Week #34: New Hotel News

What’s happening in the world of super cool new hotels? Check out our latest five most noteworthy openings of 2021 as featured by the editors at HotelMap? & Roomcard?.

An eco hotel directly on the slopes, a stylish new townhouse from the people behind the Beaverbrook and a sparkling new hotel at the heart of a $300 million urban redevelopment project. Lifestyle hospitality brand Locke continues with its rapid expansion and Ritz-Carlton has opened its first hotel in a Turks & Caicos hotspot.

Tenir Eco Hotel | Opened January 2021

KAZAKHSTAN: Next to the ski slopes of “Central Asia’s best ski resort” (Lonely Planet ), ten cosy cabins offer a hotel hideaway “on a remote mountain top” (Super Future ). In Kazakh, the word t??ir (“tengri”) means “sky”, says Architectural Digest Russia , and “this name perfectly reflects the essence of the hotel”. A 40-minute drive from downtown Almaty, in the capital of Kazakhstan, Tenir Eco Hotel “literally merges with the nature around” (Architectural Digest Russia ). One of “the top 7 of the highest mountain hotels in the world” (Architectural Digest Russia ), the hotel offers guests a private sauna, pizza restaurant and panoramic views through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The sustainable modern mountain huts have been designed by Almaty-based LevelStudio - long-listed for the Dezeen Awards 2021 - to have “minimum impact on the environment” (Architectural Digest Russia ).

Our favourite feature: Cosy cabins with direct ski slope access and mountain views.

Beaverbrook Town House | Opening Autumn 2021

UK: With nine of the “Best new English hotel openings in July and August” hotel expert Ianthe Butt draws our attention to Beaverbrook Town House, which brings “rural glam to Sloane Street” (The Independent ). The Telegraph notes this is one of “a new crop” of “hot new British townhouse hotels” “in quiet but desirable parts of town”. Its interior designer “Nicola Harding?is having a moment” says Forbes - her “signature style” is now “seen in some of the most stylish hotels in the UK”, just look at The Mitre Hampton Court and The Rose Hotel?in Deal. At Beaverbrook, “a ￡25m restoration of two Georgian townhouses” (Country & Town House ) brings marbled wallpaper, antiques and “an Art Deco vibe” (The Telegraph ). The 14 suites “take their names from London theatres” (The Independent ) while the Japanese restaurant, The Fuji Grill, comes with pistachio green walls and “decor inspired by the works of Hoksuai” (The Independent ).

Our favourite feature: Super swish country house styling on Sloane Street.

Bottleworks Hotel | Opened January 2021

USA: Included in TIME Magazine’s 2021 list of “The World’s 100 Greatest Places” Indianapolis earns its place thanks to the creation of the Bottleworks District, “a $300 million reimagining of the historically significant spot” (TIME ). At the heart of the 12-acre site - once “said to be the largest bottling plant in the world” (TIME ) - is the 139-room boutique Bottleworks Hotel on the top floors of the 1920s Coca-Cola building. In its “21 Best Places to Go in 2021” Conde Nast Traveler admires the hotel’s “lobby with restored terrazzo floors, plaster detailing, and brass Art Deco–patterned doors”. Original features include an "ornate rotunda” (Forbes ) housing “a beautifully restored spiral staircase” (TIME ). It’s one of “The Best Last-Minute Weekend Getaways from New York City” according to Harper’s Bazaar , and who are we to argue.

Our favourite feature: Original Art Deco features with the added fizz of its former life.

Schwan Locke , Theresienwiese | Opened June 2021

GERMANY: Credited with creating "‘aparthotels’ like no others" (The Telegraph ) “pioneering lifestyle hospitality brand” (Hotel Designs ) Locke is expanding rapidly. Following the launch of Zanzibar Locke in Dublin in June 2021, Locke has launched its first hotel in mainland Europe: step forward Schwan Locke. With "pastel colours and devastating retro looks" (We Heart ), the 151-room hotel is a couple of minutes’ walk from the site of Oktoberfest. Taking inspiration from Munich artistic movement the Deutscher Werkbund, British design company Fettle has created interiors with “custom-made furniture, dominated by steel and wood, with an industrial flavor” (Elle Decor ). Every suite in the hotel is a studio apartment, filled with all the equipment needed for a month-long stay. Locke is pioneering, creating "a hybrid hub where locals and travellers come to eat, drink, work, relax and sleep" (Conde Nast Traveller ). In short: “They are the future of hotels” - Gay Times .

Our favourite feature: An aparthotel with an Insta-worthy design.

Ritz-Carlton, Turks & Caicos | Opened June 2021

TURKS AND CAICOS: The newest among the “upscale real estate and resorts” (Forbes ) in the Turks and Caicos, Ritz-Carlton has opened its first hotel in the hotspot around “the turquoise waters of Grace Bay Beach” (The Points Guy ). Past family and adults-only pools “the Atlantic Ocean sparkles beyond” (Travel + Leisure ). Served by “numerous restaurants and a swanky club level” (Forbes ), the hotel’s 147 guest rooms come with “marbled bathroom and a private balcony” (Travel + Leisure ). Treat yourself to one of “five three-story penthouse suites” (Travel + Leisure ) and enjoy “floor-to-ceiling ocean views, and private rooftop plunge pools” (Travel + Leisure ). Serving all Ritz-Carlton guests is the Lady Grace, “a custom-built luxury catamaran” (Travel + Leisure ).

Our favourite feature: Prime location overlooking the stunning Grace Bay Beach.

Previous New Hotel News editions:

Week #33: New Hotel News | Vogue calls it “Los Angeles’s Coolest New Beachside Hotel”. We visit the first new luxury hotel on the Amalfi coast in 15 years and see where St. Regis has launched its latest resort. In Slovenia, a new timber hotel sets down roots and in Canada’s biggest city an eco retreat opens with a rooftop pool.

Week #32: New Hotel News | We unveil a wellness retreat in Majorca specialising in soothing minimalism, 24 cabins with views of the Catskill Mountains and a hotel in Mexico that’s a mezcal lover’s dream. Discover dreamy four-poster beds in Norfolk’s newest hotel and see inside India’s first Raffles hotel.

Week #31: New Hotel News | Discover the Japanese hotel in the medals, what the ex-Soho House crew did to get on House & Garden’s wishlist and the stunning new hotel just opened on an American island. Forbes puts the spotlight on Piedmont and a luxury Parisian department store gets a new hotel as part of its €750 million makeover.

Week #30: New Hotel News | The “world’s highest hotel”, an arty new hotel in Eastbourne and a luxury resort on the east coast of Sardinia. This week’s top five also puts the spotlight on a new hotel from the world’s wealthiest footballer and a new five-star hotel in Geneva.

Week #29: New Hotel News | The new St. Regis in Cairo comes with views over the Nile, one hotel in Australia makes it onto this year’s Conde Nast Traveler Hot List and an Italianate hotel opens in New Orleans. A colourful hotel bursts onto the Tokyo skyline and Naomi Campbell gives her verdict following a hard hat tour of the coolest hotel in Paris.

Week #28: New Hotel News | The group behind Claridge’s comes to the French Riviera, an eco lodge opens in Costa Rica’s rainforest and a converted vicarage welcomes foodies to Devon. A homely hotel welcomes visitors to Menorca and the first Hilton opens in Crete.

Week #27: New Hotel News | Discover the Dubai hotel Conde Nast Traveller dubbed the “ultra-cool new kid on the block”, an Art Nouveau hotel in Stockholm and an old orphanage given a new life in New Orleans. The Langham launches in a former bank in Boston and in Venice a historic palazzo is transformed into a hotel.

Week #26: New Hotel News | This week’s top five highlights an arty new hotel in Puglia, smart lodgings in Bath and the Ritz-Carlton making a splash in the Maldives. The all-American motel gets an upgrade and a boutique hotel with a minimalist design opens on Milos in Greece.

Week #25: New Hotel News | Andaz opens a new hotel in the Bali, Stockholm based Nobis Hospitality Group brings Scandi style to Spain and Mama Shelter comes to Bahrain. The former home of the Sex Pistols becomes a?rock’n’roll hotel and hip US group Life House transforms a railway terminal into a hotel.

Week #24: New Hotel News | Southern Thailand gets a new eco hotel with a farm-to-table philosophy, a clifftop hideaway comes to Santorini while Wild Rice Retreat brings a centre for arts and wellness to Wisconsin. A luxury hotel launches in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and in Paris’ business district a playful hotel invites guests to relax in pink marble bathrooms.

Week #23: New Hotel News | A romantic new hotel near Bali’s famous Tanah Lot temple, a tropical hotel in Sri Lanka and Helsinki’s historic central station gets a new railway hotel. One family revives historic buildings in Transylvania and in North America a new hotel sets up a vast Roman-style spa.

Week #22: New Hotel News | Waterfront bungalows in Mozambique, new nature-inspired cabanas from Habitas in Mexico and an ultra-glamorous Six Senses hotel in Ibiza. A grand dame hotel revived in artsy Santa Fe and a boutique hotel on a bridge overlooking one of Africa’s largest game reserves - they’re all in this week’s top five new hotels.

Week #21: New Hotel News | Sustainable and stylish, a luxury hotel opens in the Maldives, the world’s first 3D-printed resort becomes a reality and a beachside hotel launches on Lombok. Opera inspires a new hotel in Hanoi and a 17th-century inn is given a top-to-toe makeover by mother-and-daughter duo Olga and Alex Polizzi.

Week #20: New Hotel News | Catherine Deneuve’s former French retreat, a buzzing new hotel in downtown Manhattan and a 17th-century wisteria-clad coaching inn in the Cotswolds. See the Cretian beach retreat Conde Nast Traveler recommends for sundown this summer and discover a secluded luxury hotel in California’s Wine Country.

Week #19: New Hotel News | A restored colonial-style villa on Mexico’s west coast, the Caribbean debut by Soho House and the Dubai hotel with two world records. This week’s five eye-catching new hotels also reveal a luxury riverside hotel in southern China and a trendy aparthotel in Dalston, London’s answer to Brooklyn.

Week #18: New Hotel News | Discover the hotel group giving all-inclusive holidays a high-end makeover, a minimalist hotel with a private beach in Oman and a villa in Croatia surrounded by a thousand olive trees. The best five new hotels this week also reveals a new wellness centre in Italy and one of the biggest UK hotel openings outside the capital.

Week #17: New Hotel News | An off-the-grid Indonesian retreat adds a new private island, a labour of love revives an Italianate-style mansion in North Carolina and Six Senses sets its first foot in Brazil. This week’s top five also includes a wellness retreat on an unspoilt Greek island and a curvaceous brick-built boutique hotel on Mexico’s southern coast.

Week #16: New Hotel News | Sleek newcomer The Londoner sets up the deepest habitable hotel in the UK capital, trendy London brand The Hoxton launches a new hotel in Rome and a secluded countryside hotel settles into a picture-postcard Spanish island.

Week #15: New Hotel News | A new Colonial-era hotel in Puerto Rico’s capital, Japan’s first ‘castle hotel’ and the most hotly anticipated hotel to launch in Los Angeles this year are highlighted in this week’s top five new hotels to open in 2021 across the globe.

Week #14: New Hotel News | This week’s five alluring new hotels include the first of a new brand by the founder of the Aman group, one of the world’s highest infinity pools atop a towering new hotel in Dubai and a cool coastal retreat in Santa Barbara.

Week #13: New Hotel News | Japan’s latest hotel taps into the health benefits of volcanic hot springs, an iconic Italian hotel is given a Parisian makeover and Ibiza’s little sister gets a grown up hotel by Pacha. New Yorkers can escape to a riverside retreat and a former boot factory in Bristol becomes a new arty hotel.

Week #12: New Hotel News | Raise a glass to the new Four Seasons set within a Napa Valley vineyard, enjoy laidback and soulful luxury in Ibiza, and explore a hotel set within the cactus-studded desert landscapes of Mexico. Our five top hotels this week also invite you to discover the vertical garden at the Rosewood in S?o Paulo and a meticulously restored medieval castle in Umbria.

Week #11: New Hotel News | Basketball courts become luxury suites in L.A, an oasis of peace arrives on a Greek party island and a new desert camp is set up in Saudi Arabia. Our five favourite new hotels this week also include a glamorous, grand palazzo in Palermo from Rocco Forte and the first hotel outside America by the buzzy NoMad brand.

Week #10: New Hotel News | Across the globe, from the Maldives to Montenegro, the Israeli desert to the African bush, we explore five stunning new hotels launching in 2021. Book your own private island, sleep under the stars in a baobab-shaped treehouse, dive into the One&Only’s luxury spa, stay overnight in the Negev Desert and see the revamp of the Spanish hotel Cesar Ritz set up over 100 years ago.

Week #9: New Hotel News | This week we look at five of the best new hotels (including one owned by Pharrell Williams) opening across the globe this year. There may be a global pandemic but that hasn’t stopped these new hotels from rising up. From a long list of over 120 new hotels set to open in 2021, we’ve chosen five hip new places to stay in New York, Paris, Nago and Miami – and reveal what the experts say about them.