Every year, Travel + Leisure’s editors reach out to their network of hospitality professionals, trusted writers, and hotel addicts in search of the finest new (and newly reimagined) properties around the globe. They then log tens of thousands of miles, checking in to dozens of them, from far-flung islands to mountain lodges (and this year, for their 14th Annual It List, more than one renovated church).
The resulting list is a collection of the best new hotels in the world. They’ve registered major openings and long-awaited renovations, of course — but they’ve also tracked down the under-the-radar stunners that you’ll love.
Here is a sampling of US hotels that made it into the list:
The Harbor House Inn — Elk, California
Collective Hill Country — Wimberley, Texas
Carpenter Hotel — Austin, Texas
Inn at Kenmore Hall — Richmond, Massachusetts
Hotel Peter & Paul — New Orleans
Perry Lane Hotel — Savannah, Georgia
Bungalows — Key Largo, Florida
Francis House — Napa Valley, California
