It List
T+L's Laura Begley Bloom appeared on CBS This Morning on Friday to discuss this year's It List of the best new hotels.
Among the properties discussed: Charleston's Zero George, Bentonvile's 21C, and others. Watch the complete interview above.
Related: It List: The Best New Hotels 2013.
This year’s It List of groundbreaking new hotels features 61 properties around the globe. Here are highlights in six categories.
City: Zero George, Charleston, SC
Introducing Charleston’s first truly contemporary retreat: Zero George, in the oak-lined Ansonborough district. The 18 guest rooms, scattered among five historic buildings (all circa 1805), have the signature pocket gardens, piazzas, and sprawling verandas you’d expect from hotels here, but Farrow & Ball paint colors and Kravat linens bring the look refreshingly up to date. Guests can take Lowcountry cooking classes in the former kitchen house. Rates start at $289/night.
Rustic: Pig in the Wall, Southampton, England
A dozen rooms are built into the city’s medieval walls and packed with eccentric flourishes, from mismatched furnishings to potted herbs in corners. While Pig in the Wall is too small for a proper restaurant, it maintains plenty of foodie appeal: a deli counter offers unique “piggy bites” such as house-cured lomo, while in-room larders are stocked with Piddle Lager and crisps flavored with local Ashmore cheeses. Rates start at about $195/night.
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Today, Travel + Leisure unveils its sixth annual list of "It" hotels. Editors scoured the globe for the best new properties—from the Trump SoHo in New York City to Liz Lambert's stylish new Hotel Havana on San Antonio's Riverwalk—some of which are less than $300/night.
For the full list, read the online article: It List: Best New Hotels 2011.
Sarah Spagnolo is the digital projects editor at Travel + Leisure.
