right one the whole game. Our guide to the atolls, the styles of stay and the standout addresses.

10 June 20268 min read

An infinity pool merging with the ocean horizon under a clear sky

Rankings

The World's Most Beautiful Hotel Pools

From rooftop infinity edges to lakeside terraces, these are the hotel pools consistently celebrated as the world's most beautiful — and the properties behind them.

3 June 20266 min read

The Hong Kong skyline across Victoria Harbour with skyscrapers lit at night

Rankings

The Best Hotels in Hong Kong for Skyline Views

Victoria Harbour remains one of the world's great urban spectacles. These are the Hong Kong hotels renowned for putting that skyline at the centre of the stay.

27 May 20266 min read

Aerial view of a luxury resort with pools and palm trees beside a turquoise coastline

Inspiration

Inside the New Generation of Ultra-Luxury Resorts

A new wave of resorts is redefining what ultra-luxury means — trading gilded excess for privacy, place and barefoot polish. Here is what the shift looks like on the ground.

18 May 20267 min read

The Dubai skyline at dusk with illuminated skyscrapers rising above the city

Rankings

The Most Extraordinary Luxury Hotels in Dubai

From gravity-defying towers to palm-fringed beach palaces, these are the Dubai hotels consistently regarded as the emirate's finest — and what genuinely sets each one apart.

6 May 20268 min read