HOTELS

Where we've stayed. What we actually think.

VV VETTED — PERSONALLY VISITED

Every hotel below has been stayed in by Albert or Nouri. No exceptions. No press trips.

VV VETTED ✓VIETNAM

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula

FROM ~$500 · LAST VISITED JANUARY 2026

Bill Bensley's masterpiece on Vietnam's Son Tra Peninsula. Four tiers — Heaven, Sky, Earth, Sea — connected by a private funicular down to a 700-metre beach.

VV VETTED ✓ANGUILLA

Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel

FROM ~$1,200 · LAST VISITED FEBRUARY 2025

Greco-Moorish architecture on Maundays Bay since 1988. Acquired by Belmond in 2017, restored with a $121 million renovation. The calmest water in the Caribbean.

VV VETTED — NOT RECOMMENDED ✗IBIZA

Mondrian Ibiza

FROM ~€400 · LAST VISITED SEPTEMBER 2025

A privately owned resort with good bones that Mondrian acquired and rebranded. The name is doing most of the work. The finishings are not.

VV VETTED ✓CANNES

Carlton Cannes, A Regent Hotel

FROM ~€600 · LAST VISITED JULY 2024

Belle Époque palace on La Croisette since 1911. Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier here in 1955. Reopened 2023 after a full renovation. The most famous terrace on the French Riviera.

ON OUR RADAR — WORTH WATCHING
UPDATED MAY 2026

New openings, properties generating serious buzz, and hotels we are watching closely before a visit. Not yet personally vetted — but worth knowing about.

NEW 2026VENICE

Orient Express Venezia

CANNAREGIO · FROM ~€1,200

Palazzo Donà Giovannelli. First time as a hotel in six centuries. Aline Asmar d'Amman. Opened March 2026.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · Aline Asmar d'Amman hasn't missed yet. The building is extraordinary.
NEW 2026LONDON

Cambridge House — Auberge

94 PICCADILLY · FROM ~£500

Jean-Louis Deniot design. 102 rooms. Two pools. Most anticipated London opening of the decade.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · Deniot has never done a bad room in his life.
NEW 2026VENICE

Airelles Palladio Venezia

GIUDECCA ISLAND · FROM ~€1,400

First Airelles outside France. Vongerichten, Grolet, Nobu. Largest spa in Venice. Opened April 2026.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · Grolet alone is reason enough. Visiting in December.
BUZZPARIS

L'Aventure by Costes

PARIS · OPENING 2026

The new opening from the Costes group. Early reports suggest a different register from the original — more intimate, more considered.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · Costes gets the Parisian mood right like nobody else.
BUZZROME

Palazzo Talia

CAMPO DE' FIORI · FROM ~€350

Luca Guadagnino's debut hotel. Everyone in hospitality is paying attention to what he does next.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · If Guadagnino brings his film sensibility to hospitality, it will be unlike anything else in Rome.
BUZZPARIS

Le Grand Mazarin

MARAIS · FROM ~€280

The Marais address, the right size, the right price. Everyone who stayed there this season is talking about it.

WHY WE'RE WATCHING · Best value proposition in central Paris boutique market right now.
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Palazzo Talia

CAMPO DE' FIORI · ~€350
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Palazzo Roma

VIA DEL CORSO · ~€280
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Orient Express La Minerva

PANTHEON · SPECIAL OCCASION
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Rosewood Rome

VIA VENETO · SPECIAL OCCASION
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