Four Seasons

Downtown Manhattan has spent two decades reminding the world it is more than a financial district, and Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, opened in September 2016, arrived at the right moment. The hotel occupies the first 24 floors of 30 Park Place, an 82-storey limestone tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern that rises 926 feet above Tribeca, sharing a block with the Woolworth Building. Yabu Pushelberg designed the 189 rooms and suites in warm grays and taupes, with bronze accents, floor-to-ceiling windows and proportions starting at 400 square feet. The newest suites, the Greenwich and Trinity Collections unveiled in 2025 by Bill Rooney Studio, bring full kitchens, marble and walnut finishes that read less like hotel rooms and more like a Tribeca apartment someone curated with care.

CUT by Wolfgang Puck occupies the corner off the lobby, marking the chef's first Manhattan restaurant; Jacques Garcia designed the room — dark and confident — around prime steaks and service that makes a Tuesday feel like an occasion. The Spa runs a different register: white tay wood walls, oak and travertine floors, seven treatment rooms with Soveral, Dr Burgener and Omorovicza, and a 75-foot lap pool with two-storey windows and an adjacent outdoor sundeck. The C, E, R and W subway lines stop at the door; SoHo, the West Village and the Seaport are each walkable. One block from the World Trade Center, within view of the Brooklyn Bridge, the hotel has become one of Downtown's most convincing arguments for staying the night.

Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay unfolds across a hillside above a three-mile curve of white sand on Bali's southern coast, its 147 villas and 9 residences arranged in the form of a traditional Balinese village. Each villa is enclosed within a private lava-stone wall, housing separate thatched-roof pavilions for sleeping, bathing, and living, with a private plunge pool and tropical garden contained within. The architecture is not a stylistic gesture, 70 percent of the limestone used in the villa walls and landscaping was quarried on-site, making the resort a material expression of the land it occupies. Interiors are anchored in cream and white, decorated with traditional Balinese craft and hand-carved furniture, including wall panels by master carver Made Jojol. Over 300 Hindu shrines are distributed across the property, one dating to the 15th century; resident priest Ajik Ngurah leads temple ceremonies, blessings, and meditation for guests, a practice that situates spiritual life at the center of the resort's identity rather than its margins. Residence villas extend this further, offering up to four bedrooms with private chefs, personal attendants, and dedicated gyms, with direct beach access to the Indian Ocean.

Sundara is the resort's defining venue, a beachfront club whose Sanskrit name translates to "beautiful" — a description that holds. An oceanfront infinity pool, day-bed terraces, and an open-air kitchen serving fresh seafood barbecue anchor the best sundowners in Jimbaran; Sunday brunch here is among the most sought-after on the island. Taman Wantilan serves Asian and Balinese cuisine at open show kitchens, and Jala Cooking Academy runs hands-on classes using herbs and vegetables from the resort's own gardens. The cocktail garden TELU specializes in zero-waste, plant-based cocktails and Balinese arak traditions. The Healing Village Spa, opened in 2020 with architecture by Nick Juniper and interiors by Yasuhiro Koichi, spans 2,000 square metres across two storeys that appear to float above water. Ten all-suite treatment rooms include the Illume Room, a fully sealed sensory chamber combining color light therapy, a heated quartz-sand inversion bed, and crystal singing bowls. For guests who need more than stillness, the resort arranges helicopter-access surf trips to G-Land, private sailing excursions around the bay, and deep-dive expeditions to Sail Rock. This is Bali at its most complete, the island's spiritual life, natural abundance, and craft traditions gathered into one address on the water.

Four Seasons Hotel Osaka brings together the waterside memory of Dojima, the elevated city views of central Umeda, and the restrained layers of contemporary Japanese aesthetics in a luxury address that feels both newly arrived and deeply attuned to its setting. Occupying the upper floors of One Dojima, the hotel is housed in a tower designed by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, whose sail-like silhouette subtly echoes Osaka’s long relationship with waterways, trade, and the identity of a “city of water.” As the brand’s first property in Osaka, it opens in a district where history and commerce continue to intersect, within easy reach of Umeda’s shopping, business, and transport hubs. The interiors, created by CURIOSITY, SIMPLICITY, and DESIGN STUDIO SPIN, weave together Japanese craftsmanship, light, texture, and a more contemporary international sensibility to create spaces that feel quiet yet visually charged. All guestrooms and suites look out across the Osaka skyline, but the hotel’s most distinctive feature is GENSUI, the modern ryokan floor on the 28th level. With 21 tatami guestrooms and suites, traditional bedding, private baths, and the exclusive SABO tea lounge, it offers a striking reinterpretation of the ryokan experience for the modern city traveler.

Dining is equally central to the hotel’s identity, with its upper-floor restaurants and bars turning the city itself into part of the experience. On the 37th floor, Jiang Nan Chun presents refined Cantonese cuisine in a more formal sky-high setting, framed by panoramic views and private dining rooms, while Sushi L’Abysse Osaka Yannick Alléno brings together the language of French haute cuisine and Edo-style sushi in a more theatrical omakase experience that extends the legacy of Paris’s L’Abysse into Osaka. Elsewhere, Bar Bota sets a more modern evening rhythm through its circular bar and sweeping skyline outlook, while Jardin and Farine add a lighter layer of French brasserie fare and bakery culture to the hotel’s culinary landscape. Paired with the high-floor pool, spa, and wellness facilities, the experience here is not simply about staying in central Osaka, but about encountering the city from a calmer, more polished, and distinctly more elevated perspective.