The hottest new hotel openings in the world for 2024

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Not certain the place to move in 2024? Whether it’s a European metropolis break, rural escape or one thing extra far-flung, loads of destination-in-their-own-right resorts are set to open in the subsequent 12 months.

A bunch of fan favourites will head to new places, with bohemian-cool Our Habitas touching down in Costa Rica, Six Senses’ first Japanese outpost arriving in Kyoto, and The Hoxton bringing their playful power to easy-to-reach-by-rail Vienna.

For these after a success of European wilderness, there’s new Grecian island escape Gundari on go-slow Folegandros, and Transylvanian hilltop retreat Matca, which is able to see historic farmhouses reimagined into a up to date getaway near forests the place lynx and bear roam.

After someplace arty? Firmdale Hotels’ third property in New York City could have vibrant art-packed public areas whereas in Australia, beginner boutique hotel Sea Sea in NSW guarantees a significantly inventive keep, with its personal pictures exhibitions and music house.

Read on for the greatest new hotel openings worldwide to bookmark.

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Soneva Secret, Maldives

Opening: January 2024

Sustainability superstars Soneva are set to ramp up the polished and personalised service ranges they’re famend for even additional with the launch of extremely bespoke Soneva Secret, a 14-villa outpost in the distant Haa Dhaalu atoll. Each good villa might be staffed by a “barefoot guardian and assistant” – to organise marine biologist-led snorkel adventures and astronomy journeys – and have its personal non-public chef. As effectively as seaside and overwater lodging, with roofs which open to disclose the star-spangled sky, most particular might be the Maldives’ first solely floating villa, which will be moved on request to numerous mooring factors by way of a tug all through a keep.

From £2,460 per night time; soneva.com

Matca Hotel, Romania

Opening: January 2024

Set so as to add new flourish to rural village Șimon on a hilltop with Bucegi and Piatra Craiului mountain views is Matca, which could have 16 rooms and 10 non-public villas. Guest rooms, inside two shingle-roofed farmhouses with interior courtyards, will characteristic quintessentially Transylvanian decor with a up to date twist: assume gates hand-carved by craftsmen from Făgăraș, intricate cloth embroidery, native objets d’artwork and botanical wall collages. As effectively as a spa and bar there’s Restaurant Stup, all about unhurried, sluggish cooking, which is able to serve the likes of buckwheat dumplings with pumpkin sauce, and parsnip creme brulee with praline custard. Matca is surrounded by pristine forests, that means healthful actions embody hikes, bear safaris and beekeeping lessons.

From £360, B&B; matcahotel.com

Borgo Tre, Lake Garda, Italy

Opening: Spring 2024

Another reimagined farmhouse with recent draw might be Borgo Tre, an 18th-century property in the hills of Lake Garda. Transformed by the Hinteregger household, behind the Sonnwies wellness hotel in South Tyrol, it’ll pack slow-living attract in spades. The farmhouse’s six apartment-style suites, with two or three bedrooms apiece, could have gardens or a terrace, open fireplaces, light-toned linens and wood furnishings. For R&R there’s a mini spa, surrounded by olive timber, that includes an outside pool, yoga terrace and Kneipp tub, and beautiful Lake Garda and Torri del Benaco vistas. Also on the agenda are Italian farm-style breakfast packing containers, yoga retreats, Vespa adventures and rambles up Monte Baldo.

From £520, B&B; borgotre.com/hotel-in-torri-del-benaco

Our Habitas Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Opening: Spring 2024

Hitting Costa Rica for the first time, bohemian favorite Our Habitas will contact down on the southernmost tip of Nicoya Peninsula in seaside haven Santa Teresa, with 45 low-impact rooms and 10 glamping tents tucked below the palms. Expect horseback rides on the seaside, jungle mountain biking excursions, wood-fired farm-to-table fare at Suawe restaurant, a beachfront infinity pool, surf shack and a laid-back environment designed to foster connections with fellow friends.

From £560, room-only; ourhabitas.com/santa-teresa

Warren Street Hotel, New York City, USA

Opening: Spring 2024

After the success of NYC’s Crosby Street Hotel and The Whitby Hotel, Tim and Kit Kemp will open their third Stateside property, bringing additional rev to a former automobile park in Tribeca. Kit’s vibrant, carefree interiors – together with flamboyant headboards and fabric-covered partitions – will characteristic in 69 rooms and suites, a lot of which could have floor-to-ceiling home windows with decrease Manhattan views. Fittingly, given Tribeca’s raft of artwork galleries, Warren Street’s communal areas will show the likes of Sanaa Gateja’s Seeds of Joy – crafted with beads constituted of discarded paper – and Cornish ceramicist Carol Wainwright’s ‘wonky pots’. Plus, a brasserie restaurant, orangery and bar will little question be a magnet for NYC’s hippest creatives.

From £730, room-only; firmdalehotels.com

The Surrey, New York, USA

Opening: Summer 2024

Come summertime over in the Upper East Side, a storied hotel beloved by the nice and the good – The Surrey – will start a new chapter and have a critical glow up with the debut of The Surrey, a Corinthia Hotel. The Corinthia’s first US property will characteristic interiors by Martin Brudnizki, a world-class spa  and thrilling eating ideas in collaboration with Casa Tua.

Rates tbc; corinthia.com/en-gb/new-york

Sea Sea, Australia

Opening: Spring 2024

About so as to add a critical oomph of creativity to Australia’s Crescent Head is a 24-room boutique way of life hotel from George Gorrow and ceramic artist Cisco Tschurtschenthaler – the group behind trendy Bali hotel, The Slow. As effectively as Seventies-surf impressed rooms that includes artisan-made furnishings and “audacious art”, there might be 24 hour in-house radio and areas for reside music and pictures exhibitions. Food and drink choices – in collaboration with mixologist Antonello Arzedi and chef Daniel Medcalf – are set to be simply as interesting.

From £210, room-only; seaseahotel.com

The Hoxton, Vienna

Opening: Spring 2024

Wherever The Hoxton goes, flurries of hip metropolis breakers observe. This yr, for their sixteenth opening, all eyes flip to Vienna, the place they’ll open a 196-room property inside a Carl Appel-designed modernist landmark, not removed from the Stadtpark in the third district. Looks-wise, it’ll combine mid-century Austrian design with geometric varieties, and have a hanging double-height foyer with ridged metal columns. As effectively as Paris-meets-NYC vibes Bouvier bistro, basement speakeasy Salon Paradise, and a rooftop pool and bar, it can even have an occasions house referred to as the Auditorium for gigs and comedy nights.

From £102, room-only; thehoxton.com/vienna

Gundari, Greece

Opening: May 2024

Santorini’s lesser-known neighbour Folegandros is all high-drama Grecian wilderness: whitewashed chapels, aromatic orange and lemon groves the place donkeys potter, and a shoreline fringed by the turquoise shock of the Aegean. Gundari, an all-suite boutique property set inside a nature reserve the place the uncommon Eleonora’s falcon will be noticed, will immerse wild-at-heart travellers into the island’s uncooked magnificence from May. Twenty-five energy-efficient villas could have serene bedrooms that includes handcrafted timber particulars and marble flooring, plus infinity swimming pools heated by solar energy. As effectively as a cliff-edge pool with swim-up bar, gymnasium and natural farm-to-plate eating by famend chef Lefteris Lazarou, there might be a showstopper spa set inside a cliff for historical therapeutic therapies utilizing wild herbs, plus a fleet of electrical automobiles for friends to lease.

From £520, B&B; gundari.com

Kibale Lodge, Uganda

Opening: May 2024

Volcanoes Safaris, who’ve pioneered gorilla and chimpanzee ecotourism in Uganda and Rwanda for 25 years, will open their fifth lodge on a 150-acre web site dominated by a rocky outcrop with views of the Rwenzori Mountains, the Queen Elizabeth plains and the Kazinga channel. Ideally positioned for chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park – house to a 1,500-strong neighborhood of chimps – the lodge could have eight rooms and a villa in addition to a spa, sauna and pool.

From £940 on a full-board foundation inc. lodge actions and spa remedies; volcanoessafaris.com/kibale-lodge

Mara Toto Tree Camp, Kenya

Opening: Summer 2024

Another much-anticipated African safari opening set for summertime is Mara Toto Tree Camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara. The newest from Great Plains Conservation, dreamt up by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, will supply eight friends the likelihood to slumber elevated in the cover in treehouse-stye lodging.

Rates tbc; greatplainsconservation.com

Casa Monti, Rome, Italy

Opening: Summer 2024

From the similar house owners as La Fantaisie in Paris, Casa Monti will contact down in Italy’s charming, and arty Rione Monti neighbourhood with 26 rooms and 10 suites inside a grand, listed constructing. The creativity of the district might be mirrored in Laura Gonzalez’s spirited interiors, impressed by the Italian sprezzatura – a sense of relaxed ease and easy class – and Milanese-style frescoes. A rooftop bar, trattoria and skincare model Susanne Kaufmann outpost will add additional enchantment.

From £388, B&B; leitmotiv.fr/resorts/casamonti

J.Okay. Place Residence Club, Rome, Italy

Opening: Winter 2024

Towards the finish of the yr, Rome can even see the arrival of J.Okay. Place Residence Club, a sister property to widespread boutique hotel J.Okay Place, providing 15 lovely flats in a Seventeenth-century constructing on Via dei Prefetti.

Rates tbc; jkplaces.com

Six Senses Kyoto, Japan

Opening: Summer 2024

Wellness consultants Six Senses will make their Japanese debut, with an 81-room city sanctuary with a central courtyard and tranquil gardens not removed from Kyoto’s Gion district. Organic, earthy toned bedrooms will characteristic particulars impressed by Japanese folklore, corresponding to The Moon Rabbit, and the Eleventh-century Tale of Genji. At a top-notch spa, conventional and scientific therapeutic approaches will meet Zen tradition, with remedies that includes elements chosen fortnightly reflecting Japan’s 24 micro-seasons. Other attracts embody a sushi restaurant, and brew and cocktail bars.

Rates tbc; sixsenses.com

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo, Japan

Opening: March 2024

Another hotel to observe is the first property from Janu – the little sister model to extremely high-end Aman – which is able to launch in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills in March with eight eating venues, an enormous wellness centre, and 122 Jean-Michel Gathy-designed rooms.

From $750, B&B; janu.com/janu-tokyo

Kunda Himalayan Resort & Spa, Nepal

Opening: October 2024

For the final escapism, this new resort will supply sustainable luxurious and astonishing Mount Everest views. Set at an altitude of three,280m, a collection of low-impact “Himalayan Nest” dome lodging, designed by Nomadic Resorts and boasting a deck, scorching tub Himalayas views and private butler, will arrange camp. With respect to nature thought of at each flip – from construct by means of to operations – the resort’s hanging structure mirrors jagged mountain contours. Operated by Pumori Journeys, the resort can even have a restaurant specialising in dishes made utilizing regionally sourced high-altitude natural produce, plus a wellness centre and experiences corresponding to horse using alongside rhododendron trails, meditating with monks, and archery lessons.

Domes round £700 inc. meals, some actions/wellness remedies (min. four-night keep); kundahimalayanresort.com

The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace, India

Opening: Winter 2024

The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh will see a 200-year-old palace ringed by sal forest open subsequent to the Panna National Park, with an unique lake missed by an infinity pool, and 66 opulent rooms.

Rates tbc; oberoihotels.com

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