T + L: It List -- Best New Luxury Hotels for 2010

Travel and Leisure (T + L) has released its It List for 2010, which profiles 45 of the best new luxury hotels across the world.  This is a great list because it provides awareness about fresh, new, and exciting places versus the well-established places that we hear about all of the time.  There are still some familiar names (e.g. W, Mandarin Oriental, Four Seasons, Willard, Ritz-Carlton, Shangri-la, Waldorf Astoria), but they have set up shop in new locations. I have highlighted a few of the hotels for you below, based on the images that stood out to me the most from the list or if I have come across the hotel in other searches.  This is somewhat arbitrary, but it represents a pretty good mix of the new flavor out there in the world of luxury hotels. 

Upper House, Hong Kong - Awesome website! 
Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia  
Argos in Cappadocia, Uchisar, Turkey 
Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, Lithgow, Australia 
Andaz Wall Street, New York, NY 
Shangri-La Boracay Resort & Spa, Boracay, Philippines 
Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona, Spain 
Las Alcobas, Mexico City, Mexico 

Enjoy browsing! I have also added the T+L Carry-On blog, tagged just to hotels, to the Blog List and the featured hotels onto the gallery links page.  You may want to check out today's Carry-On article on a new hotel under construction in Singapore.

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Oyster's Best Luxury Hotels of 2010

Oyster recently posted its 2010 list for the Best Luxury Hotels in the selected locations of Boston, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Jamaica, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.  The feature ranks 90 of the best hotels in terms of their rooms, service, food, and many other features.  The list is a bit Four Seasons heavy, but hey, they are great hotels no matter where they are.  Here's the listing of the top rated hotels in each of the destinations:

Boston: Four Seasons Boston
Dominican Republic: Sivory Punta Cana
Hawaii: Four Seasons Maui
Jamaica: The Caves
Las Vegas: The Bellagio
Los Angeles: Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons
Miami: The Setai
New York: The New York Palace
Orlando: Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes
San Francisco: The St. Regis San Francisco
Washington D.C.: The Jefferson

It would be great to see this list expanded when Oyster begins to feature more cities.  This is a great resource for finding luxury hotels in the featured locations and is a bit more manageable than some of the other resources that feature hundreds and thousands of hotels to browse.  There are also lists featuring the best boutique hotels, business hotels, spa hotels, and other categories if you're interested in browsing other themes.  More on The Setai in the future.  For more information on Oyster, see post from March 8.

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