Commentary

The Purge

Soho House Chooses Culture Over Corporate

Soho House saw the suits taking over their members clubs, and knew a spring cleaning was in order. Their purge is our gain, in the form of creative, comfortable, obsessively designed boutique hotels.

To the Wonder

You Should Stay at a Hotel in Venice

In a fantastic city filled with river streets and boat cars, Venice hotels have a lot to live up to. That they exceed expectations is just one more reason to spend the night.

Firmdale First

Not Every Hotel Stay Is Like This

“Take Your Daughter to Work Day” hits different when work that day is at the Whitby, and when it’s her first time ever staying in a hotel. But not just any hotel — the Whitby is a Firmdale hotel.

Running the Game

Boutique Hotels Still Can’t Be Beat in Tulum

Tulum may no longer be the hidden gem it once was, but it’s got a ways to go before it becomes Cancún. To understand why, look no further than the town’s hotels.

Clean Conscience

Great Hotels for Guilt-Free Sex

The highest honor a hotel can receive is to make our list of the best hotels for having sex. It means they’re firing on all cylinders, with a dramatic interplay of scenery, seclusion, nature, design, fantasy, and most importantly, sustainability.

Never Boring

Our CEO Selects Her Top Hotels to Start 2023

In her annual dispatch, Tablet CEO Lucy Lieberman talks about the remorse of removing hotels from our selection, and shares the newly added hotels she’s most excited about to start the year.