Now Open: The Best New Hotels of Spring 2025 — The Americas
Time to add to the checklist for the US, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
So many new hotels throughout the Americas, so little time to see them all. We’ve been keeping an eye on the most interesting and fun of the openings so far this year, such as:
holistic spa and sustainable retreats in the Pacific NW
a very cute California coastal B&B
a Bozeman beauty of the log cabin-y variety
easy apartment living in Savannah
a ritzy Palm Beach offering
overwater bungalows in the Keys
a $125/night prime Manhattan sleeper cabin
The United States
1 Hotel Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Considering how eco-minded 1 Hotels are and how eco-minded Seattle is, it’s almost incredible that it took until now for the fauna-foward hoteliers to open here. The paint is now drying on the former Pan Pacific Hotel in the South Lake Union neighborhood, having been transformed into a 1 with a living green wall, a thousand plants, a staircase made from reclaimed timber, and 153 rooms filled with a host of sustainable touches, including moss art.
The Louie at Davenport
Spokane, Washington
The newcomer that pays homage to the tastes and style of namesake hotelier and beloved Spokane son Louis Davenport has a handsome, gentleman’s club feel — brick fireplace, leather sofas, and lots of interesting antiques throughout.
Cascada Thermal Springs and Hotel
Portland, Oregon
More green news in the Pacific Northwest from a sustainable, LEED Platinum wellness retreat that, despite being smack dab in the middle of the city, has four underground pools, a steam/sauna/ice hydrotherapy circuit, and a host of treatments (wraps, massages, scrubs) that incorporate practices from Europe, the Middle East, and Mexico.
Treehouse Hotel Silicon Valley
Sunnyvale, California
Think of Treehouse as the little sister of 1 Hotel — both brands owned by Starwood are rooted in a strong sustainability ethos. But Treehouse is spunkier, fresher, and livelier — filled with fun and quirky touches in the public spaces and rooms, like pool furniture made from salvaged trees and a 197 Volkswagen Beetle in the lobby.
AutoCamp Sequoia
Three Rivers, California
The very chill town at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas is also the gateway (literally a 15-minute drive) to the monumental Sequoia National Park, land of the living giants. New glamping grounds along the Kaweah River offer a range of accommodations amid some of the largest trees in the world. Seeing nature at its best lends itself to lots of reflection, which you can do from the clubhouse lounge area or fire pits, heated outdoor pool, grab-and-go cafe, or all-day restaurant and bar. Complimentary bikes are on hand, as are nature geeks at the front desk, who can help arrange spelunking, kayaking, and fly fishing.
Le Petit Pali Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, California
The fourth hotel in the cute bed and breakfast collection run by Palisociety is every bit as adorable as we have come to expect from the design-forward brand. The 41-room inn is a mix of California coastal and British countryside, with terracotta, Chinoiserie, Smeg fridges, bold stripes, and a kidney-shaped pool. And, obviously, a great breakfast spread.
Terra Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California
The new, thirteen-room holistic spa retreat has all the contemporary wellness amenities: a Himalayan salt sauna, cold plunge pool, immersive rain room, science-based healing modalities, and Ayurvedic spa treatments.
Hotel Wren
Twentynine Palms, California
A 1940s motel in the high desert is now a lovely design beauty with a highly curated retail shop and a dozen sand-colored bedrooms — each one of a kind and decorated with vintage furnishings and art. The property is offbeat but not quite off the grid — just a few miles from the lesser-used north entrance of Joshua Tree National Park and five minutes from downtown Twentynine Palms.
Reset
Joshua Tree, California
In this part of California, most new hospitality projects have old bones, but Reset is the first full-amenities hotel built from the ground up. It’s sleek and modular, with many gathering spaces for weddings and retreats that embrace the natural landscape.
Meanwhile in San Diego
Big changes are afoot on Coronado, the cute and quaint island off San Diego. Hotel del Coronado (“the Del”), the long-standing, classic, massive grand dame hotel resort, reopened The Victorian in February after a $160 million renovation. Right across the street, boutique hotel Bower Coronado offers a more modern take on hospitality — the yacht to the Del’s cruise ship, you could say — with a mere 39 rooms, Japanese wabi-sabi design, and attentive staff who get to know guests ahead of time to make arrival feel like coming to a friend’s home. There’s more small-is-mighty action across the street at The Baby Grand, run by local hospitality company CH Projects and designed by Brooklyn-based Post Company.
Field & Stream Lodge Co.
Bozeman, Montana
A new woodsy, folksy, log-cabin-y home base for skiing/hiking/fishing adventures in Big Sky Country from the nearly 150-year-old outdoor magazine brand. They’ve got cozy plaids, exposed beams, stone hearths, giant ferns, pendant lamps made from snowshoes, fire pits made from old canoes, and even a taxidermy Smoky the Bear standing near the fireplace. After a day exploring nature, guests can take a dip in the indoor pool or outdoor hot tub, or run around The Backyard playing games and roasting marshmallows on the fire.
Hotel Willa
Taos, New Mexico
The folks at Casetta hit the right notes with the charming hotels they create in historic, carefully restored buildings. The new Taos project in a renovated 1960 motel has adobe design, dark sky stargazing, strong Taos energy, and the fruits of an artist in residency program run by The Paseo Project.
Arrive Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A rehabbed historic inn from the ‘60s, courtesy of Palisociety (who took the Arrive brand in-house), is located on Central Avenue, the longest urban stretch of the original Route 66. Expect loads of Southwestern charm and a little nostalgia in the form of a concrete terrazzo front desk and bold upholstery, vintage art, checkerboard floors. The pool is a cute throwback moment — plenty of rattan and cocktails.
Trailborn Grand Canyon
Williams, Arizona
The relatively new hospitality brand Trailborn is rooted in the American outdoors; their fourth hotel, surrounded by Kaibab National Forest near the Grand Canyon, feels like a major anchor. It’s also on Route 66 (iconic!), just down the road from the Grand Canyon Railway, a scenic train that makes its way to the popular South Rim entrance. The renovated hotel has 96 nice and neat rooms outfitted with modern furnishings and curated artwork, a Southwestern steakhouse, a saloon, a pool and hot tub, and live entertainment. You’re here, you might as well fully embrace the American road trip fantasy.
Mountain Modern Sedona
Sedona, Arizona
Outdoor warriors, bookmark this new base camp for your great Sedona adventures because it’s affordable, pet-friendly, and design-forward but down to earth. Instead of concierges, the hotel has Wise Guides who will direct you to the best trails, views, and après-activities hangouts.
Dearborn Inn
Detroit, Michigan
In 1931, Henry Ford built one of the country’s first airport hotels, which became a retreat for the likes of Walt Disney and Orville Wright. A meticulous renovation of the 135-room property by a host of famed design teams (Dash Design, AvroKO, Kraemer Design Group) reveals a number of elements, like nearly hundred-year-old restored checkerboard marble floors and a green marble fireplace, as well as artwork from the Ford Archives and Eames furniture.
Hotel Saint Augustine
Houston, Texas
Bunkhouse Hotels’ Houston compound next door to the Menil Drawing Institute has 71 rooms, a restaurant, a bar, listening room, and event spaces spread among five buildings with lush gardens and a cloistered courtyard pool. Lots of fun people worked on the project: Lake Flato (architecture), Post Company (interiors), local restaurateurs Aaron Bludorn and Cherif Mbodji (F+B), and Ten Eyck (landscape).
Read on for more from Austin, Kentucky, Savannah, Palm Beach, Miami Beach, New York (and NYC club land), as well as Latin America and the Caribbean.
