Small Luxury Hotels of the World has announced 29 new member hotels joining its portfolio in the first quarter of 2026, taking the collection past 700 properties across 100 countries. The additions span five continents and run from wildlife retreats in Assam to a boutique Champagne house hotel in Reims. These are the ones you should be scoping out.
In Europe, Le 3 by Champagne Thienot in Reims is the most intriguing addition. The famed Champagne house has opened its first boutique hotel: 14 rooms in a period townhouse with a spa and cellar experience, designed by architect Loic Thienot. Reims is a new SLH destination entirely, which signals that the collection is still finding genuinely overlooked cities rather than just adding properties in obvious places.
Also in Europe, Eight Venezia debuts in Campo Santa Maria Formosa in Venice in July 2026. Explore the 27-room hotel blending original frescoes, stained glass and ornate cornicing with a refreshed contemporary sensibility. And in Transylvania, Zabola Estate joins the portfolio: a collection of five guesthouses built between the 18th and 20th centuries, set in the hills of Romania among forest, lakes and meadows. Its Castle Spa pays homage to the owning Basu family’s Indian heritage, which is exactly the kind of specific character SLH does well.
Closer to home, The Grace Hotel on the Westport Estate in County Mayo, Ireland promises 430 acres of West Coast landscape, a spa and contemporary rooms that echo the colours of the surrounding scenery. It opens this spring.
Further afield, Telunas Private Island in Indonesia’s Riau Islands, reached by ferry from Singapore, leads the APAC additions with 15 overwater villas and a sustainability philosophy grounded in genuine local impact. In Paris, Hotel Bowmann joins in the 8th arrondissement: a sophisticated address with ornate mouldings, parquet floors and city views that fits the SLH brief of independently minded urban hotels.
SLH’s full updated portfolio is at slh.com