Conde Nast Traveler’s 2009 hot hotel list

Conde Nast Traveler’s 13th annual May “Hot List” issue is the ultimate insider’s guide to the newest and hottest hotels, restaurants, spas, and nightclubs opened all over the world in the past year. The editors scoured the globe to check out hundreds of new properties, rigorously evaluating each one on a standard set of criteria. The result is a definitive guide to the world’s most exciting new establishments destined to become instant classics.

The hotel findings range in size from a three-pavilion hideaway outside of Sydney to a 2,034-room high-rise on the Vegas Strip, and in price from $89 at a Palm Springs hot spot to $2,050 for a sprawling safari tent in northern Botswana. Hot and trendy doesn’t have to mean pricey — check into 43 of the hottest hotels for under $250-per-night. The 140 hotels and resorts on this year’s Hot List span 53 countries and include new-to-the-list destinations Israel, Mongolia, Peru, Slovenia, and Zimbabwe.

U.S. properties named to the list include:

• InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
• Montage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Calif.
• London West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
• SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Beach, Calif.
• Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, Calif.
• Se San Diego, San Diego, Calif.
• Cavallo Point, Sausalito, Calif.
• Bardessono, Yountville, Calif.
• Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, Avon, Colo.
• Capella Telluride, Telluride, Colo.
• The Regent, Bal Harbour, Fla.
• Viceroy, Miami, Fla.
• Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Fla.
• Mondrian South Beach, Miami Beach, Fla.
• Mansion on Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga.
• Avia, Savannah, Ga.
• Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
• The Blackstone, Chicago, Ill.
• Dana Hotel and Spa, Chicago, Ill.
• Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport, Me.
• Mandarin Oriental, Boston, Mass.
• Hotel Ivy, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Encore Wynn, Las Vegas, Nev.
• Encantado, Santa Fe, N.M.
• Greenwich Hotel, New York, N.Y.
• Thompson LES, New York, N.Y.
• The Nines, Portland, Ore.
• Hotel Saint Cecilia, Austin, Tex.
• Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa, Dallas, Tex.
• Arctic Club Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
• Four Seasons Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
• Donovan House, Washington, D.C.
• Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Full reviews of each hotel and spa can be found in the May 2009 issue of Conde Nast Traveler or on the Conde Nast Traveler web site.

Source: Conde Nast Traveler

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