In addition to Lutetia, the Parisian icon that stars on the cover of our March 2019 Hotels Issue, we find old standbys like the Raffles Europejski Warsaw, once the haunt of Poland’s literati the Oberoi, New Delhi, perennial favorite of the city’s society set and Belmond Cap Juluca, the finest property in Anguilla, which has returned to its pre-hurricane glory.īut there are also young guns disrupting our notion of what a hotel ought to be, like Freehand New York, the hostel-like hangout livening up Manhattan, or L'Arlatan, in Arles, France, whose high-style interiors feature museum-worthy art pieces. Sure, this year sees its fair share of reborn grand dames, but not just in the well-trod cities of Western Europe.
We’ve registered major openings and long-awaited renovations, of course - but we’ve also tracked down the under-the-radar stunners that we know you’ll love. The resulting list is a collection of the best new hotels in the world. We then log tens of thousands of miles, checking in to dozens of them, from far-flung islands to mountain lodges (and this year, for our 14th annual It List, more than one renovated church). Every year, Travel + Leisure's editors reach out to our network of hospitality professionals, trusted writers, and hotel addicts in search of the finest new (and newly reimagined) properties around the globe.
