For hotel aficionados, you know the landscape for luxury changed in the early 2000s. Back when luxury meant crystal chandeliers and stuffy toile, the Park Hyatt Chicago disrupted all that. In came an era of modern hotels and service that created a new category of high end. Now, 22 years later, the Park Hyatt Chicago wants to make magic happen again.  The Update The Park Hyatt Chicago is in the popular tourist destination and shopping area known as the Magnificent…

What Midtown is to offices, NoMad is to hotels. And recently, NoMad is the hottest spot to open a hotel. The forecast is that it will be for at least the next year, with some big names in the pipeline. The latest is The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad, and this is one to get excited about as it expands José Andrés’ restaurant empire. The Details The thing about the Ritz is that even though you’re in the middle of Manhattan,…

A small village in the Italian Dolomites hit the international scene when it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. Then decades passed, and Cortina d’Ampezzo went back to being the pure, perfect mountain village that made it so special. That’s all about to change again. In anticipation of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics, the Mandarin Oriental will open its first alpine resort in the iconic Cristallo hotel. Overview The Mandarin operation is about to open its first Alpine resort, and we…