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Conde Nast Traveler reveals 2015 hottest hotel list

By CNN Staff
Updated 6:04 AM EDT, Wed April 22, 2015
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An Over-the-Top Luxury category winner, India's Grand Bharat is handy for the tourist attractions of Agra and Jaipur. It features 100 rooms and four "monumental" villas.
Grand Bharat (Gurgaon, India) —
An Over-the-Top Luxury category winner, India's Grand Bharat is handy for the tourist attractions of Agra and Jaipur. It features 100 rooms and four "monumental" villas.
Grand Bharat
Listed in the Remote and Wild category, this camp of eight luxury tents serviced by a private plane is described by CN Traveler as an "African game changer."
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp (Namibia) —
Listed in the Remote and Wild category, this camp of eight luxury tents serviced by a private plane is described by CN Traveler as an "African game changer."
Hoabin Skeleton Coast Camp
The Mandarin is the latest in a line of luxury additions to this Turkish resort. CN Traveler says the Mandarin gets marks for aiming most of its 109 rooms toward the sea. It's a Beachside Escapes winner.
Mandarin Oriental (Bodrum, Turkey) —
The Mandarin is the latest in a line of luxury additions to this Turkish resort. CN Traveler says the Mandarin gets marks for aiming most of its 109 rooms toward the sea. It's a Beachside Escapes winner.
Mandarin Oriental Bodrum
An "intimate" 20-room lodge, the Aro Ha offers yoga, meditation and health food retreats. It's named in the Remote and Wild category.
Aro Ha Wellness Retreat (Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand) —
An "intimate" 20-room lodge, the Aro Ha offers yoga, meditation and health food retreats. It's named in the Remote and Wild category.
Courtesy AroHa Wellness Retreat
A Beachside Escapes winner, this 294-room Ian Schrager-designed hotel comes complete with bowling alley and ice rink.
The Miami Beach Edition (Florida) —
A Beachside Escapes winner, this 294-room Ian Schrager-designed hotel comes complete with bowling alley and ice rink.
Courtesy Edition Hotels
A major overhaul at this Jo'burg stalwart earned it a mention in this year's CN Traveler Good Food category.
Four Seasons (Johannesburg, South Africa) —
A major overhaul at this Jo'burg stalwart earned it a mention in this year's CN Traveler Good Food category.
Courtesy Four Season Johannesburg
A society column regular in London, the Chiltern Firehouse's conversion from an old Victorian fire station is a winner in the Urbanist Standouts category.
Chiltern Firehouse (London) —
A society column regular in London, the Chiltern Firehouse's conversion from an old Victorian fire station is a winner in the Urbanist Standouts category.
Courtesy of Tim Clinch/Chiltern Firehouse
Cape Weligama's collection of 40 colonial-style houses and dive center earned it a place in the Beachside Escapes category.
Cape Weligama (Galle, Sri Lanka) —
Cape Weligama's collection of 40 colonial-style houses and dive center earned it a place in the Beachside Escapes category.
Cape Weligama
This restored Victorian mansion's "cheery" color scheme and modern touches earned it a place in the Best Bargains category.
21 Broad (Nantucket, Massachusets) —
This restored Victorian mansion's "cheery" color scheme and modern touches earned it a place in the Best Bargains category.
12 Broad Nantucket
Described as Fez's "most impressive" boutique hotel, the Sahari is included in the Best Bargains category.
Hotel Sahrai (Fez, Morocco) —
Described as Fez's "most impressive" boutique hotel, the Sahari is included in the Best Bargains category.
Hotel Sahrai Fez
CN Traveler says this London hotel overlooking the Thames combines American flair with British whimsy. It's named as a Design Star.
Mondrian London —
CN Traveler says this London hotel overlooking the Thames combines American flair with British whimsy. It's named as a Design Star.
Mondrian London
An Urbanist Standout winner, the 184-room Ludlow is praised for putting "a new twist on downtown industrial cool with lofty city views and soaking tubs."
The Ludlow (New York) —
An Urbanist Standout winner, the 184-room Ludlow is praised for putting "a new twist on downtown industrial cool with lofty city views and soaking tubs."
The Ludlow
Fireplaces and a contemporary art collection earn Edson Hill a Family Friendly category recommendation.
Edson Hill (Stowe, Virginia) —
Fireplaces and a contemporary art collection earn Edson Hill a Family Friendly category recommendation.
Edson Hill
Uber cool Soho House's Chicago outpost occupies a 1907 warehouse and includes a Cowshed Spa and vintage-style boxing ring. It's a Good Food category winner.
Soho House Chicago —
Uber cool Soho House's Chicago outpost occupies a 1907 warehouse and includes a Cowshed Spa and vintage-style boxing ring. It's a Good Food category winner.
Soho House Chicago
An Urbanist Standout winner, Taipei's Mandarin Oriental sets a "new standard" in the city, CN Traveler says. "Afternoon tea in the Jade Lounge is a must" it adds.
Mandarin Oriental (Taipei, Taiwan) —
An Urbanist Standout winner, Taipei's Mandarin Oriental sets a "new standard" in the city, CN Traveler says. "Afternoon tea in the Jade Lounge is a must" it adds.
Kathy Ly Chan
The first proper eco lodge in the Galapagos is named as one of the top Family Friendly destinations.
Pikaia Lodge (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador) —
The first proper eco lodge in the Galapagos is named as one of the top Family Friendly destinations.
Pikaia Lodge Galapagos
A winner in the Good Food category, Belle Mont Farm in the Caribbean territory of St. Kitts and Nevis comprises 84 guest houses.
Belle Mont Farm (St. Kitts and Nevis) —
A winner in the Good Food category, Belle Mont Farm in the Caribbean territory of St. Kitts and Nevis comprises 84 guest houses.
Belle Mont Farm
Located on Thaa Atoll, this Remote and Wild category winner sits above waters populated by dolphins and sea turtles.
Maalifushi (Maldives) —
Located on Thaa Atoll, this Remote and Wild category winner sits above waters populated by dolphins and sea turtles.
Courtesy Maalifushi
A Design Stars category winner, this former royal guesthouse is now a 30-room "eclectic playground."<br />
Sujan Rajmahal Palace (Jaipur, India) —
A Design Stars category winner, this former royal guesthouse is now a 30-room "eclectic playground."
Rajmahal
A Family Friendly winner, this beach house-style inn sits on Little Narragansett Bay.
Watch Hill Inn (Rhode Island) —
A Family Friendly winner, this beach house-style inn sits on Little Narragansett Bay.
Watch Hill Inn
CN Traveler gives an Over-the-Top Luxury award to this Parisian hotel which, it says, has been restored to its belle epoque splendor.
La Reserve (Paris) —
CN Traveler gives an Over-the-Top Luxury award to this Parisian hotel which, it says, has been restored to its belle epoque splendor.
La Reserve Paris Hotel
A "world class" spa and an "executive lounge" that feels like a private club earn China's first Rosewood property a mention in CN Traveler's Over-the-Top Luxury category.
Rosewood Beijing —
A "world class" spa and an "executive lounge" that feels like a private club earn China's first Rosewood property a mention in CN Traveler's Over-the-Top Luxury category.
Rosewood Beijing
Spread across Uruguay's Jose Ignacio sandy coastline, these 11 villas and a 10-room house are winners in the Design Star category.
Bahia Vik Jose Ignacio (Uruguay) —
Spread across Uruguay's Jose Ignacio sandy coastline, these 11 villas and a 10-room house are winners in the Design Star category.
Matthieu Salvaing
Pierre-Yves Rochon's "seductive" new hotel is listed a one of CN Traveler's Urbanist Standouts for offering a high level of luxury close to Milan's prime shopping streets.
Palazzo Parigi Milan (Italy) —
Pierre-Yves Rochon's "seductive" new hotel is listed a one of CN Traveler's Urbanist Standouts for offering a high level of luxury close to Milan's prime shopping streets.
Palazzo Parigi Milan
Full details of Conde Nast Traveler's 2015 hot hotels list are available in its May issue, on sale April 28.
Hot List —
Full details of Conde Nast Traveler's 2015 hot hotels list are available in its May issue, on sale April 28.
Courtesy Conde Nast Traveler

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