Travel + Leisure announces the annual IT LIST, a meticulously curated list of the 100 best new and renovated hotels around the world.
To find the best new hotels of the year, Travel + Leisure editors and reporters considered nearly 250 properties across 40 countries. Each opened (or unveiled a significant renovation) between February 2025 and February 2026. Here, the 100 stays that impressed most across categories such as Splurge Worthy Stays, U.S. Resorts, Affordable Luxury, Best City Hotels, International Flair, and more.
Domestic highlights from the list include:
Alaska: The Wildbirch Hotel (Anchorage)
Arizona: Mountain Modern Sedona (Sedona)
Arkansas: The Compton (Bentonville)
California: Hotel Wren (Twentynine Palms)
Connecticut: Belden House and Mews (Litchfield)
Florida: Naples Beach Club, a Four Seasons Resort (Naples)
Georgia: Municipal Grand (Savannah); Quercus (Gay)
Kentucky: The Trail Hotel (Bardstown)
Louisiana: Garden District Hotel (New Orleans)
Massachusetts: Prospect Berkshires (Great Barrington)
Montana: Larch House (Whitefish); One&Only Moonlight Basin (Big Sky)
New Mexico: Hotel Willa (Taos)
New York: The Six Bells Countryside Inn (Rosendale); Waldorf Astoria New York (NYC); W New York – Union Square (NYC)
South Carolina: The Nickel Hotel (Charleston)
Wyoming: The Sylvan Lodge (Jackson Hole)
To see the full list of all 100 hotels, visit https://www.travelandleisure.com/best-new-hotels-of-2026-11914442.
