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Hundreds of hotels open their doors each year, but how many open your eyes? After anonymously road-testing countless contenders, we narrowed the field to an elite group of promising newcomers that are redefining service, design -- even where you'll be going next. And so that you know what (and what not) to expect, Travel and Leisure has sussed out the finer points of each. Scoring the coveted reservation? We'll leave that to you.
Up Next: Bowery Hotel
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Bowery Hotel, New York City
Location: A few blocks away from the New Museum of Contemporary Art that is opening later this year
335 Bowery; 212-505-9100; www.theboweryhotel.com
Style + Design: Entering the lobby is like stepping into a pre-Raphaelite painting: a Gothic fireplace, Oriental rugs over a Moroccan-tile floor.
Service + Amenities: Guest quarters have complimentary Wi-Fi, and toiletries from the storied Bigelow & Co. Apothecary.
Up Next: Marqués de Riscal
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Marqués de Riscal, Rioja, Spain
Location: The 149-year-old Herederos del Marqués de Riscal winery, in Elciego, a drowsy Rioja village of medieval vintage, 90 minutes southeast of Bilbao
800-325-3589 or 34-94-518-0880; www.luxurycollection.com
Service + Amenities: A knockout Caudalie Vinothérapie spa with wine- and grape-themed products and treatments
Up Next: Chambers Hotel
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Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis
Location: Downtown Minneapolis, a short drive from Herzog & de Meuron's Walker Art Center extension and Jean Nouvel's electric-blue Guthrie Theater 901 Hennepin Ave.;
877-767-6990 or 612-767-6900;
www.chambersminneapolis.com
Pedigree: The Midwestern sister of the 6 year-old Chambers in New York, with interiors by David Rockwell and a restaurant helmed by Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
Up Next: Fairmont Mayakoba
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Fairmont Mayakoba,
Riviera MayaLocation: The debut hotel is laid across 50 acres of carefully preserved mangrove swamps, a network of freshwater lagoons and canals, and a 700-foot-long sugary white-sand beach -- all just a 50-minute drive from Cancún 800-441-1414 or 52-984-206-3000; www.fairmont.com
Style + Design: Rooms have thatched roofs, slatted wooden doors,splashy green-and-red fabrics, and cool marble floors.
Up Next: El Casco Art Hotel
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El Casco Art Hotel, Patagonia, Argentina
Location: 7 miles from Patagonia's famed mountain resort Bariloche 54-2944-463-131; www.hotelelcasco.com
Style + Design: A coffee-and-cream color scheme extends from sofa-filled common spaces bedecked with 300 works of modern Argentine art to the 33 spacious guest rooms
Up Next: Hotel de Rome
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Hotel de Rome, Berlin, Germany
Location: Billing itself as "Berlin's architectural gem," the Hotel de Rome occupies the old Dresdner Bank headquarters on Unter den Linden, overlooking the Baroque-era Bebelplatz. 37 Behrenstrasse;49-30-460-6090; www.roccofortehotels.com
Style + Design: Public areas are modern and grandiose: the lobby has marble, dark velvet furniture, and heroically proportioned Romanesque vases.
Up Next: Hotel Fauchere
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Hotel Fauchère, Milford, Pa
Location: The town of Milford, Pa, on the edge of the Delaware Water Gap, 75 miles northwest of New York City. 401 Broad St.; 570-409-1212; www.hotelfauchere.com
Pedigree: The 1880 hotel hosted everyone from the Carnegies to Babe Ruth to Charlie Chaplin
Style + Design: The Italianate building has been painstakingly restored.
Up Next: Gramercy Park
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Gramercy Park Hotel,
New York CityLocation: 2 Lexington Ave.; 212-920-3300; www.gramercyparkhotel.com
Style + Design: Velvet draperies and leather armchairs share space with surrealist objects (sawfish-snout lampstands!) and sprawling canvases by Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly
Service + Amenities: Mahogany liquor cabinets stocked with full-size bottles trounce your typical mini-bar
Up Next: Melenos Lindos
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Melenos Lindos, Rhodes, Greece
Location: The village is crowned by a world-class Greek-Byzantine medieval acropolis. 30-22440-32222; www.melenoslindos.com
Style + Design: Created as a village within a village, with stairs and passageways, the 12 white stucco rooms and suites open onto terraces hand-set with pebble mosaics.
Up Next: Four Seasons
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Four Seasons Westlake Village, Los Angeles
Location: 17 miles from Malibu. 2 Dole Dr.; 800-819-5053 or
818-575-3000 www.fourseasons.com
Pedigree: A joint venture between Four Seasons and the California WellBeing Institute, which includes a 40,000-square-foot spa and CWI's innovative program blending modern science (DNA testing, diagnostic imaging) with alternative medicine, nutrition, exercise and restorative therapies
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