It’s inevitable: Every spring when we pull together the Hot List, our annual collection of the world’s best new hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships, a staffer remarks that this latest iteration has got to be the best one ever. After a year’s worth of traveling the globe—to stay the night at a converted farmhouse in the middle of an olive grove outside Marrakech, or sail aboard a beloved cruise line’s inaugural Antarctic voyage—it’s easy to see why we get attached. But this year’s Hot List, our 28th edition, might really be the best one ever. It’s certainly our most diverse, featuring not only a hotel suite that was once Winston Churchill’s office, but also the world’s largest cruise ship and restaurants from Cape Town to Bali. We were surprised and inspired by this year’s honorees, and we know you will be too. These are the Hot List hotel winners for 2024.
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BOTSWANA
North Island Okavango
KENYA
Angama Amboseli, Maasai Mara
Jannah Lamu
MOROCCO
Farasha Farmhouse, Marrakech
RWANDA
Kozo Kigali
SEYCHELLES
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island — Seychelles
SOUTH AFRICA
Nikkei Cape Town
ZIMBABWE
Molori Mashuma, Mana Pools National Park
BHUTAN
Pemako Punakha
HONG KONG
Regent Hong Kong
INDIA
Mementos by ITC Hotels, Ekaaya Udaipur
Naar, Darwa
Papa's, Mumbai
INDONESIA
Cap Karoso, Sumba
Further, Bali
Locavore NXT Bali
JAPAN
Le Pristine Tokyo
The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
NEPAL
Shinta Mani Mustang - A Bensley Collection, Jomsom
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