Every year, hundreds of great hotels open. The 2014 Hot List is a roundup of our very favorite 33 to debut in the past year—and nearly a third of them are right here in the U.S.
1. The Dean
Providence, Rhode Island
With a craft cocktail bar, a karaoke lounge, and a beer garden, The Dean is yet more proof that Providence is no longer a sleepy college town. READ MORE
2. The Line
Los Angeles, California
If Koreatown is L.A.’s latest nightlife playground, then The Line—a 388-room high-rise on a bustling stretch of Wilshire Boulevard—is its clubhouse. READ MORE
3. The Marlton
New York, New York
Even though Greenwich Village's dive bars have now become cupcake shops, and bankers have replaced the beatniks, you can still feel the old bohemianism at The Marlton. READ MORE
4. Andaz at Wailea
Wailea, Hawaii
How’s this for a first morning at a resort: The day began with a trip out to sea in a little outrigger canoe, where I spotted a pod of North Pacific humpbacks. Then, as they disappeared from sight, I turned and watched the sun rise over the white sand of Mokapu Beach, where a lounge chair had already been set up for me. READ MORE
5. Salt House Inn
Provincetown, Massachusetts
What I wanted: the un-B&B B&B—a hotel both spotless and modern, a hotel where it didn’t feel like an innkeeper was watching my every coming and going. And at the 15-room Salt House Inn, I found it. READ MORE
6. Ace Hotel
Los Angeles, California
Downtown Los Angeles has been called the city’s “next hot neighborhood” for at least a decade, but it took Ace Hotels’ newest outpost, on a skyscraper-studded stretch of Broadway, to make good on that promise. READ MORE
7. Pailhouse Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
In a quiet, palm-fringed corner of Santa Monica, this 1920s-era Mediterranean Revival building is a sun-drenched California dream. READ MORE
8. Thompson Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Four things really stand out at the Windy City’s 247-room Thompson hotel: the superlative service, the location, the rooms, and, most of all, the restaurant. READ MORE
9. Zero George
Charleston, South Carolina
Within the property’s five beautifully restored town houses that surround an oyster-shell and stone paver courtyard are 18 bright, unfussy guest rooms with plush beds. Plus, there’s a Southern veranda just perfect for lounging. READ MORE
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