To find the best new hotels of the year, Travel + Leisure editors and reporters considered nearly 250 properties across 40 countries. Each opened (or unveiled a significant renovation) between February 2025 and February 2026. Here, the 100 stays that impressed us most—including storied beach resorts, country estates, and flashy city hotels. —Edited by Jess Feldman and Maya Kachroo-Levine HOTELS BY CATEGORY A guest room at 1 Hotel Copenhagen. Mikkel Vang/1 Hotel Copenhagen 1 HOTEL COPENHAGEN This opening marks 1 Hotels' debut in continental Europe, and it could not have chosen a more fitting city. Copenhagen’s devotion to design and sustainability is captured through a serene, nature-led aesthetic at 1 Hotel Copenhagen , set within a 1928 functionalist building in the city’s historic Latin Quarter. Inside, reclaimed wood and natural stone juxtapose the greenery climbing over terraces and spilling into courtyards.…