→ This week’s most exciting new hotels are in Isle of Wight, Austrian Alps, Maine, Mallorca, Thailand, and…
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FORESTERS HALL
Cowes, UK
The Georgian townhouse now home to Foresters Hall has long been a local fixture, originally used as a meeting place for the Ancient Order of Foresters. Its most recent chapter began in 2022, when a couple of film-industry professionals parlayed their years of travel experience into their first hospitality venture.

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BLIND TIGER – CARLETON STREET
Portland, ME, USA
Blind Tiger Carleton Street is a six-room guest house in a charming residential neighborhood, decorated with a carefully curated selection of vintage furnishings and local artworks, all an easy walk to the best Portland has to offer. It comes from Lark, the group responsible for many of New England’s finest boutique hotels.

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HIDEAWAY HOTEL MONTESTYRIA
Mariazell, Austria
The Mariazellerland, roughly equidistant from Vienna and Graz, is as spectacular as any region in the Alps, and in the Montestyria Chalets & Suiten it’s got a hotel that dares to depart from the Alpine-lodge norm, to impressive results — a hybrid of boutique-influenced contemporary design and classic Alpine materials.

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CROSS RIVERSIDE RESORT
Chiang Mai, Thailand
With a location at the edge of the Ping River, Cross Chiang Mai Riverside is a tranquil urban resort in Thailand’s capital of culture. The 30 suites all include balconies, some with river views, as well as the latest luxury must-haves. The open-air Oxygen Dining Room features a menu by a Michelin-starred chef.

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CASTELL SON CLARET
Es Capdellà, Spain
The foothills of Mallorca’s spectacular Tramuntana mountain range provide a suitably grand backdrop for Castell Son Claret, a 19th-century castle on an estate that spans more than 300 acres of gardens and parkland. A 2023 renovation turned this historic house into a thoroughly luxurious 43-unit boutique hotel.

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