Fairmont Peace Hotel
Shanghai, China · Fairmont
Shanghai's most storied address still earns the legend nightly, in the Jazz Bar.
Hotel Brand
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Grand, often historic hotels in landmark locations, from railway-era castles to city icons.
Fairmont Banff Springs
Banff, Canada · Fairmont
A genuine icon that trades intimacy for spectacle, and wins the trade almost every time.
Fairmont Kea Lani
Maui, United States · Fairmont
Space is the real luxury on Maui, and nobody else in Wailea sells it this well.
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Lake Louise, Canada · Fairmont
You pay for the postcard and the postcard delivers; everything else is competent supporting cast.
Fairmont Mayakoba
Riviera Maya, Mexico · Fairmont
The mangrove boat ride to breakfast is a trick that never gets old, and the rest of the estate keeps up with it.
Fairmont San Francisco
San Francisco, United States · Fairmont
The grande dame of Nob Hill still earns the climb: real history in the lobby, bay views from the tower and a tiki bar no one has ever improved on.
Fairmont Empress
Victoria, Canada · Fairmont
Heritage hotels often coast on their postcards; the Empress backs its ivy with cooking and service that still compete.
Fairmont Udaipur Palace
Udaipur, India · Fairmont
A brand-new palace built at Rajput scale above Udaisagar Lake: theatrical, enormous and already the wedding stage of choice east of Udaipur.
Fairmont Orchid
Big Island, United States · Fairmont
The calm, turtle-visited lagoon does more for this resort than any renovation ever could.
Carton House
Maynooth, Ireland · Fairmont
The rare Irish estate hotel that is as good at golf, spa and dinner as it is at aristocratic theatre, and only 25 minutes from the airport.
Fairmont St Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom · Fairmont
A cliff-top golf estate with the North Sea for a moat: grand, windswept and far better run than its conference-scale bones suggest.
Fairmont Windsor Park
Windsor, United Kingdom · Fairmont
The most complete spa operation within reach of London, wrapped in a convincing new-build country house beside Windsor Great Park.
Fairmont Mara Safari Club
Masai Mara, Kenya · Fairmont
The hippos grunting beneath your deck at 3am are the amenity that matters; the heated pool is a bonus.
Fairmont Austin
Austin, United States · Fairmont
A 1,048-room downtown colossus that actually works, anchored by its rooftop pool deck and a direct line into the convention centre.
Fairmont Doha
Doha, Qatar · Fairmont
The architecture does the marketing; the butlers, the hammam and Masala Library's tasting menus do the convincing.
Fairmont Royal Pavilion
St James, Barbados · Fairmont
Every room faces the sea, and this sea is the whole argument: calm, clear and ten steps from your balcony.
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Scottsdale, United States · Fairmont
A 65-acre desert resort machine that does family-scale luxury properly, with better restaurants than any convention hotel has a right to.
Fairmont The Palm
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Fairmont
A sensible luxury choice on the Palm's trunk: private beach, serious kids' provision and better restaurants than its rates suggest.
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper, Canada · Fairmont
Canada's great wilderness lodge, trading marble polish for lake, elk and a century of charm.
Fairmont Amman
Amman, Jordan · Fairmont
Amman's best all-round five-star: hilltop views, a serious Gold floor and Jordanian warmth applied with real polish.
Fairmont Singapore
Singapore · Fairmont
A 778-room location machine above two MRT lines, redeemed from anonymity by balconies, a dozen restaurants and one of Asia's biggest hotel spas.
Fairmont Taghazout Bay
Taghazout, Morocco · Fairmont
Morocco's beach done with real style: contemporary Moroccan design, a proper hammam and Atlantic sunsets, with Taghazout's surf next door.
Le Château Montebello
Montebello, Canada · Fairmont
Come for the log-cabin novelty, stay because it is the rare resort that is genuinely better with children and snow.
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul
Seoul, South Korea · Fairmont
Seoul's slickest new-build five-star: Han River views, polished service and Yeouido calm, provided you forgive the financial district after dark.