It's the service, rendered by an exceptionally confident staff, that helps distinguish Banyan Tree's first outpost in the Americas from its already...

From the resort's entrance via a jaw-dropping 1,000-foot-long tunnel carved through the mountain, to the seafood restaurant El Farallón tucked...

The hard-edged Distrito Capital fits right into the skyscraper-heavy Santa Fe hood, Mexico City's up-and-coming business district. The 30-room hotel...

Just 20 minutes north of Cancún, the newly developed coastal enclave called Playa Mujeres feels a world away from the flashy vacation capital....

A long trek over twisting roads filled with sudden perils (abrupt turns, steep drops, goats, cows) leads to Rancho Pescadero, a 12-room resort six...

Located in one of the few ungentrified stretches of a transitional downtown neighborhood that's at the center of nothing but close to everything...

Oregon's Willamette Valley finally has a resort on a par with its award-winning wines. Fully utilizing the 35-acre property's natural beauty...

Sometimes it's difficult to see what's right before your eyes, especially when it's what you're looking for. Such is the case, by design, with...

A city landmark since 1889, the Ames Building, which sits in the shadow of Boston's monolithic Government Center, now houses a sleek 114-room hotel...

The Cesar Pelli–designed centerpiece of the hyper-anticipated 67-acre CityCenter, Aria meets all the criteria of the now-standard Vegas...

You'd never know it to look at her, but The Betsy, a 63-room Georgian-style hotel on Ocean Drive, is the work of Miami's most famous architect, L....

Firmdale Hotels (London's Covent Garden, the Haymarket, among others) has brought its hip British style to downtown New York. On a quiet, cobbled SoHo...

Greek classicism meets French couture in the elegant 188-room Elysian. Befitting its location in the heart of the tony Gold Coast shopping district...

Terrifically located off Rittenhouse Square, The Palomar injects a dose of liveliness into Philadelphia's stodgy hotel scene. In place of prim settees...

Visitors to Nashville were long forced to alternate between the sprawling Vegas-without-vice Gaylord Opryland, the stodgy Hermitage, and a smattering...

It is said that Thomas Jefferson's time in France left him with an abiding appreciation for the finer things in life. If so, he would be very happy at...

You might assume that the first luxury property to open on Kauai in 30 years would have made a splashy debut, but the beachfront Ko'a Kea (built on...

It's ironic that the standout of the splashy new CityCenter is also the most understated thing in it. From the elegant bamboo and bonsai gardens at...

An haute hideaway on Manhattan's Upper East Side since 1927, the venerable Mark reopened last fall with a radical new look, trading in its erstwhile...

The Hamptons have never been a hotel hotbed, but a few choice properties are emerging amid the 12-foot privet hedges and manicured lawns. The Reform...

Tucked into the first folds of the Tortolita Mountains, 30 miles north of Tucson, this 253-room high desert property amid boulders and mature saguaros...

This mid-mountain lodge—Lake Tahoe's first new-build hotel in decades—hangs its hat on service, starting the moment you pull into its...

Those who will consider only a hotel smack on the sand are likely to temper their convictions after a stay at the Seagate, set two blocks west of the...

One of a handful of high-end hotels to have sprung up in this Southern capital in the past two years, the St. Regis merits its own hyper-luxury...

Guests at this 181-room ski-in/ski-out newcomer are literally whisked into its air of exclusivity via a Swiss-built funicular with leather seating...

Looking down upon the particularly posh stretch of Madison Avenue, with its crisply dressed passersby and chic little boutiques visible from your...

Out-of-towners don't typically find themselves in Rancho Palos Verdes, a moneyed burb 20 miles south of Los Angeles airport, but with the opening of...

Anchoring a new base village, this 173-room, ski-in/ski-out stunner is like a vitamin B12 shot in the arm for Snowmass. Despite its wide-open bowls,...

This smart downtown hotel on reviving State Street combines business traveler essentials with a buzzy scene and quirky touches like recorded birdsong...

Miami's first W hotel is one of the chain's most ambitious properties in recent years. The 20-story glass tower sits at the northern end of South...