Hotels · 10 September 2026
The Venice Film Festival’s Hotel Map, From the Lido to the Giudecca
The red carpet is on the Lido. The better question is where everyone disappears afterwards.
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Hotels · 8 September 2026
PASHA and Marriott Sign Three Projects Across Baku and Tbilisi
A Ritz-Carlton on the Caspian at Zagulba, a second residential tower in Baku and a 152-room Le Meridien in Tbilisi's Chugureti district add up to 752 rooms and residences, with no dates attached.
Destinations · 4 September 2026
São Paulo's Japanese Kitchens Now Speak in Two Languages
Condé Nast Traveler surveys a city with 3,000 Japanese restaurants, where Amazonian river fish meets saikyo yaki at Aizomê and a $268 omakase at Kanoê holds the classical line.
Hotels · 2 September 2026
Edition Opens the First Resort on Saudi Arabia's Shura Island
The 240-key Red Sea Edition, with interiors by Rockwell Group inside a Foster + Partners masterplan, is the first hotel to open on the dolphin-shaped island at the centre of the Red Sea development.
Events · 2 September 2026
Where We’d Stay in New York During the US Open
Five hotels for doing US Open week properly — from the Upper East Side institution to Manhattan’s newest arrival.
Events · 31 August 2026
Carnival, Gaia and a Closing Emin: London's Final Bank Holiday Weekend
Notting Hill Carnival anchors the 28-31 August 2026 weekend in London, with Sunday's Family Day, a one-night orchestral performance beneath Luke Jerram's seven-metre earth, and the last days of Tracey Emin at Tate Britain.
Hotels · 30 August 2026
Seven Casitas, Fourteen Islands: How Islas Secas Keeps Panama's Gulf of Chiriquí to Itself
The Pacific archipelago 20 miles off Panama's coast puts its entire guest capacity on one island and leaves the other thirteen wild, with a solar-powered operation and a conservation foundation attached.
Destinations · 28 August 2026
A Photographer's Gotland: Limestone Cliffs, Cinnamon Buns and a Refinery Turned Hotel
Suitcase sends Stockholm photographer Petter Bäcklund back to the Baltic islands of Gotland and Fårö, where September light, farm shops and a 19-room former limestone refinery shape a short, slow season.
Hotels · 27 August 2026
Ritz-Carlton Reserve Heads to Shanghai
The brand’s first urban Reserve is set to open on Shanghai’s North Bund in 2030 — an unexpected move for a collection that has traditionally preferred far-flung coastlines to city skylines.
Restaurants · 27 August 2026
The Riviera Beach Clubs of 2026
Pampelonne still sets the pace, but the Riviera beach club has changed. This summer’s defining addresses stretched from new openings and old institutions to fashion houses taking increasingly ambitious positions on the Mediterranean.
Hotels · 26 August 2026
Hotel Lürzerhof reopens following €10 million expansion
Hotel Lürzerhof has reopened following an extensive EUR€10 million transformation, unveiling an adults-only rooftop wellness sanctuary amidst the Radstädter Tauern mountains.
Events · 24 August 2026
Iceland's Highland Base Turns an Ultra in the Kerlingarfjöll Range Into a Weekend
A former ski lodge at 700 metres in Iceland's interior hosts a trail race that starts metres from the rooms, with geothermal baths, a carb-loading buffet and a waffle hour built around it.
Events · 24 August 2026
Le Fou Opens as a Maximalist Cocktail Sanctuary in Vienna
Hidden down a medieval alley in Vienna’s UNESCO-listed First District, Le Fou unfolds across a series of intimate rooms, each revealing a different side of the bar.
Destinations · 23 August 2026
Puglia Is Better After Summer
When August ends, Puglia doesn’t close for the season. The Adriatic is still warm, the masserie settle back into their rhythm and the towns of the Valle d’Itria become places to wander rather than navigate around crowds. September may be the better version of an Italian summer.
Destinations · 23 August 2026
The New Luxury Is a Mediterranean Summer That Doesn’t Require a Strategy
In Ibiza and Saint-Tropez, summer now comes with advance reservations, drivers on standby and an expanding set of written and unwritten rules. The appeal of the Mediterranean’s quieter corners is becoming increasingly simple: they still leave room for spontaneity.
Hotels · 23 August 2026
Sea Containers London Leans Harder Into the Liner Conceit With Its Refreshed River Suites
Jacu Strauss has reworked the Southbank hotel's Thames Apartment and Riverview Suites for 2026, and a Gordon Ramsay partnership is due later this year. Suitcase checked into a 65sq m balcony suite, from £550.
Destinations · 23 August 2026
The Villa Has Become the Destination
Tuscany’s great estates have become destinations in their own right, complete with restaurants, farms, spas and enough programming to make leaving entirely optional. The best of them understand that this is precisely the danger.
Destinations · 23 August 2026
Three Ways to Handle a London Landmark
Bloomsbury's Imperial has reopened after a ten-year rebuild that celebrates the concrete that replaced its Victorian original. Around the corner, the Kimpton Fitzroy has redecorated. In Piccadilly, Fattal has simply bought the lease.
Events · 17 August 2026
Taj Opens First Continental European Hotel in Frankfurt's Restored Hessischer Hof
Grandhotel Hessischer Hof has reopened as Taj Hessischer Hof Frankfurt with 117 rooms, nine suites and interiors by Hamburg studio JOI-Design, alongside Bombay Brasserie and the debut of members-only club The Chambers.
Destinations · 17 August 2026
The Islands Where Access Is Still a Filter
In Skopelos and Norway’s Træna archipelago, getting there still takes some effort. As Ibiza builds increasingly sophisticated ways to escape its own crowds, these smaller islands suggest that the most valuable luxury may be something a hotel cannot manufacture: a natural limit on how many people arrive.
Restaurants · 12 August 2026
MUJE Opens With the Room Fully Explained—and the Menu Still Unwritten
Luxury restaurants have traditionally introduced themselves through the menu. MUJE, the new Manhattan restaurant from three-Michelin-star chef Jungsik Yim, is taking the opposite approach. Before revealing what guests will eat, it has revealed how they will feel—suggesting that, in contemporary fine dining, atmosphere has become the opening course.
Hotels · 11 August 2026
The Refit Cycle: Why Luxury Hotels Are Reinvesting Instead of Rebuilding
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels has approved HK$2.1 billion to renovate The Peninsula Hong Kong and The Peninsula Tokyo, while projects in Shanghai and Palawan reflect the same strategic shift: in today's luxury market, the highest returns increasingly come from reinvesting in exceptional hotels rather than building new ones.
Events · 10 August 2026
Aman Opens Amanvari, Its First Mexican Resort, on Baja's East Cape
The 18-Casita resort within the Costa Palmas community marks Aman's first property in Mexico, bringing Aman-branded residences, four restaurants and the group's first contemporary Temazcal to one of North America's fastest-growing ultra-luxury destinations.
Destinations · 7 August 2026
Why Montenegro Is Becoming Europe's Next Luxury Destination
Montenegro is quietly emerging as one of Europe's most compelling luxury destinations. New hotels, branded residences and waterfront developments are transforming the country, while medieval towns, dramatic mountains and the Adriatic coastline preserve the authenticity that first made Montenegro a hidden gem.
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