Jim Dobson

Byrknes Ocean Resort will open at the mouth of the Sognefjord with 77 rooms, a waterfront spa and a seafood restaurant inspired by the cooking of Spain’s Basque Country.

From a cloud forest villa in Costa Rica and a secret Coco Chanel-inspired room in Scotland to ambitious new hotels in Montana, Crete and Saudi Arabia, the Awards reveal where hotel design is heading next.

A tiny Maldivian community, Sweden’s unexpected Riviera, black-sand Caribbean shores and remote Pacific lagoons lead the coastal standouts for the year ahead.

A hotel built beneath Bolivia’s salt flats, underwater rooms in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a New Mexico observatory made for overnight guests are among this year’s concepts.

Ubuyu has six villas on the Great Ruaha River in southern Tanzania, each with its own plunge pool. A day after it opened, Banyan Group announced a deal to add 26 properties across Africa.

A defense attorney, a TV producer, a Johnson & Johnson heir, and a Swedish entrepreneur are among those who bought beachfront hotels with no prior experience running them.

From Florida’s Gulf Coast to North Carolina’s Bald Head Island, private membership can cost half a million dollars, and sometimes even that won’t get you through the gate.

From $14,000 per person per leg, survival expert Megan Hine leads a five-week journey by 4x4, horseback, and on foot through golden forests and remote rivers, across the Altai Mountains and into the Gobi Desert.

Marking a century of extravagant holiday giving, this year’s collection features six Fantasy Gifts priced above $100,000, alongside a look back at some of the most outrageous offerings from decades past.

Marking a century of extravagant holiday giving, this year’s collection features six Fantasy Gifts priced above $100,000, alongside a look back at some of the most outrageous offerings from decades past.