11 MAY 2026 hotels
The Faena Hotel Miami Beach — A 2026 Review
Five paid nights at the Faena on 32nd and Collins — Luhrmann-Martin interior, Pao under Paul Qui, Los Fuegos under Mallmann, the Hirst mammoth in place.
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Luxury Hotel Review
Every piece on the journal carrying the luxury hotel review tag, most recent first.
13 APR 2026 hotels
The Setai Miami Beach — A 2026 Review
Seven paid nights at the Setai on 20th and Collins, 22 years in — three pools, Jaya under Vijayudu Veena, and the Adrian Zecha vocabulary still holding.
09 MAR 2026 hotels
The Pierre, A Taj Hotel — A 2026 Review
Six paid nights at the Pierre on Fifth and 61st — 21 years into Taj's tenure, the rotunda murals, Perrine, and the only Forbes Five-Star uptown of 59th.
16 FEB 2026 hotels
The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel — A 2026 Review
Five paid nights at the Carlyle on 76th and Madison in spring 2026 — Bemelmans, Cafe Carlyle, Dowling's, and what Rosewood delivers 25 years in tenure.
02 FEB 2026 hotels
Mandarin Oriental New York at Twenty-Two: A 2026 Review
Mandarin Oriental New York opened on the 35th-to-54th floors of the Time Warner Center (now Deutsche Bank Center) at Columbus Circle in 2003. After a quiet 2024 soft refresh of the public spaces and a partial room refurbishment cycle that ran through 2024-2025, we logged two stays in spring 2026 to see where the hotel sits against the Aman New York, Park Hyatt New York, The Mark, and the Carlyle in 2026.
19 JAN 2026 hotels
The St. Regis New York — A 2026 Review
Four paid nights at the original St. Regis on 55th and Fifth — 18 months after the Champalimaud redesign — what holds and where it sits in NYC luxury.
03 JAN 2026 hotels
Park Hyatt New York at Eleven: The Two-Stay Retrospective
Park Hyatt New York opened in 2014 on the lower levels of One57 — the 90-story Christian de Portzamparc tower on West 57th Street that defined the Billionaires' Row era. Eleven years and a 2024-2025 soft refresh in, we logged two stays in March and April 2026 to assess where the hotel sits against the Aman New York, The Mark, The Carlyle, and The Mandarin Oriental in 2026.