Every year, travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller publishes a list of the world's best new hotels. This prestigious ranking names the cream of the crop when it comes to new places to stay around the globe. We are talking about boutique city boltholes, luxe seaside resorts, ultra-premium safaris, and some very bougie spa hotels. The list was curated by the publication's global editors and contributors, who spent the past 12 months staying at the top hotel openings worldwide.
For 2026, two hotels in the long list were in London. Let us take a closer look at these exceptional properties.
Six Senses London
The new Six Senses hotel in London made the cut for 2026. The wellness behemoth, which operates 27 hotels and resorts around the world, opened its first UK outpost this year. Housed in the former Whiteleys department store in west London, the building underwent an eye-watering £1.5 billion redevelopment to create the glamorous 109-room hotel, as well as shops, restaurants, and a cinema.
When Time Out reviewed the Bayswater hotel in April this year, it rated it five stars. The second-to-none spa is the main draw of a stay at Six Senses London. It offers a luxury but surprisingly laid-back experience, where guests can try everything from a Finnish sauna, quartz crystal bed, and 20-metre swimming pool to a magnesium plunge pool and cryochamber. The cost of a stay here starts at £825 per night.
The Chancery Rosewood
Also making the list was The Chancery Rosewood, which opened its doors in the capital at the end of 2025. The Mayfair abode, housed in the Grade II-listed former US Embassy, was named the best hotel in the world in 2025, and now it has come to claim more accolades. The bougie hotel is made up of 144 suites (there are no plain old rooms here), five restaurants – including one by sushi master Masayoshi Takayama – and a high-tech spa that is home to one of Mayfair's biggest swimming pools. Suites start at a walloping £1,405 per night.
For more on London's best hotels, check out Time Out's 50 best hotels in London. Also, this London hotel is hosting a swish Wes Anderson season this month. Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends – by following the Time Out London WhatsApp channel or signing up for the free Time Out London newsletter.
