From Airelles to Zannier, Local Foreigner clients checked into nearly 1,600 different hotels in 2025, representing almost 75 years' worth of room nights, and our top ten most-booked hotels list includes a private island, a French palace, and the next outpost of the White Lotus.

In 2025, Local Foreigner clients were looking to relax on the world's best beaches and culture capture in major cities in equal measure.

Europe loomed large, as ever, on the list of our top ten most-booked countries for 2025, with a huge season on the Mediterranean paving the way. But it wasn't all sunshine - Switzerland made its debut on our list this year, spurred by the increased demand for European ski trips. And when you're looking for a one-country multi-stop trip with excellent food and culture, Greece and Japan both fit the bill. But why choose? Several clients did both.

Our list of 2026 new openings is telling a story of classic destinations, new perspectives, and luxury in corners of the world it hasn’t reached until now. Happy discovering!

Known as the "City of Gold," Dubai is a dazzling and frenetic combination of global playgrounds like Monaco, Las Vegas, and London.

Four Seasons goes boutique.

Family-friendliest.

We chatted with Tom Rutherford, General Manager of Amanyara, about this jewel of the Caribbean.

With holiday parties in full swing and January right around the corner, we’re looking forward to taking break from canapes and cocktails in favor of yoga, breath work, and probiotics.

Kicking off February 6, the XXV Winter Olympic Games will be one of the most geographically expansive in history, unfolding across northern Italy. We’re sharing some of our favorite hotels in the vicinity of each of the regions you’re about to spend two weeks drooling over.

Earlier this year, six Local Foreigner team members made the trek (and make no mistake, it is a trek) to the islands of Bali and Sumba to scratch the surface on the land of superlatives that is Indonesia.

There’s nothing that brightens the darkening days between Thanksgiving and Christmas like a trip, especially one that promises twinkling lights, hot wine, and lots of sweet treats.

Bangkok is a city for people who love cities, who love discovery, and who love to travel.

Whitney Patapoff looks at the world as a classroom.

Located just south of the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives consists of 26 atolls, crosses the equator, and is the smallest country in Asia.

We talked to Jacqueline Martinez, of Maroma, a Belmond Hotel, about how the hotel taps into the soul of its surroundings, and her favorite places to explore on and off property.

While trotting out the skis or tennis rackets is always a welcome diversion, sometimes we need a little shot of the unexpected to get us through the last dregs of winter.

While every international brand worth its weight in butter has an outpost in Paris, there’s no luxury brand that is as distinctly and inherently French as Groupe Barrière.

This summer, five Local Foreigner team members spent ten days scouting the Four Seasons properties on Oahu, Maui, Lana'i, and the Big Island, and hula'ed home with base tans that had the rest of us reaching for our bronzer in envy.

Swiss and swish.