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We've spent the last 12 months sleeping, eating, and sailing our way around the globe in order to bring you the 29th edition of the Hot List, our carefully curated annual collection of the best new (and reborn) hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships in the world, and we had a ton of fun doing it. How could we not when it involved activities like zip-lining to dinner in the Maldives, sleeping in an actual tree house in Kenya, and eating a truly memorable meal in a converted auto body shop in Mexico City? The through line of this year’s list is joy—something we could all use a little more of in our lives. These are the 2025 Hot List winners for the best new hotels in the world.
Click here to see the entire Hot List for 2025.
AFRICA
BOTSWANA
Atzaro — Okavango Delta
KENYA
Great Plains Mara Toto Tree Camp — Masai Mara
MADAGASCAR
Voaara — Ambatorao
MOROCCO
RWANDA
Wilderness Bisate Reserve — Ruhengeri
UGANDA
Volcanoes Safaris Kibale Lodge — Kasenda
SEYCHELLES
Cheval Blanc Seychelles — Quatre Bornes
SOUTH AFRICA
Gwe Gwe Beach Lodge — Eastern Cape, South Africa
ASIA
CHINA
Mandarin Oriental Qianmen — Beijing
INDIA
The Oberoi Vindhyavilas Wildlife Resort — Bandhavgarh National Park
Ran Baas — Patiala
INDONESIA
JAPAN
Yoruya — Okayama
MALDIVES
Soneva Secret, Maldives — Kulhudhuffushi
SINGAPORE
SRI LANKA
Uga Halloowella — Norwood
AUSTRALIA
Il Delfino — Yamba
MIDDLE EAST
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
SAUDI ARABIA
Dar Tantora The House Hotel — AlUla
Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve — Ummahat Islands
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EUROPE
AUSTRIA
Eriro Alpine Hide — Ehrwald
Rosewood Schloss Fuschl — Salzburg
CZECH REPUBLIC
BELGIUM
Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels
FRANCE
Experimental Chalet Val d'Isère
Hôtel du Couvent — Nice
GREECE
Gundari Resort — Folegandros
ITALY
Le Dune Piscinas — Costa Verde
Palazzo Durazzo — Genoa
Palazzo Talìa — Rome
PORTUGAL
Palacete Severo — Porto
SPAIN
Brach Madrid - Evok Collection
Casa de Las Artes, Member of Meliá Collection — Madrid
Dunas de Formentera — Balearic Islands
Fairmont La Hacienda Costa del Sol — Cádiz
TÜRKİYE
SWITZERLAND
The Brecon — Adelboden
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UNITED KINGDOM
The Emory — London
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
The Pig – in the Cotswolds — Barnsley
MEXICO
Banyan Tree Valle de Guadalupe
Four Seasons Resort and Residences Cabo San Lucas at Cabo Del Sol
CENTRAL AMERICA
COSTA RICA
Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve — Guanacaste Province
THE CARIBBEAN
BAHAMAS
The Potlatch Club — Governor's Harbour
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
GRENADA
UNITED STATES
The Dunlin, Auberge Resorts Collection — Johns Island, South Carolina
The Henson — Hensonville, New York
The Manner — New York City
The Ranch Hudson Valley — Sloatsburg, New York
The Surrey, a Corinthia Hotel — New York City
CRUISE SHIPS
Utopia of the Seas — Royal Caribbean
Galapagos Explorer — &Beyond
Queen Anne — Cunard
Explora II — Explora Journeys
Silver Ray — Silversea
Disney Treasure — Disney Cruise Line
Lilia — Amaway
Ilma — Ritz-Carlton
Vela — Viking Cruises
RESTAURANTS
View the best new restaurants of 2025 here.
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