It’s inevitable: every spring when we pull together the Hot List, our annual collection of the world’s best new hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships, a staffer remarks that this latest iteration has got to be the best one ever. After a year’s worth of traveling the globe—to stay the night at a converted farmhouse in the middle of an olive grove outside Marrakech, or sail aboard a beloved cruise line’s inaugural Antarctic voyage—it’s easy to see why we get attached. But this year’s Hot List, our 28th edition, might really be the best one ever. It’s certainly our most diverse, featuring not only a hotel suite that was once Winston Churchill’s office, but also the world’s largest cruise ship and restaurants from Cape Town to Bali. We were surprised and inspired by this year’s honorees, and we know you will be too. These are the Hot List hotel winners for 2024.
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The best new hotels in the world: 2024 Hot List
Our editors pick the best new hotel openings across the world over the past 12 months – from London to New York via Bali, Dubai, Tokyo, Riyadh and beyond.
The best new hotels in Europe: 2024 Hot List
Our European edit features a hotel suite that was once Winston Churchill’s office and a much-anticipated slick addition to the buzzing Athens Riviera.
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The best new hotels in Asia: 2024 Hot List
Asia’s hotel scene welcomed an array of notable openings in the last year, drawing our editor's attention to Sumba, Punakha, Jeju and more.
The best new hotels in North America and Mexico
Featuring a diverse mix of properties, from an intimate address on Fifth Avenue in New York, to a notable new addition for SHA Wellness.
The best new hotels in the Middle East and Africa: 2024 Hot List
Our editors discovered incredible new addresses in Saudi Arabia, Botswana, Morocco and more.
The best new hotels in Central and South America and The Caribbean
Beachside resorts and tented camps in Peru, Chile, Argentina and more.
The best new hotels in Australia and New Zealand
Our top picks from the year's openings in Australia and New Zealand.
The best new restaurants in the world: 2024 Hot List
It's not just the most charming new hotels our editors name in the annual Hot List – we also compile a list of the very best new restaurants, too. This year, the tables to book include a West African hotspot in London, a plant-focussed, women-led restaurant in Paris and a neighbourhood hangout in Lisbon.
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The best new cruises in the world: 2024 Hot List
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