US Luxury Hotel Openings
US Luxury Hotel Openings – US luxury hotels are high-end, premium-priced, and often 5-star or offering exceptional service, opulence, and, increasingly, curated experiences.
Key features include 24-hour service (butlers, concierge), fine dining, superior wellness facilities, and high-end and bespoke design.
US Luxury Hotel Openings – Delano Miami Beach Florida USA
When Ian Schrager debuted an all-white Philippe Starck-powered pleasure palace on South Beach in 1995, the MiMo-era hotel became ground zero for glamour in that hedonistic, Versace-heavy era.
Its luster lasted for a while, but the hotel languished in the doldrums for several years as subsequent operators struggled to make it work.
Finally, current owners Eldridge (which also owns the L.A. Dodgers and the Beverly Hilton) threw in the towel and shuttered the Delano for a proper, years-long makeover.
That was in March 2020, as the pandemic took hold, and it’s taken six years for it to be ready to reopen, this time steered by Ennismore, the splashy boutique specialist run by Sharan Pasricha.
Certainly, if anyone can recapture some of its 1990s swagger, it’s Sharan.
The Vineta Palm Beach Florida USA
The threadbare but beloved Chesterfield hotel in Palm Beach will soon emerge, phoenix-like, from a years-long renovation under the watchful eye of ultraluxe operator Oetker, its first property stateside.
In fact, Oetker will return the site to the name it bore in the 1920s, not long after the hotel opened during Florida’s bubble-like land boom; indeed, it celebrates its centenary this year, the perfect moment for a makeover like this under the guidance of Paris-based Tino Zervudachi, a rising star in the interior design world.
Chesterfield loyalists, though, should be warned: the saloon-like Leopard Lounge is no more, but Oetker promises its new, upscale venue will pay cheeky homage to that much-mourned boite. Doubles from $1,300.
US Luxury Hotel Openings – The Cooper Charleston South Carolina USA
The big draw of this large, new property in the Holy City? Location, location, location.
The 191-room Cooper is the only five-star option on the waterfront, overlooking Charleston Harbor.
Even better, it has its own private marina, homebase for excursions on a sunset- and dinner-cruise-ready 96 footer or a 12-person Hinkley yacht.
Interiors are by NYC-based Champalimaud Design, the go-to designer for global five-star properties, and there’s a rooftop pool, a 7,000 square-foot-spa, and four standalone cafes and restaurants.
The swishest among them, The Crossing, is under the command of local chef Nick Dugan, who trained under Michael Mina. Doubles from $850.
White Elephant Aspen Aspen Colorado USA
This ground-up build on Main Street in Aspen’s West End is the first foray west for the preppy chain, which has sister properties in West Palm Beach and Nantucket.
White Elephant has a fun origin story: Locals considered the wacky socialite converting Nantucket cottages into a hotel so deluded, it was dubbed Mrs. Ludwig’s “white elephant.”
No such risk from this deep-pocketed, 54-room development, topped by the 1,560-square-foot, three-bedroom Ajax Penthouse, with its own terrace and fire pit.
Don’t worry about booking a limo when your charter touches down, either: there are complimentary BMW transfers. Doubles from $1,995.
