EDEN ROCK - ST BARTHS

CARIBBEAN COMING OF AGE

The white hot glamour of Saint Barths never drops a beat. Eden Rock is the original hangout - the hotel's 70th anniversary is bobbing on the horizon - and while the old-school charm shines through, there's always a keen focus on keeping up with the times.

PALÁCIO TANGARÁ, SÃO PAULO

BOLD BRILLANT URBAN HIDEOUT

In the middle of the melting pot of Brazil's largest city, Palácio Tangará has quickly rooted itself as a new classic, a grown-up retreat with its own hum of activity. Everything in the gardens is ripe as a plum, live soul music plays on the terrace, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's team delivers gastronomic fireworks. A stay here is like a micro-adventure in itself.

L'APOGÉE COURCHEVEL

ARTFUL ALPINE REFINEMENT

The scene in Courchevel is at a constant rolling boil, zipped-up, over-the-top joy-seeking that only seems to escalate each year. As ski-in, ski-out L'Apogée, with its boundless polish and shine, celebrates a milestone decade, the hotel reaffirms its position as the resort's most elegant polestar.