This week on The Hotel Spotter:
Mondrian debuts its first all-inclusive resort, Kimpton opens its second property in Portugal and 50 Best reveals the hotels ranked 51-100 in its annual list. Also, the 10 best new hotel openings in August
The best new hotels this week:
Mondrian Cancun
The 400-room Mondrian Cancun is the brand's first all-inclusive resort, part of Ennismore's multi-brand growth into the market.
Kimpton Quinta da Marinha
Kimpton has opened a 194-room resort in Cascais, between Sintra-Cascais Natural Park and the Atlantic Ocean, the brand's second hotel in Portugal.
The World’s 50 Best Hotels has revealed the hotels ranked 51-100 in its annual list of the world's best hotels.
Ahead of The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2026 list being announced on 15 September, 50 Best has revealed the properties that ranked 51 to 100 in its annual assessment.
Asia features heavily with 20 hotels listed, seven of them in Japan, while 16 European properties make the list. North America has nine entries, with five in the US.
New entries include Park Hyatt Tokyo, Rosewood London, Il San Pietro di Positano, Castiglion del Bosco, Orient Express La Minerva, Forestis Dolomites, Waldorf Astoria Osaka, Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen, Capella Singapore, The Oberoi Udaivilas and The Peninsula Shanghai.
As the summer period draws to a close, we round up 10 of the best hotel openings in the past month — from China and Thailand to Mexico and Italy.
1. Mondrian Cancun
Mondrian’s first all-inclusive resort opened on Mexico’s Caribbean coast last month, part of Ennismore’s push into the Americas and the all-inclusive market.
The 400-room Mondrian Cancun, formerly the Hyatt Vivid Grand Island, has undergone an extensive renovation and offers a new approach for the brand with extensive dining and entertainment options as well as its signature design philosophy.
The sleek, contemporary architecture and refined interiors offer spacious, modern rooms with soft, neutral colours, tactile textures and sweeping views over the Caribbean Sea and Nichupté Lagoon.
In the pipeline
Hyatt has announced it will bring the Park Hyatt brand to Comporta, Portugal in 2029, with a 58-room property on the Atlantic coast.
Accor will open the 306-room Pullman Panama City in 2028, transforming an existing hotel in Bella Vista, Panama City.
Hilton’s LXR Hotels & Resorts will make its debut in Costa Rica in 2029 with Maravé Manuel Antonio, a 173-room beachfront resort.
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