Forbes Travel Guide

Luxury Under the Microscope: How Forbes Travel Guide Rates Hotels

If luxury hotels had final exams, Forbes Travel Guide would be the impeccably dressed inspector quietly taking notes in the corner while everyone else nervously polishes the silverware one more time. For more than six decades, Forbes Travel Guide has…

The Pan Pacific, London

best bed: Pan Pacific, London, UK

Sleek Singaporean hospitality meets old London money… Pan Pacific London is a glossy, calming, quietly fabulous hotel in the middle of the City, which is to say: exactly where one needs a little calm. Set at One Bishopsgate Plaza, steps…

Hotel du Paris, Monaco

Best Bed: Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Opened in 1864, Hôtel de Paris was built with a clear purpose: to accommodate the wealthy guests drawn to the newly established Casino de Monte-Carlo across the square. From the outset, the hotel was conceived as part of the casino…

A Thoughtful Way to Plan Your Travel Year

A new year has a quiet way of inviting us to dream. Not in a rushed, bucket-list kind of way — but in a more considered, meaningful sense. Where would you truly enjoy being this year? What pace of travel…

Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya

Best Beds: Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya

Built in the 1930s as a private home, Giraffe Manor is the kind of place where colonial charm meets conservation chic. Originally inspired by Scottish hunting lodges, it was transformed in the 1970s by conservationists Jock and Betty Leslie-Melville into…

the Ritz Paris

Palace Hotels: Where Luxury and Legends Sleep Together

When France dreamed up the “Palace distinction” in 2010, it was basically admitting: Some hotels are just too fabulous for ordinary five stars. And where do you find the crème de la crème? Paris, naturellement. The City of Light has…