The boutique hotel openings worth paying attention to. Discover new properties across the UK, Europe and beyond: whether it’s independent hotels, design-led conversions, characterful small groups and the occasional grand debut that changes what a neighbourhood has to offer.
Set on the Umbria-Tuscany border near Orvieto, in a restored 19th-century rural residence, this is the kind of Italian hotel that makes it very difficult to leave.
ENVI Lodges’ third Tanzania property takes one of the Indian Ocean’s best beaches and does something genuinely considered with it.
Rachel Gerstein’s debut hotel makes a case for a quieter kind of Los Angeles hospitality, in a neighbourhood that has never really needed more hotels, but did need one that felt like this.
A new independent aparthotel has opened in the City of London, occupying a former early-2000s office building on Fenchurch Street.
A new boutique hotel has opened on Ocean Drive that is worth paying attention to: not because Miami Beach lacks
COMO Cordeillan-Bages opened on 1 May in Pauillac, Médoc. A 17th-century estate with exclusive access to Château Lynch-Bages next door.
Kilchoan Estate by Dunton sits on 13,000 acres of private wilderness – reachable only by boat or on foot, and opening this June with five restored stone cottages.
The Bonobo by Raes opens next month with cedar saunas, a rooftop pool, 33 boutique rooms and food from one of Australia’s best chefs.
Hyatt’s design-led Andaz brand has made its Portuguese debut with a 170-room property in Lisbon’s historic Baixa neighbourhood, with a rooftop restaurant and strong local credentials.
