Though inhabited for thousands of years by nomadic Bedouin tribes, Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter is one of Earth’s hottest, driest, and least hospitable environments. The Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara—opened in October amid the Empty Quarter’s golden-red dunes—is one of the planet’s most welcoming.
Thailand’s Anantara group modeled …

After a three-year, 0 million renovation, Marrakech’s La Mamounia has finally swung open its ornate, heavily mosaicked doors to reveal a hotel that, despite dating to 1923, is almost entirely new. "Inside and out virtually everything has changed," says general manager Didier Picquot, himself new to the iconic Moroccan property. …

From among the cypress trees in the hills of Fiesole, Il Salviatino peeks out onto the Florentine skyline. This former aristocratic estate opened as a hotel in October following a nearly million reinvention that touched every tile, fresco, and furnishing in the property’s 15th-century villa.
Located three miles from the …