Where to stay: USA
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Washington, DC
Thompson Washington D.C.
Located in the city's southern Navy Yard neighbourhood, the hotel has 225 guest rooms, an Italian restaurant called Maialino Mare and two rooftop bars. The design draws upon the hotel's historic industrial site along the Anacostia River, with interiors that are a soft, warm subtle interpretation of its nautical past.
Moxy Washington DC Downtown
This industrial-chic hotel features sleek rooms, a funky lobby lounge with a cafe and a cocktail bar. Designed as an homage to Mies Van Der Rohe, the architecture of the hotel is carefully proportioned and crafted with minimalist detailing. The hotel also incorporates the historic façades of three adjacent townhouses. These historic facades have been restored and rebuilt, and will once again enliven the K Street corridor.
Generator Washington DC
Situated in the heart of the city between Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle, the hostel boast the brand’s signature elements: ultra-comfortable private rooms and luxury suites, brilliantly designed shared accommodations, trendy F&B outlets and interactive programming, all at affordable price points in one of the hippest neighborhoods in the nation’s capital. Generator is the perfect option for those who want to be in the heart of the city and its social scene, but don’t want to pay a fortune.
Eaton DC | Washington, DC
This stylish hotel with a social justice mission attracts hip young travellers with its artisan design features, new-age wellness programme, and quality drink and dining offerings. Retro furnishings, an impressive library, radio station, political art gallery and cinema add to the unique appeal of this bold concept.
W Washington DC
The W is certainly one of the most stylish hotels in DC. Located in a Beaux Arts building completed in 1917, the hip hotel’s artistic, contemporary design includes a rotating collection of artwork in the lobby provided by a local gallery. Trendy music thumps throughout common areas, and DJs can be found spinning tunes in the lobby bar and on the stylish rooftop with some of the best city views in town. Ambient lighting that cycles through sexy hues adds to the trendy mood.
citizenM Washington DC Capitol
This citizenM by the Dutch design hotel chain offers all the facilities and style it is known for. Rooms come with a rain shower, free Wi-Fi and movies and a “MoodPad” to change the lighting and ambiance. The rooftop bar overlooks the Capitol.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
ARRIVE Phoenix | Arizona
This boutique-style property is housed in two former apartments building set around a courtyard pool in popular Uptown Phoenix. There is a strong mid-century vibe in the rooms, coffee shop, and popsicle stand(!). Enjoy Hawaiian-Japanese bites in the swim club or rooftop bar with recipes from 1971.
Arkansas
Central Coast California
Palihouse Santa Barbara | California
Palihouse Santa Barbara offers guests an intimate and elegant coastal hideaway in the heart of Santa Barbara’s downtown Historic Presidio Neighborhood. It features 24 spirited and handsomely appointed guest rooms and suites, all situated amongst a tranquil Mediterranean style courtyard, sparkling pool area and a delightful garden café, cocktail bar and lobby lounge.
Cuyama Buckhorn | New Cuyama, California
Cuyama Buckhorn is a timeless roadside resort in the heart of Santa Barbara County’s high desert. The iconic property, originally built in 1952, has been re-imagined as an elevated retreat nestled in The Hidden Valley of Enchantment. The resort retreat boasts a full service, farm-to-table restaurant and bar, a craft coffee shop, and a market featuring house-made and local products. Wanderlust seekers can also enjoy a glistening pool to splash into under the warm California sun.
White Water | Cambria,California
California’s Central Coast is less famous than the big cities that lie at either end, and that suits it just fine - it is a place to get away, not to see and be seen. And the brand-new White Water is a beautifully stylish place to do it, especially in this moment’s road-tripping, self-secluding mood. Creative director Nell Freudenberger took inspiration from Danish modernism as well as classic Californian design to create a seaside escape that’s both invigoratingly stylish and soothingly…
California Wine Country
Los Angeles
Cara Hotel | Los Angeles
Los Feliz has emerged as a noteworthy neighborhood in Los Angeles, with a burgeoning restaurant scene and an undeniable cool factor. Designed to bring the outside in, breezy patios and private courtyard balconies enveloped by 100-year-old olive trees and palms pay homage to the Gaelic translation of Cara, meaning “friend,” where a sense of conviviality and warmth beams through like the L.A. sun itself.
Hotel Amarano Burbank-Hollywood | California
Design agency HBA Los Angeles has redesigned the identity and interior of luxury boutique hotel Amarano situated in Burbank, California. The whole concept is personified through a fictional muse and gracious host named ‘Amara’, layered with local Burbank history and old Hollywood mystique.
Orange County
Palm Springs
San Diego
San Francisco & Bay Area
Hotel del Sol | San Francisco
Thebeach-themed, three-story 1950s motor lodge is very kid friendly, but adults will enjoy the rooms with beach-themed art, blown-glass bedside lamps, a bright orange accent wall, and cream headboards.
Colorado
The Source Hotel | Denver
This hip, industrial chic hotel boasts rooms with sliding garage doors and a rooftop with craft beer bar, saltwater swimming pool and breathtaking views of the Mile High City and the Rocky Mountains.
Life House, Lower Highlands | Denver
The 15-room boutique hotel draws inspiration from Victorian industrialism and the natural landscape of the Wild West, setting it apart from the brand’s East Coast properties. There's a variety of rooms, including spacious king suites and custom bunk suites, all come equipped with Life House’s standard amenities, including Le Labo bath products, Marshall speakers and Revival luxury linens. Wildflower, the cocktail bar, restaurant and café includes an outdoor patio space.
Dunton Hot Springs | Dolores, Colorado
Buried in rural and rocky Colorado, Dunton Hot Springs hotel is a mountain-surrounded former mining town, reincarnated in boutique cabin form. The old village Dance Hall, Bath House and Saloon are part of this unique retreat, where soothing springs, majestic mountains and a winding river make up the great outdoors. Each cabin is cosily kitted out with heated slate floors, unique bath tubs and hand-picked antiques.
Connecticut
Florida
Florida Keys
Miami & Miami Beach
March 2021: The Goodtime Hotel | Miami Beach
This opening is yet another reason to celebrate Miami Beach’s buzzy cultural melting pot. The brainchild of David Grutman and Pharrell Williams, this chic boutique hotel will offer up high-octane experiences synonymous with its namesake. With these two at the helm, expect a spirited and energic dining scene in Strawberry Moon, partnered with an epic soundtrack. Interior design by Ken Fulk.
Moxy Miami South Beach
Lightstone, the developers behind three award-winning Moxy hotels in New York City, has created a stylish, playful open-air concept celebrating Miami’s cosmopolitan culture and breezy outdoor living. With a design that blends the glamour of midcentury Havana, the artistry of contemporary Mexico City, and a tropical vibrancy that’s unmistakably Miami, Moxy South Beach offers the dining, drinking, and lounging options that modern travelers crave, all located steps from the sand.
The Standard, Miami Beach
The Standard Miami Beach is a design featuring vintage and retro-inspired decor. It is located on the small Belle Isle in the Intracoastal Waterway, between Miami and Miami Beach. The full-service destination spa includes a hamman, a classic cedar sauna, a steam room and offers a range of treatments and therapies. There are also yoga lawns and a fitness centre.
Georgia
Hotel Clermont | Atlanta, Georgia
The cool-and-quirky Hotel Clermont is set in the 1924 Clermont Motor Hotel, located in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood. It offers a rooftop (rum-centric) bar with spectacular vistas, a French-American restaurant, café and lobby bar. Atlanta’s bustling pedestrian artery, the Beltline, is just steps from the hotel and so is the Ponce City Market food hall and shops.
Maui, Hawaii
Oahu, Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Union Club Hotel | Purdue University, West Lafayette | India
Union Club is a recently renovated, preppy chic, boutique-style property located on the grounds of the Purdue University.
Iowa
Modal | Greenville, South Carolina
The décor is eclectic with a mix of unique mid-century pieces, modern textiles, statement collectibles, and original local art, which is available on consignment. Accommodations include three shared dormitory-style bunk rooms, which can be reserved by the bunk bed or the entire room, and two traditional private suites with en-suite bathrooms. All rooms have an attached bathroom with waterfall showers and include complimentary Public Goods bath products.
Cara Hotel | Los Angeles
Los Feliz has emerged as a noteworthy neighborhood in Los Angeles, with a burgeoning restaurant scene and an undeniable cool factor. Designed to bring the outside in, breezy patios and private courtyard balconies enveloped by 100-year-old olive trees and palms pay homage to the Gaelic translation of Cara, meaning “friend,” where a sense of conviviality and warmth beams through like the L.A. sun itself.
March 2021: The Newbury | Boston, Massachusetts
Located in Boston’s tony Back Bay, the former Ritz-Carlton will reopen fresh from a renovation this year with 286 luxurious rooms and suites, many of which boast fireplaces. With a nod to the property’s extensive history playing host to lavish dinners and parties, the hotel partnered with Major Food Group (The Grill, Carbone, and more) to helm food and beverage. The rooftop restaurant will plate up sweeping views of the Boston Commons and, in warmer months, slide open for alfresco dining.
2021: Montage Big Sky | Montana
There’s a wilderness retreat—and then there’s being situated at the heart of a 3,500-acre Spanish Peaks enclave. Inspired by its natural setting (and what a setting it is), the Montage Big Sky is all about giving you everything you need—along with space, facilities, and time to enjoy it. The property is ski-in, ski-out. In the spring and summer, guests can enjoy the property's golf course, as well as the area's supreme fly-fishing.
March 2021: The Goodtime Hotel | Miami Beach
This opening is yet another reason to celebrate Miami Beach’s buzzy cultural melting pot. The brainchild of David Grutman and Pharrell Williams, this chic boutique hotel will offer up high-octane experiences synonymous with its namesake. With these two at the helm, expect a spirited and energic dining scene in Strawberry Moon, partnered with an epic soundtrack. Interior design by Ken Fulk.
The Columns | New Orleans
The Columns hotel is a reimagined 19th-century building in Nola’s desirable Garden District. Once the home of a wealthy tobacco merchant, then a boarding house, the 20-room mansion is framed by the towering white columns that give the new opening its name. Many of the building’s period details, including a mahogany staircase and stained-glass skylight, are updated mementos of the building’s past.
Kelley House | Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard | Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard was once home to the American whaling industry, and many old sea captains’ stately homes have been transformed into guest houses and hotels. The Kelley House comprises six of them. With nearly two centuries in business, it’s one of the oldest hotels in the country, but its owners have kept it looking and feeling contemporary while preserving the atmosphere that makes it so unique.
The Longleaf Hotel | Raleigh, North Carolina
America’s supply of mid-century motor inns may not be infinite, but it’s showing no signs of running out. In Raleigh, North Carolina, an undistinguished corporate chain hotel was found to have, beneath a layer of stucco, the bones of a fossilized Sixties Travelodge — and after an archaeological-grade restoration and a modernist-inspired redesign it’s back in business, this time as the Longleaf Hotel.
One11 Hotel | New Orleans
Found in a former sugar factory, One11 Hotel is the first brand new property to open in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter in half a century. The city passed a moratorium on new hotels in the 85-block area in 1969, but One11 gained approval by working within an existing structure, with no demolition needed, Travel + Leisure reports. Opened December 2020, New York-based Dash Design is responsible for the interiors.
Union Club Hotel | Purdue University, West Lafayette | India
Union Club is a recently renovated, preppy chic, boutique-style property located on the grounds of the Purdue University.
Palihouse Santa Barbara | California
Palihouse Santa Barbara offers guests an intimate and elegant coastal hideaway in the heart of Santa Barbara’s downtown Historic Presidio Neighborhood. It features 24 spirited and handsomely appointed guest rooms and suites, all situated amongst a tranquil Mediterranean style courtyard, sparkling pool area and a delightful garden café, cocktail bar and lobby lounge.
2021: Portland Proper Hotel | Oregon
Located in Portland, the new 9-story hotel provides 226 guest rooms in heart of Portland’s historic Pearl District. Large archways on the ground floor will highlight the interior, inviting pedestrians to join community activities hosted at the hotel event space, or enjoy a drink or dinner at the ground floor restaurant. The 9th floor of the hotel will house a restaurant and bar, kitchen, outdoor pool, and terrace. Interiors will be designed by Kelly Wearstler.
May 2021: Hotel Grand Stark | Portland, Oregon
Perched in Portland's Central Eastside, across the river from the city's downtown core, Hotel Grand Stark is a 57-room historic property that has been carefully and thoughtfully designed and reimagined back to its hospitality roots. The 1906 building is a four-story structure that was originally built as a hotel and formerly housed a legendary local furniture manufacturer for the past 80 years.
Moxy Miami South Beach
Lightstone, the developers behind three award-winning Moxy hotels in New York City, has created a stylish, playful open-air concept celebrating Miami’s cosmopolitan culture and breezy outdoor living. With a design that blends the glamour of midcentury Havana, the artistry of contemporary Mexico City, and a tropical vibrancy that’s unmistakably Miami, Moxy South Beach offers the dining, drinking, and lounging options that modern travelers crave, all located steps from the sand.
Hotel Clermont | Atlanta, Georgia
The cool-and-quirky Hotel Clermont is set in the 1924 Clermont Motor Hotel, located in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood. It offers a rooftop (rum-centric) bar with spectacular vistas, a French-American restaurant, café and lobby bar. Atlanta’s bustling pedestrian artery, the Beltline, is just steps from the hotel and so is the Ponce City Market food hall and shops.
Lincolnville Motel | Lincolnville, Maine
Celebrating the simplicity of summer living, the Lincolnville Motel is a getaway destination in a beautiful part of Midcoast Maine. A refreshed 1950s roadside motor inn, the motel offers six wooden guest cabins and four spacious motel rooms, all with views of the ocean and open fields. Rooms and cabins are minimally appointed, with an emphasis on quality bedding, clean design, and a little bit of fun.