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Luxury Travel Destinations 2026
From the world's most searched cities to Saudi Arabia's newly opened Red Sea resorts. Browse our curated destination guides, get specific hotel recommendations, and plan your trip for free.
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Most Booked City 2026
Bangkok, Thailand
The world's most searched and most booked city in 2026. Heritage riverside luxury, rooftop bars, and Michelin-starred street food from $85/night.
World's #1 Honeymoon Destination
Maldives
Overwater villas, private island resorts, and the planet's clearest water. The definitive Indian Ocean luxury escape from $320/night.
Wellness & Culture Capital
Bali, Indonesia
Jungle wellness retreats in Ubud, clifftop luxury in Uluwatu, and beachfront living in Seminyak. The world's best-value luxury destination from $150/night.
The World's Most Exciting New Destination
Saudi Arabia: Red Sea, Amaala and NEOM
Saudi Arabia is experiencing the most ambitious luxury hotel build-out in history. Nine resorts open at Amaala alone in 2026, including Clinique La Prairie, Six Senses, Rosewood, Equinox, and Ritz-Carlton. Shebara's reflective orb villas and Desert Rock's cliff-carved retreats are already open and almost entirely undiscovered by Western travelers.
Open Now
Shebara
73 reflective stainless steel orb villas above the Red Sea coral reef. The most visually striking luxury resort on earth right now.
Open 2025
Desert Rock
50 villas carved directly into cliff faces in the Aseer Mountains. Mountain luxury unlike anything in the Alps or Himalayas.
Opening 2026
Amaala
Nine resorts including Six Senses, Rosewood, and Clinique La Prairie opening on Saudi Arabia's pristine northwest Red Sea coast.
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Destinations Worth Watching in 2026/2027
Properties opening now in destinations that have been on luxury travelers' lists. They are about to become impossible to ignore.
Capella Kyoto, Open March 2026
Japan
Capella's first Japan property designed by Kengo Kuma in the Higashiyama District, plus Four Seasons Okinawa opening 2026/2027 on Japan's fastest-growing island. For repeat Japan visitors who have done Ritz-Carlton Kyoto and Four Seasons Tokyo.
Four Seasons Danieli and Orient Express Venice, 2026
Italy
Hotel Danieli Venice reopens as a Four Seasons after a 30 million Euro renovation. Orient Express Hotel Venice opens in a 15th-century palazzo. Corinthia Rome arrives in the former Bank of Italy building near the Pantheon.
Bulgari Resort Ranfushi, Late 2026
Maldives New Openings
Bulgari's first Maldives property opens in Raa Atoll with 54 villas including 20 overwater and a completely private Bulgari Villa island. The most anticipated Maldives opening of the decade alongside Fairmont Maldives expanding in 2026.
Four Seasons Zanzibar, 2026
Zanzibar & East Africa
Four Seasons Resort Zanzibar opens on Pongwe Beach with 60 private villas and a marine conservation Discovery Centre. For travelers who want Indian Ocean beach luxury with the spice plantation culture and Swahili depth that the Maldives cannot offer.
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