Beyoncé played the opening weekend. Kendall Jenner threw a party for her friends. Tiesto has written the hotel’s soundtrack. Atlantis The Royal is Dubai’s new landmark hotel, with 43 storeys of rooms, suites, and penthouses, eight restaurants including Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Nobu, clubs, bars, spas, and even a pool 22 storeys into the sky. After wowing the world with Atlantis The Palm in 2008, this new Atlantis is a shrine to contemporary indulgence with every possible human desire catered for. The world’s largest waterpark is even on site, along with an aquarium where guests can swim with sharks.

A new opening on Italy’s chicest island, Capri, is always a cause for celebration. But in this case, Oetker Collection brings us a total renovation of Capri’s oldest and most glamorous hotel, La Palma. The 50 rooms and suites ooze Italian luxury with marble bathrooms, heavy linen, handcrafted furniture, inspiring artwork, and touches of aquamarine as stunning as the sea. With a restaurant by Gennaro Esposito, private beach club, and new pool deck, La Palma - Oetker’s first opening in Italy - reinvigorates the essence of la dolce vita, two centuries after it first opened.

An adults-only, all-inclusive resort that gives new meaning to the idea of sleeping under canvas, and a significant new style of opening for Four Seasons. Naviva’s 15-suite safari-style tented camp is a secluded extension of the nearby Four Seasons Punta Mita, with the feel of a private tropical oasis within the larger peninsula on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Each tent has a personal guide to arrange activities like paddle-boarding or mezcal tasting, and the spa draws on local knowledge for treatments such as a Mayan mud massage. The service is as intimate and finely-tuned as the very best hotels but on a relaxed, informal level, making Naviva welcoming, discreet, and romantic.

The tried and trusted therapeutic Lanserhof group has opened a new destination on Sylt, a North Frisian island known as The Hamptons of Germany. The rounded shape and thatched appearance of the hotel echoes the sand dunes Sylt is famous for, offering less austere, more restorative environs than fans of its world-renowned Mayr method may be familiar with. The architectural flow is said to promote self-healing, and Lanserhof Sylt is a serious health retreat underpinned by decades of medical expertise. Alongside personalized health assessments and diets, guests can enjoy exercise on the beach, health and wellbeing lectures, and classical concerts - a spellbinding health and spa opening that gives visitors a new lease of life.

Sydney’s Capella hotel may be new for 2023 but its home, an Edwardian sandstone former government building, is part of the city’s heritage. Inside, thanks to painstaking restoration, is a spectacular historic space including art that pays homage to the country’s Indigenous people and culture, and an enchanting enclosed courtyard. Look up, and you’ll see the sleek four-storey extension crowning Capella Sydney, which gives the prestige suites floor-to-ceiling views of the city. Capella’s blend of old-school service and style, contemporary luxury, and its attention to the region’s cultural and political history, sets a new standard for Sydney hospitality.

The Peninsula delivers inimitable service, style, and sophistication, as well as the best view of the city from its four buildings lining the Bosphorus. Gaze at the Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, and Hagia Sofia from the terrace, before feasting on flavours from along the Silk Road at Gallada from one of Istanbul’s best chefs, Fatih Tutak, an ‘All Things Turkish’ afternoon tea, or try a spa treatment, the Peninsula group is known for its outstanding spas. All the 177 rooms and suites are designed with discreet luxury in mind, from the deep Tai Ping rugs to the black lacquer doors and Marmara marble baths. The split-level penthouse has its own pool and hammam. The Istanbul hotel is the 11th Peninsula and the city’s most exciting opening in memory.