The Roundup

The Most Exciting Hotels of 2016

by Team Fathom
A bedroom in Soho House Istanbul.

Photo courtesy of Soho House Istanbul.

The global hotel scene is hot. A bounty of brilliant hotels all over the world have opened up in the past year. And they're the stuff of (Instagram) dreams. Instead of rebooking that familiar corner suite on your next vacation, live like royalty in a refurbished palace in India, love the earth from an eco-hotel overlooking Central Park, or recreate a lifestyle magazine photoshoot inside a New Orleans mansion. However you spin it, these are the world's most exciting new hotels.

Henry Howard Hotel

Where: New Orleans
Opened: February 2015  

The House Hotel Cappadocia

Where: Cappadocia, Turkey
Opened: July 2015

The Hoxton

Where: Amsterdam
Opened: July 2015 

1 Hotel Central Park

Where: New York City
Opened: August 2015

The Treasury

Where: Perth, Australia
Opened: October 2015

Leeu House

Where: Franschhoek, South Africa
Opened: December 2015

South Congress Hotel

Where: Austin, Texas
Opened: January 2016

Cotton House Hotel

Where: Barcelona
Opened: January 2015

Villa René Lalique

Where: Wingen-sur-Moder, France
Opened: September 2015

Boro Hotel

Where: Queens, New York
Opened: June 2015

The Hotel Emma

Where: San Antonio, Texas
Opened: November 2015

Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba

Where: Cusco, Peru
Opened: April 2015

The New York EDITION

Where: New York City
Opened: May 2015

Soho House Istanbul

Where: Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Opened: May 2015

Faena Hotel

Where: Miami Beach
Opened: December 2015

andBeyond Benguerra Island

Where: Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
Reopened: June 2015

The South Beach

Where: Singapore
Opened: April 2015

Rivertown Lodge

Where: Hudson, New York
Opened: October 2015

SUJÁN Rajmahal Palace

Where: Jaipur, India
Reopened: Fall 2015

Pantrepant

Where: Trelawny, Jamaica
Opened: December 2015

The Old Clare Hotel

Where: Sydney, Australia
Opened: September 2015

Amanera

Where: Playa Grande, Dominican Republic
Opened: November 2015

Malliouhana

Where: Anguilla
Opened: November 2014

Casa Fayette

Where: Guadalajara, Mexico
Opened: December 2015

Esperanza

Where: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reopened: July 2015

The Pumphouse

Where: Lake St. Clair, Tazmania
Opened: April 2015

The Restoration

Where: Charleston, South Carolina
Opened: December 2015

Quirk Hotel

Where: Richmond, Virginia
Opened: September 2015

Barbuda Belle

Where: Barbuda, Caribbean
Opened: June 2015

Tchegera Island Tented Camp

Where: Democratic Republic of Congo
Opened: August 2015

Fendi Private Suites

Where: Rome
Opened: December 2015

Limalimo Lodge

Where: Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Opened: January 2016 

Moskito Island

Where: British Virgin Islands
Opening: January 2016 


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