AHEAD 100 announced

The AHEAD Awards, held in association with headline sponsor RH Contract, has revealed this year’s AHEAD 100 – a list of the best new hotel openings from its 2024 series.

Following an exhaustive judging process from panels across Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, and Europe, the AHEAD 100 comprises the hotels and resorts that accumulated the most votes across all four regions.

Next up, a global panel of judges from the various regions will meet at an exclusive country retreat to finalise their Top 10, building to the Ultimate Accolade – the final and most coveted award of the series. Stay tuned to find out who will be crowned the best-of-the-best.

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1 Hotel Hanalei Bay – Hawaii, USA 
Starwood Capital Group / SH Hotels & Resorts / G70 / Lake Plato / NicoleHollis 

21 Carpenter – Singapore 
8M Real Estate / Heritage Hospitality / WOHA Architects 

21c Museum Hotel St. Louis – Missouri, USA 
NuovoRE / 21c Museum Hotels / Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel / Bill Rooney Studio / Hufft 

25hours Hotel Paper Island, Copenhagen – Denmark 
Nordkranen Cöps / Accor / Ennismore / Cobe Architects / Stylt Trampoli 

Amyth Mykonos Super Paradise – Mykonos, Greece 
Thanos Hotels & Resorts / GNB Architects / Studio A.S.H. / Yannis Panagopoulos / Maria Vlachou 

andBeyond Punakha River Lodge – Punakha, Bhutan 
andBeyond / Pem Gyaltsen / Fox Browne Creative 

Angsana Chengdu Wenjiang – Chengdu, China 
Chengdu Banyan Tree Third Real Estate Co. / Banyan Group / Lacime Architects / CCD/Cheng Chung Design 

Artyzen – Singapore 
Shun Tak Holdings / Artyzen Hospitality / Ong&Ong Associates / Nic Graham & Associates 

At Sloane – London, UK   
Cadogan Estate / JLC UK / ReardonSmith Architects / GRAF Paris 

Banyan Tree Dongguan Songshan Lake – Dongguan, China  
Vanke / Banyan Group / Accor / Ennismore / BLINK Design Group 

Bijal – Side, Turkey 
Gürok Group / Autoban / Ermanno Casasco 

Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel Es Trenc – Mallorca, Spain 
JP Immobilien / Bikini Island & Mountain Hotels / Oval Estudio / Dreimeta 

Boca de Agua – Bacalar, Mexico 
Rodrigo Juarez / Frida Escobedo / Mariel Lozano / Brenda Landeros  

Dar Tantora, The House Hotel – AlUla, Saudi Arabia  
Royal Commission of AlUla / Kerten Hospitality / Shahira Fahmy Architects / EQI / MMG  

Deos – Mykonos, Greece 
Myconian Collection / Vangelis Daktylides / GM Architects 

Dorothea Hotel Budapest, Autograph Collection – Hungary
Dorottya Investment / Marriott International / Lissoni & Partners  

Else Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia  
GF Land / Else Perspective / Faizah Architect / BEP Akitek / Studio Bikin 

Faraway Martha’s Vineyard – Massachusetts, USA 
Blue Flag Partners / Workshop/APD  

Flat Mountain Farm – North Carolina, USA  
Shutze Studio 

Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai – India  
Provenance Land / Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts / Prakash Mankar / Atelier Pond / PLandscape 

Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou – China  
Sun Hung Kai Properties / Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts / Avalon Collective 

Four Seasons Resort and Residences at The Pearl – Qatar 
Q Bairaq Development and Investment Company / Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts / Dara Engineering Consultants / Wimberly Interiors / WATG  

Grand Hotel Straubinger – Bad Gastein, Austria 
Straubingerplatz Immobilien / Travel Charme Hotel / BWM 

Gundari – Folegandros, Greece 
Fol Resort / Hotel Brain / Block722 Architects 

Hotel Badeschloss – Bad Gastein, Austria 
Straubingerplatz Immobilien / Travel Charme Hotel / BWM 

Hotel Bardo Savannah – Georgia, USA 
Left Lane Development / LS3P / Atelier Pond 

Hotel La Palma – Capri, Italy  
Reuben Brothers / Oetker Collection / Francis Sultana 

Hotel Palau Fugit – Girona, Spain 
Marta Granés / Stéphane Rouze / Isern Associats / El Equipo Creativo 

Hotelito by MUSA – Zihuatanejo, Mexico 
AS Design / MUSA / Juan Pablo Gomez Servín 

Humble Hall Hotel – Xiamen, China 
Pan Yuewen / Feng Jingyun / Fang Lingjia Design 

Huvafen Fushi Maldives  
Universal Enterprises / BLINK Design Group 

Hyatt Centric Jumeirah Dubai – UAE 
WASL / Hyatt Hotels Corporation / VE Experts / Stylt Trampoli 

Hyde Bodrum – Turkey  
Accor / Ennismore / Öznur Çağlayan Architecture / Yeşim Kozanlı Architecture & Interior Design 

Izza, Marrakech – Morocco 
Neon Adventures / Archimath / San Yetlee / Aicha Benazzouz 

Janu Tokyo – Japan  
Mori Building / Aman Resorts / Pelli Clarke & Partners / Heatherwick Studio / Denniston 

Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf – Dubai, UAE 
Dubai Holding / Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts / La Bottega Interiors 

JW Marriott Hotel Madrid – Spain  
Marriott International / Millennium Hotels Real Estate / Avro Arquitectura de Juan / Rockwell Group 

Kimpton Bem Budapest – Hungary 
MAM / IHG Hotels & Resorts / 3H Architects / Marcel Wanders 

Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort – Hawaii, USA  
Rosewood Hotel Group / Walker Warner Architects / Delawie / NicoleHollis / Vita Inc. 

La Fantaisie – Paris, France  
Leitmotiv / PPX Architectes / MBDS / ARIXIS / COBALT / META / Agence Christophe Gaudrand   

Locke de Santa Joana – Lisbon, Portugal
Edyn / Saraiva + Associados / Lázaro Rosa-Violán / Post Company 

Madwaleni River Lodge – Babanango Game Reserve, South Africa
Babanango Game Reserve / Luxury Frontiers 

Manna – Magouliana, Greece
Stratis Batayas / K-Studio / Monogon / CS Architecture / H. Pangalou & Associates 

Maroma, A Belmond Hotel, Riviera Maya – Quintana Roo, Mexico
Belmond / Cabrera Architecture / Tara Bernerd & Partners   

Melote House – Limpopo, South Africa 
Lepogo Lodges / Black Sable Designs / Yuji Yamazaki Architecture / Copperleaf Studios 

MGM Qingdao – Shandong, China 
SIIC / Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality / Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates / Studio Munge 

Minthis Resort – Cyprus, Greece 
Pafilia / Sanctum / Woods Bagot / RS Architecture / Abaton / Antreas Ioannou 

Mollie Aspen – Colorado, USA 
HayMax / CCY Architects / Post Company 

Mondrian Hong Kong – China 
Peterson Group / Ennismore / byKK / Joyce Wang Studio 

Mondrian Ibiza – Spain 
Accor / Ennismore / Beades Architects / Cuarto Interior  

Mondrian Singapore Duxton – Singapore 
Craig Road Property Holdings / Ennismore / Accor / DP Architects / Studio Carter 

Monument Hotel Athens – Greece 
Grigoris Tolkas / MplusM Architects 

Odera, Tinos, Autograph Collection – Tinos, Greece 
Tethys / Marriott International / Tresor Hospitality / AT Constructions / Studio Bonarchi 

OLM Nature Escape – Campo Tures, Italy 
Carron Spa / Thomas Steiner / Andreas Gruber Architects / Plana Ladinia 

One&Only Aesthesis – Athens, Greece  
Grivalia Hospitality / Kerzner International / AUDO / A6 Architects / K-Studio / Muza Lab / Greenways 

One&Only One Za’abeel – Dubai, UAE 
Ithra Dubai / Kerzner International / Nikken Sekkei / Denniston / Social F+B By Design – a specialist studio of HBA / LW Design / Square M 

Otro Oaxaca – Mexico  
Integradora de Servicios Aliño / Grupo Habita / RootStudio   

Pan Pacific Orchard – Singapore 
UOL Group / Pan Pacific Hotels Group / WOHA Architects 

Pan Pacific – Singapore
UOL Group / Pan Pacific Hotels Group / FDAT Architects 

Pieve Aldina – Radda in Chianti, Italy
Les Domaines de Fontenille / Pierattelli Architetture 

Posada Terra Santa – Palma, Mallorca, Spain 
Hidden Away Hotels / Rockwell Group  

Raffles Al Areen Palace – Bahrain
GFH Financial Group / Accor / Pace / International Design Associates / Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates 

Raffles Boston – Massachusetts, USA 
Trinity Stuart Development / Accor / Stonehill Taylor / Studio Paolo Ferrari 

Raffles London at The OWO – London, UK 
Hinduja Group / Westminster Development Services / Whitehall Residences / Accor / EPR Architects / The Office of Thierry W Despont / Goddard Littlefair / AB Concept / DaeWha Kang Design / DPA Lighting Consultants 

Regent Hong Kong – China 
GAW Capital / IHG Hotels & Resorts / KLS International / BAR Studio 

Rissai Valley, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve – Sichuan, China 
Luneng Group / Marriott International / WATG / Jaya Ibrahim 

Rosewood Munich – Germany 
Bayerische Hausbau / Arabella Hospitality / Hilmer Sattler Architekten / Tara Bernerd Partners / Dippold Innenarchitektur 

Scorpios Bodrum – Turkey 
Maxx Royal Hotels / Scorpios / Geomim / StudioMacBride / Lambs & Lions / Annabell Kutucu / ANPT 

Shinta Mani Mustang, a Bensley Collection – Mustang, Nepal 
Sherpa Hospitality / Shinta Mani Hotels / Prabal Thapa / Bensley Design Studio 

SIRO One Za’abeel – Dubai, UAE
Ithra Dubai / Kerzner International / Nikken Sekkei / LW Design   

Six Senses Crans-Montana – Switzerland 
1875 Finance / Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas / AW2 Architecture & Interiors / JP Emery Architects / GBO Architecture 

Six Senses Kyoto – Japan 
Richesse Management / Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas / BLINK Design Group 

Six Senses Southern Dunes – Umluj, Saudi Arabia 
Red Sea Global / Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas / Foster + Partners / Muza Lab / SKS Studio 

SO/ Maldives – Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
S Hotels & Resorts / Ennismore / Eco-ID Architects 

SO/ Uptown Dubai – UAE
DMCC / Accor / Ennismore / ASGG / Woods Bagot 

Soneva Secret – Haa Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives
Soneva / Habita Architects 

Taj The Trees – Mumbai, India
Godrej Properties / Taj Hotels / IHCL / WATG / Conran & Partners / Studio Vikhroli 

The Hotel Chalet at the Chattanooga Choo Choo – Tennessee, USA
Trestle Studio / Jenny Bukovec Design & Creative 

The Hotel Maria – Helsinki, Finland
Samla Capital / SC Hotels Operations / Avarc Architects / Puroplan 

The Hoxton, Vienna – Austria 
JPI / Accor / Ennismore / BWM / AIME Studios 

The Imperial Riding School – Vienna, Austria
Northwood & Event / Marriott International / BWM / Goddard Littlefair 

The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern – California, USA
Dakota Development / Auberge Resorts Collection / AMHA Architecture / AvroKO / CJM::LA 

The Interlude Hotel at Pentridge – Melbourne, Australia  
Shayher Group / TFE Hotels / Konzepte / CHADA 

The Jay, an Autograph Collection Hotel – California, USA 
KHP Capital Partners / Marriott International / AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design / AvroKO 

The Largo – Porto, Portugal  
Annassura / 919 by E&B / Frederico Valsassina / Space Copenhagen 

The Manchester – Kentucky, USA
Hank Morris / Nik Feldman / EOP Architects / Jenny Bukovec Design & Creative 

The Peninsula London – UK 
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels / Archer Humphryes Architects / Hopkins Architects 

The Quoin Hotel – Delaware, USA  
Buccini/Pollin Group / Method Co. / Stokes Architecture & Design / Method Studios 

The Radical – North Carolina, USA 
Hatteras Sky / Rowhouse Architects / Suomi Design Works 

The Ranch Hudson Valley – New York, USA 
The Ranch / Treestone Architecture & Construction / SR Gambrel 

The Ritz-Carlton, Portland – Oregon, USA 
BPM Real Estate Group / Marriott International / GBD Architects / ROAM Interior Design 

The Riviera Maya Edition at Kanai – Quintana Roo, Mexico 
Alhel / Marriott International / Edmonds International / Ian Schrager Company / Rockwell Group 

The St Regis Red Sea Resort – Umluj, Saudi Arabia 
Red Sea Global / Marriott International / Kengo Kuma & Associates / Kristina Zanic Consultants

The St Regis Riyadh – Saudi Arabia 
Sela / Marriott International / Amsad Architectural Associates / Kristina Zanic Consultants 

The Tokyo Ginza Edition – Tokyo, Japan 
Mori Trust / Marriott International / Kengo Kuma & Associates 

Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park – Tokyo, Japan 
Trunk Co. / Keiji Ashizawa Design / Norm Architects   

Vestige Son Vell – Menorca, Spain 
Vestige Collection / EDM Arquitectura 

Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island – Seychelles 
Platte Island Development / Hilton Worldwide / Eco-ID Architects 

Wilderness Usawa Serengeti – Tanzania  
Wilderness / Luxury Frontiers / Charlotte Berney Design 

Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som – Khasooma, Qatar
Msheireb Properties / Chiva-Som International Health Resorts 

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Photography: © Julius Hirtzberger