The most luxurious new hotels to visit this year

New luxury properties across the globe worth having on your itinerary this year

Apr 30, 2016, 06:29 IST5 min

<strong>Amanemu, Japan<br /><br /></strong>Aman&rsquos first hot spring resort is set to open this spring in Ise Shima National Park in Honshu. Each of the 24 suites and four two-bedroom villas, on the shores of Ago Bay (known locally as the Bay of Pearls), will have its own mineral hot spring, as well as access to the resort&rsquos extensive spa, a Watsu pool, a gym and yoga studio, a lap pool and a Japanese restaurant and lounge. The Aman-ified version of a traditional ryokan, it aims to live up to its name, which means &lsquopeace&rsquo (Aman) in Sanskrit and &lsquojoy&rsquo (nemu) in Japanese. <br />(From $750, aman.com) <br /><br /><br />

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Amanemu, JapanAman&rsquos first hot spring resort is set to open this spring in Ise Shima National Park in Honshu. Each of the 24 suites and four two-bedroom villas, on the shores of Ago Bay (known locally as the Bay of Pearls), will have its own mineral hot spring, as well as access to the resort&rsquos extensive spa, a Watsu pool, a gym and yoga studio, a lap pool and a Japanese restaur

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Asilia's The Highlands at Ngorongoro, TanzaniaAsilia's newest East African camp will have a spectacular location nearly 9,000 feet high on the slopes of the Olmoti volcano, far from any other lodge but close enough to the Ngorongoro crater for guests to be there at dawn and there will be a stunning and contemporary design to match. The eight tented suites will take the shape of geodesic d

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The Beekman, New York CityNew York&rsquos newest &lsquoIt&rsquo hotel is slated to open this spring in an 1881 landmark building in the financial district with a stunning nine-storey Victorian atrium and pyramidal skylight. The Beekman will be part of the stylish yet comfortable Thompson Hotels portfolio, and along with 287 well-turned-out rooms, it will have destination restaurants from

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Kokomo Island Resort, FijiThis 21-villa hideaway is set to open this autumn on a 135-acre private island, one of ten in Kadavu&rsquos great Astrolabe Reef. The villas will all be built beachside, come with private pools and be well-positioned for Fiji&rsquos great pleasures of scuba diving and snorkelling with manta rays. The rate includes all food and drinks, a massage, tennis, diving an

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Leeu House and Leeu Estates, South AfricaThe newest luxury lodgings in South African wine country, run by the people behind Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines, in partnership with the Indian entrepreneur Analjit Singh, are a 12-room boutique hotel (opened in December) that is minutes away from the restaurants and galleries of Franschhoek and a 17-room retreat coming this year in a 19th-century

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The Ritz ParisIn its 118-year history the Ritz rightly became one of the world&rsquos grandest grand hotels. But amid a luxury hotel boom in Paris the Ritz faded and, in 2011, was left off the French tourism ministry&rsquos list of palace hotels. That spurred a three-year, $200 million-plus renovation by architect-designer Thierry Despont. The Ritz is finally set to reopen this spring, wi

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Six Senses BhutanFollowing the model successfully pioneered by Aman resorts, Six Senses is opening five hotels in Bhutan&mdashin Thimphu, Punakha, Gangtey, Bumthang and Paro&mdashto give guests a seamless circuit experience. While the new Six Senses lodges will have just 82 rooms among them, the &lsquohappiest kingdom on earth&rsquo is set to change soon: A paved ring road that can accomm

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