NEW YORK, April 18, 2017 — Condé Nast Traveler today announced the winners of its 2017 HOT LIST with 75 properties around the world recognized as the best hotel openings of the past year. Our team of editors, reporters, and photographers flew a collective 529,500 miles, slept in roughly 200 beds, and had passports stamped in more than 50 countries to select this year's winners. The HOT LIST selection process started with 675 contenders and ended with the 75 properties listed below. The winners are properties that made us giddy not just because they have onsen big enough to swim laps in, the piano where Rossini composed Tancredi, or Louise Bourgeois sculptures, but because they helped us become the kind of travelers we want to be.
"Our annual Hot List, a rigorous selection of our favorite new hotel openings of the past year, is a predictor of what properties will stand the test of time, make history, and let you reimagine how you want to live and travel," Says Pilar Guzmán in her editor's letter, "Our goal is that these properties spark the heat of early romance in the beginning, and then eventually settle into enduring love."
These 75 winning properties let us explore remote parts of New Zealand's Bay of Islands and Nicaragua's cloud forests, places that unless you were up for bivouacking were previously hard to access. They showed us a side of the Middle East that had nothing to do with boardrooms or sweating out a layover on the way to the Maldives, and they placed us in the middle of the Parisian neighborhoods that made us feel like we actually lived there.
HOTEL
REGION
COUNTRY/STATE
11 Howard
USA
New York (city)
28 Kothi
Asia
India
Ace Hotel New Orleans
USA
Louisiana
Amanemu
Asia
Japan
Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
Middle East
Oman
Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort
Asia
Sri Lanka
Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Spa
USA
Arizona
andBeyond Matetsi River Lodge
Africa
Zimbabwe
Atemporal-Hotelito in Lima
South America
Peru
Banyan Tree Tamouda Bay
Africa
Morocco
Brentwood
USA
New York (state)
Casa Bonay
Europe
Spain
Casa Grande at Vermejo Park Ranch
USA
New Mexico
Casa Laguna Hotel & Spa
USA
California
Chablé Resort
Mexico
Yucatan
Chena Huts
Asia
Sri Lanka
EAST Miami
USA
Florida
Four Seasons Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island
Middle East
UAE
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
Asia
Japan
Four Seasons Resort Lanai
USA
Hawaii
Four Seasons Private Island Maldives at Voavah
Indian Ocean
Maldives
Greydon House
USA
Massachusetts
Ha(a)ïtza
Europe
France
Helena Bay Lodge
Australia/Pacific
New Zealand
Hoshinoya Tokyo
Asia
Japan
Hotel Saint George
USA
Texas
Hotel William Gray
Canada
Montreal
Il Sereno Hotel
Europe
Italy
Jumeira al Naseem
Middle East
UAE
Katamama
Indonesia
Bali
Killiehuntley Farmhouse & Cottage
Europe
Scotland
KK Beach
Asia
Sri Lanka
L'Hotel
Africa
Marrakech
La Granja
Europe
Spain
Le Barthélemy Hotel
Caribbean/Atlantic
St. Barts
Roch Hôtel & Spa
Europe
France (Paris)
Le Saint
Europe
France (Paris)
Hotel Le Toiny
Caribbean/Atlantic
St. Barts
Leeu Estates
Africa
South Africa
Malibu Beach Inn
USA
California
Mar Adentro
Mexico
Cabo San Lucas
Masseria La Carube
Europe
Italy
Nekupe Sporting Resort and Retreat
Central America
Nicaragua
Nolinski Paris
Europe
France (Paris)
Palazzo Venart
Europe
Italy
Palé Hall
Europe
Wales
Hôtel Panache
Europe
France (Paris)
The Peninsula Chicago
USA
Illinois
The PIG at Combe
Europe
England
Villa Pliniana
Europe
Italy
Ritz Paris
Europe
France (Paris)
Hôtel Saint-Marc
Europe
France (Paris)
Santani Wellness Resort & Spa
Asia
Sri Lanka
Scribner's Catskill Lodge
USA
New York (state)
SingleThread Farm-Restaurant-Inn
USA
Napa
Sikelia
Europe
Pantelleria
Six Senses Zil Payson
Indian Ocean
Seychelles
Sofitel Tamouda Bay Beach and Spa
Africa
Morocco
Soho House Barcelona
Europe
Spain
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
Indian Ocean
Maldives
Taylor River Lodge
USA
Colorado
Thanda Island
Africa
Tanzania
The Beekman
USA
New York (city)
The Dewberry
USA
South Carolina
The Highlands
Africa
Tanzania
The Other Side
Caribbean/Atlantic
Bahamas
The Robey
USA
Illinois
The Shore Club Turks and Caicos
Caribbean/Atlantic
Turks and Caicos
Thompson Nashville
USA
Tennessee
Thompson Seattle
USA
Washington
Timber Cove Resort
USA
Sonoma (coast)
Villa La Coste
Europe
France (Provence)
Villa Mahabhirom
Asia
Thailand
Villa Marie Saint-Barth
Caribbean/Atlantic
St. Barts
Zemi Beach House
Caribbean/Atlantic
Anguilla