Issue #09-22: New Hotel News from HotelMap?

What’s happening in the world of super cool new hotels? Check out our latest five most noteworthy openings of 2022 as featured by the editors at HotelMap? & Roomcard?.

Madrid’s “first luxury lifestyle urban resort” (Dezeen) brings innovative design to the city, The Hoxton Poblenou becomes “undoubtedly the coolest spot in Barcelona” (Condé Nast Traveller), and “a new seafront mega-resort” (Travel + Leisure Asia) opens in Hong Kong. Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain opens in “the storied neighbourhood of Saint Germain” (Harper’s Bazaar) and Jumeirah Muscat Bay boasts a striking location that sees “desert and sea collide” (The Telegraph).

The Madrid Edition | Opened April 2022

SPAIN: With a design “unlike anything we've ever seen”, according to Travel + Leisure, The Madrid Edition opened in spring this year, becoming Madrid’s “first luxury lifestyle urban resort” (Dezeen). Much like other properties in Ian Schrager’s design-led Edition stable, “the outpost in the Spanish capital doesn’t shy away from taking risks” (Surface Mag) with an irreverent design that offers an “innovative and elevated experience” (Dezeen), “distinguishing it from the city’s recent crop of upmarket hotels” (Surface Mag). The “impeccable location” (Wallpaper*) places the hotel within easy reach of the Plaza Major, the royal palace and Gran Vía, and the hotel itself is a destination in its own right with a rooftop bar and restaurant that became the “most in-demand destination of summer” (Vogue). Madrid’s biggest rooftop pool can also be found atop the hotel, from where guests can enjoy “unmatched views” (Vogue) of the city.

Our favourite feature: The irreverent and innovative design

The Hoxton, Poblenou | Opened May 2022

SPAIN: Providing “everything the city needs” (Condé Nast Traveller) The Hoxton, Poblenou brings a bar, a bodega, a pizza restaurant and a buzzing rooftop terrace to Barcelona’s “creative neighborhood of Poblenou” (Vogue Spain). The new opening is Hoxton’s first Spanish location and is already “undoubtedly the coolest spot in Barcelona” (Condé Nast Traveller) with “an inclusive, upbeat environment” (Condé Nast Traveller) across all of its social spaces. At the heart of the property is the signature Hoxton lobby, an inviting, 24-hour space that acts as a social hub for guests and locals alike. "Potted plants, rattan chairs and other seating upholstered with tactile fabrics” (Dezeen) make this one particularly welcoming while locally-inspired design touches throughout the rest of the property provide “an echo of traditional Spanish homes” (Dezeen). The rooftop terrace is home to a swimming pool and boasts fantastic “views of the Sagrada Familia” (Vogue Spain).

Our favourite feature: The buzzing rooftop terrace

Jumeirah Muscat Bay | Opened June 2022

OMAN: “Muscat is currently having a bit of a hotel boom” (Travel + Leisure) and one of the most exciting new additions is Jumeirah Muscat Bay - “Oman’s first luxury Jumeirah Resort” (Time Out). “Situated between the Hajar mountains and the Gulf of Oman” (Forbes) the resort boasts a striking location that sees “desert and sea collide” (The Telegraph). The natural setting lends itself to hiking, scuba diving and water sports and the hotel is “pitching itself at adventure seekers” (Time Out). Those who prefer simply to relax can enjoy the Talise Spa, which “offers real sanctuary” (The Telegraph) or take in the views from one of the “206 oceanview rooms and suites” (Forbes).

Our favourite feature: The striking location set between sand and sea

Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain | Opened April 2022

FRANCE: Located in “the storied neighbourhood of Saint Germain” (Harper’s Bazaar), which was “frequented by luminaries such as Picasso, Albert Camus, and James Joyce” (Travel + Leisure), the newly-opened Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain is an elegant boutique offering that pays homage to the area’s colourful history. “The hotel’s decor nods to its literary past” (Vogue) with an in-house library “stocked with titles courtesy of local publisher Gallimard” (Vogue) and “a gorgeous cocktail bar” (Harper’s Bazaar) inspired by Joyce who “finished his much-celebrated novel ‘Ulysses’ while staying at the property's building” (Travel + Leisure). “A dining room led by Michelin-Starred French chef, Thibault Sombardier” (Forbes) serves haute cuisine dishes and the “heavenly spa” (Harper’s Bazaar) “features a meditation room, hammam, plunge pool with water jets, fitness room and two massage cabins” (Business Traveller).

Our favourite feature: The in-house library that pays homage to the building’s literary past

The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel | Opened July 2022

HONG KONG: “A new seafront mega-resort” (Travel + Leisure Asia) The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel is “the first Fullerton resort in the world” (Business Traveller). One for “kids and kids at heart” (Travel + Leisure Asia) the resort provides direct access to neighbouring Water World Ocean Park Hong Kong, the city’s biggest water park with “27 outdoor and indoor attractions including Hong Kong’s first-ever?surf?rider [and] nine dynamic water slides” (Tatler Asia). The resort itself is home to a 60-metre-long infinity pool that forms “a lagoon-like curve that melds into the horizon” (Travel + Leisure Asia) and 425 rooms and suites that each provide “a panoramic ocean view of the Southside” (Time Out). There are five different dining concepts including a signature Chinese restaurant and an outlet of “well-loved Singaporean restaurant” (Tatler Asia), Satay Inn.

Our favourite feature: Direct access to Hong Kong’s biggest water park

Previous New Hotel News editions:

Issue 08-22: “A net-zero energy building, generating 100% of its own electricity”?(Forbes), Hotel Marcel opens its doors, becoming?"the only all-electric hotel”?(Time Out)?in the United States.

Issue 07-22:?"One of the most highly anticipated hotel openings in years"?(Forbes) Aman New York finally opened its doors and Rosewood Vienna becomes the new?"powerhouse place to stay in the Austrian capital”?(Tatler).

Issue 06-22:?The Mitre Hampton Court gets a new sibling with the opening of The Retreat at Elcot Park, The Ned heads stateside, and Banyan Tree premieres its new Escape brand in Bali.?

Issue 05-22:?The first Gleneagles urban outpost opens in Edinburgh, a buzzy new hotel lands in Ibiza Old Town, and a grown-up reincarnation of Ace Hotel arrives in Shoreditch.

Issue 04-22:?An Italian castle that’s sat abandoned for a century has new life breathed into its historic walls while The Eternal City welcomes a much-anticipated new Six Senses.