Four Seasons Resort Maui
Maui, United States · Four Seasons
Hawaii's benchmark resort: 15 beachfront acres run with a precision that makes the nightly rate feel almost defensible.
United States
New York power hotels, Palm Springs modernist hideaways and lodge country in between. American luxury runs on scale, service and showmanship.
Fairmont Kea Lani
Maui, United States · Fairmont
Space is the real luxury on Maui, and nobody else in Wailea sells it this well.
Rosewood Miramar Beach
Montecito, United States · Rosewood
Rick Caruso's beachfront fantasy of old-money Montecito, anchored by a Michelin star at Caruso's.
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.
Hotel Phillips Kansas City
Kansas City, United States · Hilton
Kansas City's art deco landmark, polished by Curio into the most characterful stay downtown.
Fairmont Orchid
Big Island, United States · Fairmont
The calm, turtle-visited lagoon does more for this resort than any renovation ever could.
Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail
Vail, United States · The Ritz-Carlton
Residence-style space and Ritz-Carlton service a short walk from the Eagle Bahn Gondola, best for families and groups who want a kitchen and room to spread out.
Waldorf Astoria Chicago
Chicago, United States · Waldorf Astoria
Chicago's most European luxury hotel, with some of the largest, calmest rooms in the city a step off the Magnificent Mile.
The Ritz-Carlton Club, Aspen
Aspen, United States · The Ritz-Carlton
A ski-in residence club, not a conventional hotel, offering space, a kitchen and Ritz-Carlton service at the foot of Aspen Highlands.
The Post Oak Hotel
Houston, United States
Texas maximalism done properly: the only Forbes double five-star in the state, with the steakhouse, spa and helipad to prove it.
Waldorf Astoria New York
New York City, United States · Waldorf Astoria
New York's grande dame has come back smaller, calmer and considerably better than the legend it left behind.
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.
Waldorf Astoria Park City
Park City, United States · Waldorf Astoria
A genuine ski-in, ski-out luxury base in Canyons Village, with the Frostwood Gondola at the door and a serious spa for tired legs.
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.
Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Boston, United States · Mandarin Oriental
Quiet Back Bay luxury with a landmark spa and a genuine Boulud restaurant downstairs, walkable to the best of the city.
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Orlando, United States · Waldorf Astoria
Disney access without the Disney decor, a calm 502-room resort with a golf course, spa and serious pool for families wanting luxury alongside the parks.
Four Seasons Hotel Nashville
Nashville, United States · Four Seasons
Nashville's first true luxury flagship: river views, a resort-grade pool deck and Broadway two blocks away, on your terms.
Radisson Blu Mall of America
Minneapolis, United States · Radisson
For a Mall of America mission with children in tow, nothing else is really in the conversation.
Waldorf Astoria Buckhead
Atlanta, United States · Waldorf Astoria
A quietly grand, residential-feeling Waldorf with big rooms and old-school service in the middle of Buckhead's luxury shopping.
Radisson Plaza Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, United States · Radisson
Kalamazoo's de facto grand hotel: the whole downtown works from its lobby, and nothing else in town comes close.
Millennium Hilton One UN Plaza
New York City, United States · Hilton
Every room starts on the 28th floor, and the East River views do the work the decor sometimes doesn't.
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Chicago, United States · Four Seasons
Chicago's most complete grand hotel: lake views from the tower, a Roman-columned pool and service with a long memory.
The Foundry Hotel Asheville
Asheville, United States · Hilton
Asheville's old steel foundry reborn as an 87-room design hotel, with Benne on Eagle putting real Appalachian cooking on the plate.
Arizona Biltmore
Phoenix, United States · Waldorf Astoria
Phoenix's grande dame still trades on 1929 glamour, and after the Waldorf Astoria polish it mostly earns it.