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From the desk · June 13, 2026
The verdicts, this issue
Recent field visits.
HOTELS
Jean-Michel Gathy designed it, Pelli Clarke did the tower, and the brand is using it to test a more social register. A reviewer's notebook.
PORTOFINO
A century and a quarter after Ruggero Valentini turned a Baratta family summer house into a hotel, the Splendido remains the Ligurian Riviera's defining…
BOSTON
The first Raffles in North America has produced something the brand's Southeast Asian flagships do not have: a Back Bay tower with a working sky lobby.
VILLAS
Teton Private Residences, Jackson Hole Resort Lodging, the Teton Club, Abode — how the Jackson Hole winter rental market actually works in 2026–2027.
Where the desk has been
…and counting.
The Standard
Setting. Suites. Service. Table. The Detail. Five dimensions, scored 1–5 each, averaged to a property score. A property scoring 4.6 or above is "At the Standard." Below 4.0, we say so and publish anyway.
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