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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AFRICA
BOTSWANA
KENYA
MOROCCO
Farasha Farmhouse, Marrakech
RWANDA
SEYCHELLES
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island — Seychelles
SOUTH AFRICA
ZIMBABWE
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ASIA
BHUTAN
HONG KONG
INDIA
Mementos by ITC Hotels, Ekaaya Udaipur
Naar, Darwa
Papa's, Mumbai
INDONESIA
Cap Karoso, Sumba
Further, Bali
Locavore NXT Bali
JAPAN
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
NEPAL
Shinta Mani Mustang - A Bensley Collection, Jomsom
SINGAPORE
SOUTH KOREA
VIETNAM
Pot Au Phở, Ho Chi Minh
AUSTRALIA
Le Foote, Sydney
Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island
Sun Ranch, Byron Bay
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MIDDLE EAST
BAHRAIN
Raffles Al Areen Palace Bahrain
SAUDI ARABIA
Six Senses Southern Dunes, Umluj
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The Guild, Dubai
Soul Kitchen, Dubai
The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai
EUROPE
DENMARK
Koan, Copenhagen
FINLAND
Hotel Maria, Helsinki
FRANCE
1 Place Vendôme, Paris
The Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel, Cannes
Datil, Paris
Hôtel Le Grand Mazarin, Paris
La Nauve Hôtel & Jardin, Cognac
GERMANY
GREECE
Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino
Monument, Athens
One&Only Aesthesis, Athens
ICELAND
ITALY
Bulgari Hotel Roma, Rome
Trattoria del Ciumbia, Milan
Hotel La Palma, Capri
La Roqqa, Porto Ercole
Nolinski Venezia, Venice
Palazzo Roma, Rome
Saporium, Florence
Hotel Violino d’Oro, Venice
MONTENEGRO
NETHERLANDS
De Durgerdam, Amsterdam
PORTUGAL
Canalha, Lisbon
SPAIN
Andreu Genestra, Mallorca
Barro, Ávila
César Lanzarote, Lanzarote
Hotel Corazón, Mallorca
Grand Hotel Son Net, Mallorca
OSA Madrid
Palacio Arriluce, Getxo
Son Vell Menorca, Menorca
TURKEY
UNITED KINGDOM
Broadwick Soho, London
Chishuru, London
The Devonshire, London
Chelsea Townhouse, London
Estelle Manor, Cotswolds
Fish Shop, Ballater
The Peninsula London
MEXICO
Colima 71, Mexico City
Maizajo Mexico City
Maroma, A Belmond Hotel, Riviera Maya
The St. Regis Kanai Resort, Riviera Maya
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
Casa Lucía, Buenos Aires
Trescha, Buenos Aires
BRAZIL
Oseille, Rio de Janiero
CHILE
99 Restaurante, Santiago
Our Habitas Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama
PERU
Puqio, Arequipa
THE CARIBBEAN
GRENADA
UNITED STATES
The Celestine, New Orleans
Dawn Ranch, Sonoma, California
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
The Georgian, Santa Monica, California
The Global Ambassador, Phoenix
Hotel Bardo, Savannah
Ilis, New York
Kiln, San Francisco
Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort, Kona, Hawaii
Maty's, Miami
Warren Street Hotel, New York
Yess, Los Angeles
CRUISE SHIPS
Silver Nova, Silversea
Seven Seas Grandeur, Regent Seven Seas Grandeur
World Voyager, Atlas Ocean Voyages
Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
Resilient Lady, Virgin Voyages
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