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.
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Hotel Openings
Hotel Openings
Six Senses Kyoto: Wellness Luxury Arrives in the Old Capital
Six Senses chose Kyoto's temple-dense Higashiyama district for its Japanese debut — a hotel that filters the brand's wellness philosophy through the aesthetics of the Heian court.
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Hotel Openings
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island: A Private Coral Atoll, Fully Staffed
On a remote coral island south of Mahé, Waldorf Astoria's Seychelles debut pairs castaway seclusion with grand-hotel polish — and a serious conservation mandate.
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Hotel Openings
The Return of Regent Hong Kong: A Harbour Legend Reclaims Its Name
Four decades after it first defined Kowloon glamour, the Regent name has returned to its original home on Victoria Harbour — and the relaunch honours the legend.
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Hotel Openings
Janu Tokyo: Aman's Sociable Sister Brand Makes Its Debut
The first hotel from Janu, Aman's new sister brand, opened in Tokyo's Azabudai Hills district — trading Aman's monastic hush for energy, community and one of the city's largest hotel wellness spaces.
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Hotel Openings
Capella Sydney: A Sandstone Landmark Reborn Above Circular Quay
In the grand former Department of Education building, Capella's Australian debut has given Sydney the heritage luxury hotel it always deserved.
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Hotel Openings
The Emory: What London's First All-Suite Hotel Signals About the Top of the Market
Maybourne's Knightsbridge newcomer opened as London's first all-suite hotel, in a tower conceived by Richard Rogers. It is also a statement about where ultra-luxury city hotels are heading.
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Hotel Openings
Bulgari Hotel Roma: The Jeweller Comes Home
Facing the Mausoleum of Augustus from a restored 1930s palazzo, Bulgari's Roman hotel is the maison's most personal opening — and the Eternal City's most polished new stay.
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Hotel Openings
One&Only Aesthesis: The Athenian Riviera Gets Its Flagship Resort
On a protected coastal estate at Glyfada, One&Only's Greek debut channels the 1960s glamour of the Athenian Riviera — and confirms the coast's return to the front rank.
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Hotel Openings
The Peninsula London: A Grande Dame Built from Scratch
Decades in the planning, The Peninsula's London debut at Hyde Park Corner proves a brand-new building can carry old-world gravitas — and a rooftop restaurant with real ambition.
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Hotel Openings
Raffles London at The OWO: Whitehall's War Office Opens Its Doors
The Old War Office — where Churchill once worked — has been reborn as Raffles' London flagship after one of the most ambitious restorations the capital has seen.
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Hotel Openings
Rosewood Munich: A Bavarian State Bank Becomes the City's New Benchmark
Rosewood's German debut has transformed the former Bavarian State Bank and the Palais Neuhaus-Preysing into Munich's most consequential hotel opening in a generation.
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