"Four things really stand out at the Windy City's 247-room @ThompsonHotels: the superlative service, the location (in the heart of the Gold Coast), the rooms (with their jewel-toned furniture, enormous windows, especially huge showers, and @renskincare products), and, most of all, the restaurant. Ambitious and delicious, @nicoosteria is noted chef Paul Kahan's first venture in a hotel." - @wmbrownproject. #CNTHotList #thethompson #thethompsonchicago #nicoosteria #chicago (at Nico Bar @ Thompson Hotel, Chicago)

"@thevinesresortandspa, legendary chef Francis Mallmann sources many of his ingredients locally -- after all, locavorism has always been a part of life in rural Argentina." - @meganmrollins. Photographed by Andrew Rothman. #CNTHotList #thevinesresortandspa #Mendoza #Argentina #locavorism (at The Vines)

Within @zerogeorgest's five beautifully restored town houses that surround an oyster-shell and stone paver courtyard are 18 bright, un-fussy guest rooms with beautiful, plush beds. Photographed by Peter Frank Edwards. #CNTHotList #charleston #southcarolina #zerogeorgestreet #hotels

Tucked away in Vietnam's Nui Chua National Park, overlooking the South China Sea, the 36-villa Amano'i is definitely remote -- and blissfully soothing as well. Photographed by Christopher Wise. #CNTHotList #takemethere #amanoi #vietnam #vinhhybay #happyfriday

Fogo Island Inn, in Newfoundland, resembles a fishing shack on stilts. Photographed by Iwan Baan. #CNTHotList #takemethere #fogoislandinn #newfoundland (at Fogo Island Inn)

The pool @ChediAndermatt. Photographed by Dan Kullberg. #CNTHotList #takemethere #chediandermatt #switzerland (at The Chedi Andermatt)

"Roasted chicken in a bread pot" at The Wild Rabbit, in the Cotswolds. Photographed by Martin Morrell. #CNTHotList #cotswolds #chicken #thewildrabbit (at The Wild Rabbit)

The Rosewood, housed in a stately Edwardian edifice near Convent Garden, is undeniably stunning. Photographed by Peter Vitale. #CNTHotList #RosewoodHotel #London #hotel (at Rosewood London Hotel)