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Mumbai
With more than 20 million people crammed into Mumbai, it won't be on many people's list of relaxing city break destinations, but a visit to the Indian city doesn't have to be full-on around the clock. Check in to Abode Mumbai, a luxury boutique...
New York City
The building at 431 Broome Street, New York, has spent the last seven years undergoing a major facelift, but now the bandages are off and the 1825 Federal Revival style property looks even better than ever, newly branded as boutique hotel The...
Kuala Lumpur
Tally-ho old chap. Once the setting for high society soirées and government gatherings, The Majestic Hotel bid farewell in a sorry state, closing its doors in 1983. The years that followed saw local art galleries make occasional use of the...
New York City
Aiming to marry the elegance of post-war Paris with the literary legacy of its Greenwich Village location, The Marlton is a small-scale hotel with big ambitions and plenty to suggest it will fulfil them. The first big thing in the hotel's favour is...
Canberra
The Australian city of Canberra is known as “The Bush Capital”, but don't let the backwards sounding name fool you. The city is a relatively new one, planned and built to be the seat of federal government at the start of the 20th Century, and...
Panama City
Panama has got much more to it than a canal and the straw hats so beloved of portly middle-aged cricket spectators. Home to historically important shipping ports, a separator of oceans, a connector of continents, and blessed with some lovely...
Los Angeles
Yowzer, The Line is a brave hotel. Los Angeles is a city that divides opinion, and this place in Koreatown is likely to do the same, for while competitors are retreating to the sanctuary of early 20th Century elegance and vintage comfort, Sean...
The Edit
Going on a journey taking in all 50 of America's states sounds like fun. Ticking off all 50 in 30 days sounds like the plot for a screwball comedy. Brit photographer Mark Chilvers took up the challenge after being invited by American Airlines to...
Tel Aviv
The Mendeli Street Hotel has been part of the Tel Aviv architectural landscape since the 1970s, but a couple of years ago, third-generation owners Irit and Eran Steinbach decided the monolithic concrete structure could do with a facelift. Baranowitz...
Publications
If the walls could talk, the Hotel Chelsea would have the mother of all stories to tell. A New York landmark, blessed with a lovely red brick façade adorned with steel balconies, the Chelsea's real interest lies in its history. Built in the 1880s,...
Istanbul
When the economic crisis of 2008 hit Turkey, Sema Topaloğlu's tenants could no longer afford the rent in her Istanbul townhouse, and moved out. Instead of looking for new tenants, Sema's brother Murat persuaded her to turn the property into a...
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard sounds wonderfully pastoral, and indeed it is; the island off the coast of Massachusetts is a favourite destination for the well-heeled looking to escape the big cities of the East Coast for some fresh air and summer fun. Much of...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
You're looking at kratom gummies online or in a store, and they all claim to be high quality. Premium ingredients, potent extract, laboratory tested, maximum strength. Everyone says their gummies are the best. How do you actually separate quality...
Dispatches
Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
Dispatches
In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...
Dispatches
The story of how a billion-dollar casino hotel that reinvents itself while guests sleep, and why precision documentation is the invisible foundation of every great renovation. At 3am on a Tuesday, while high rollers chase fortunes on the casino...