Top new world hotels 2011

An authoritative U.S. edition Travel + Leisure published a list of 50 best new hotels in the world, which were opened during last six months. This is the sixth such list, which Travel + Leisure presented to its readers. The magazine also noted such well-known hotel premieres as new St.Regis hotel in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, or another creation of Donald Trump - Trump SoHo skyscraper hotel in New York.

Given the fact that Travel + Leisure is published in the U.S., it is not surprising that among the best new hotels 8 of them are located in the U.S. This is the biggest representation for a single country in the list. As for the regions, so here Europe and Asia are represented by equal number of hotels - 12. The largest number of new hotels among the best hotel chains holds Starwood. The list includes 4 hotel corporations.

Its list Travel + Leisure divided into thematic groups. Thus, separate groups include hotels, beach hotels, designer hotels, historic hotels and resort hotels. Below is presented the published list.

The group City includes 8 hotels:

Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
Hotel Beaux Arts, Miami
Leela Palace Kempinski, New Delhi
Le Rêve, Santiago, Chile
Nobis Hotel, Stockholm
Ritz-Calrton Shanghai, Shanghai
Trump SoHo, New York
Waterhouse at South Bund, Shanghai

Beach hotels are presented by 6 best representatives. Among such traditional beach recreation areas as Brazil, Jamaica and Greece it is worth noting inclusion of Vietnam, young and becoming increasingly popular area.

GoldenEye Hotel & Resort, Jamaica
Kenoa, Bart de San Miguel, Brazil
The Romanos, a Starwood Luxury Collection Resort, Messinia, Greece
Six Senses Con Dao, Con Dao, Vietnam
W Retreat Koh Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand
W Retreat and Spa - Vieques, Puerto Rico

Designer hotels are presented both in Texas and Paris. But the first place holds the Algodon Mansion in the capital of Argentina, which will host on May 19 one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in South America.

Algodon Mansion, Buenos Aires
Armani Hotel Dubai, Dubai
Cap Rocat, Mallorca, Spain
Capri Tiberio Palace, Capri, Italy
Hotel Havana, San Antonio, Texas
Le Royal Monceau Raffles, Paris
Playa Vik José Ignacio, José Ignacio, Uruguay
The Redbury, Hollywood
Riad Joya Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Soho House Berlin, Berlin
Waikiki Edition, Honolulu

11 new resort hotels were prized by Travel + Leisure. Moreover, the list includes both beach and ski regions:

Banyan Tree Al Wadi, Ras al-Hyman, UAE
Borgo Egnazia, Apulia, Italy
Four Seasons Resort, Vail, USA
Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapore
Green Leaf Niseko Village, Japan
Montage Deer Valley, Park City, Utah
One & Only The Palm, Dubai, UAE
Saffire Freycinet, Tasmania, Australia
St. Regis Lhasa Resort, Lhasa, Tibet
Venissa Ristorante Ostello, Venice
Vidago Palace, Tras os Montes, Portugal

Preservation group from Travel + Leisure includes 6 hotels:

Hullett House, Hong Kong
Ranvas, Nagaur, India
Royal Mansour Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
Shangri-La Hotel, Paris
Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India
Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, Shanghai

And, finally, rural hotels, situated in scenic places, surrounded by untouched nature. This group from Travel + Leisure includes 7 new hotels:

Babylonstoren, Winelands Cape, South Africa
Coworth Park, Ascot, England
Fasano Las Piedras, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Delaire Graff Lodges and Spa, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Matakauri Lodge, Queenstown, New Zealand
Nars Alaçati, Alacati, Turkey
Olarro, Loita Hills, Kenya