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New places and design from the magazines we read, in taggg’s words. Updated 6 October.

Hotels

22 stories about new hotels and reopenings, newest first.

Playa del CarmenNewest · Playa del Carmen · Now openKimpton’s first all-inclusive opens in Riviera MayaA 355-room resort in a protected park brings cenotes, family programming and more dining to the Cancún–Tulum corridor.Hotel Online · 6 October
New YorkA New York suite with Central Park in mindJW Marriott Essex House’s redesigned Promenade Suite looks to Central Park, Art Deco history and the city’s cultural life.Sleeper · 6 OctoberParisBus Palladium returns as a hotel that still likes to danceStudio KO has rebuilt the storied Pigalle address as a 35-room hotel with a restaurant, rooftop and underground club.designboom · 5 OctoberMarseilleRuby lands in Marseille with rooms and workspacesThe brand’s first French address pairs 237 rooms with a rooftop terrace and a new workspace concept near the Vieux Port.Sleeper · 5 OctoberAthensInside Athens’s all-in-one 1OAM warehouse worldA former food warehouse in Gazi now folds together loft stays, a bakery, a shop and a penthouse above the rails.Wallpaper* · 2 OctoberParisA new Left Bank hotel with concrete, vintage finds and a piano barNear the Jardin du Luxembourg, Hotel LULU mixes a tougher material palette with neighbourhood-facing social spaces.We Heart · 1 OctoberChicagoA River North reset at The RivvyA former Hotel 55 address reopens in Chicago as a 297-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel with Lure Fishbar downstairs.Hotel Online · 1 OctoberJiaxingA new lakeside Hyatt in Jiaxing’s South Lake districtA 201-room hotel opens by South Lake, with Jiangnan-inspired interiors and three dining spaces facing the water.Hotel Online · 30 SeptemberBangkokBangkok's Anantara Siam gets a $50 million refreshA 1983 landmark keeps its famous lobby mural and reinvents every room.Sleeper · 28 SeptemberAustin1 Hotels arrives in Austin, high above Lady Bird LakeThe nature-led brand opens its first Texas hotel in the state's tallest tower.Sleeper · 28 SeptemberLondonA colourful pod hotel in the heart of SohoSODA turns a backpacker hostel into Otherwander, with 566 sleeping nests.Dezeen · 27 SeptemberEurope, Middle East & AfricaDolce Nova, a new hotel brand about the luxury of timeWyndham launches an upper-upscale brand inspired by 'the sweetness of doing nothing'.Sleeper · 25 SeptemberPark CityA mountain lodge for every season in Park CityOutbound Hotels brings its outdoorsy style to Utah next spring.Boutique Hotel News · 25 SeptemberMarne-la-ValléeA green escape beside Paris's theme parksCrowne Plaza opens 250 rooms on landscaped grounds in Marne-la-Vallée.Hotel Online · 24 SeptemberGreenport, New YorkOyster Estate brings a North Fork welcome to GreenportA 34-room boutique hotel inspired by Long Island's old bay houses.We Heart · 23 SeptemberManchesterTreehouse Manchester heads for the rooftopA new restaurant, two bars and nine suites for a hotel that's barely a year old.Boutique Hotel News · 23 SeptemberBangkokYOTEL lands in Bangkok's new creative quarterThe first hotel inside Cloud 11 opens in South Sukhumvit this October.Hotel Online · 23 SeptemberCoron, PalawanThe Lind comes home to CoronA Filipino hotel brand returns to the island where its story began.Hotel Online · 22 SeptemberLondonA little Mad Men glamour at Canary WharfHolloway Li gives Locke's new London apart-hotel walnut, lacquer and a sofa pit in every room.Yatzer · 19 SeptemberAmsterdamThe Zetter finds a canal house in AmsterdamThe London group's first hotel outside the UK opens on Prinsengracht in 2027.Boutique Hotel News · 18 SeptemberUbud, BaliMoon Gang, Bali's most playful little hotelYSG Studio fills five suites in Ubud with colour, art and records.Yatzer · 10 SeptemberPererenan, BaliRumah Rubah, a quiet fox house in BaliMaximilian Jencquel blends Japanese calm and Balinese craft in a villa for Maison Kitsuné's co-founder.Yatzer · 5 August