28 hotels
The great hotels of United States
28 luxury hotels in United States are documented in this guide, ordered by international renown. The oldest, Blair House, opened in 1824; the most recent, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, in 2023. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.

Chicago, United States
Trump International Hotel and Tower
Since 2009

New York City, United States
Plaza Hotel
Henry Hardenbergh’s 1907 château on Fifth Avenue at Central Park, home of the Palm Court and of Eloise.
Since 1907 · 282 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Bellagio
Opened in 1998 on an eight-acre lake whose fountains dance to music, with a Dale Chihuly glass ceiling of 2,000 flowers in the lobby.
Since 1998 · 3933 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Caesars Palace
Opened on 5 August 1966 by Jay Sarno, the Roman resort where Evel Knievel jumped the fountains and Celine Dion filled the Colosseum.
Since 1966

Las Vegas, United States
MGM Grand Las Vegas
Since 1993 · 6852 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
The Venetian Resort
Opened in 1999 on the site of the Sands with a Campanile, a Rialto Bridge and gondolas on an indoor canal; more than 7,000 suites with The Palazzo.
Since 1999

Beverly Hills, United States
The Beverly Hilton
Since 1955 · 570 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Trump Hotel Las Vegas
Since 2008

Washington, D.C., United States
Blair House
Since 1824 · 120 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Since 2004

Las Vegas, United States
Wynn Las Vegas
Opened on 28 April 2005 behind a 614-foot curved bronze tower, the only resort on the Strip with its own 18-hole golf course.
Since 2005 · 2716 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Vdara
Since 2009

Washington, D.C., United States
Washington Hilton
Since 1965

Las Vegas, United States
ARIA Resort & Casino
Opened on 16 December 2009 as the centrepiece of CityCenter, two curved glass towers by César Pelli with a public art collection by Maya Lin and Jenny Holzer.
Since 2009 · 4004 rooms

Miami, United States
Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Since 2003

Beverly Hills, United States
Beverly Wilshire
The 1928 Italian Renaissance hotel at the foot of Rodeo Drive, run by Four Seasons since 1992.
Since 1928

Las Vegas, United States
Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Since 2023 · 3600 rooms

Las Vegas, United States
Delano Las Vegas

New York City, United States
The Carlyle
The 1930 Art Deco tower on Madison Avenue, home of Bemelmans Bar and the Café Carlyle.
Since 1930

Beverly Hills, United States
The Beverly Hills Hotel
The 1912 Pink Palace on Sunset Boulevard, with its bungalows, its Polo Lounge and its banana-leaf wallpaper.
Since 1912

Washington, D.C., United States
The Willard
Washington’s 1901 Beaux-Arts hotel two blocks from the White House, where Martin Luther King Jr. worked on his 1963 speech.
Since 1901

Coronado, United States
Hotel del Coronado
An 1888 wooden Victorian resort on the beach across the bay from San Diego, among the first hotels lit by electricity and the set of Some Like It Hot.
Since 1888

San Francisco, United States
Fairmont San Francisco
Opened on 18 April 1907, one year to the day after the earthquake, the Nob Hill house where the United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945.
Since 1907 · 606 rooms

White Sulphur Springs, United States
The Greenbrier
A West Virginia springs resort receiving guests since 1778, redecorated by Dorothy Draper in 1948 and built over a secret Cold War bunker for Congress.
Since 1858

Honolulu, United States
The Royal Hawaiian
The Pink Palace of the Pacific, opened on Waikiki Beach in 1927 by the Matson steamship line and still painted coral pink.
Since 1927

Coral Gables, United States
The Biltmore Hotel
A 1926 Coral Gables resort with a tower copied from Seville's Giralda and a 700,000-gallon pool, a military hospital for 26 years before its revival.
Since 1926 · 98 rooms

New York City, United States
The Pierre
A Schultze & Weaver tower on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park, opened in 1930, bought by J. Paul Getty and the scene of the 1972 jewel robbery.
Since 1930 · 189 rooms

Grand Canyon Village, United States
El Tovar Hotel
Built by the Santa Fe Railway in 1905 of Oregon pine and local limestone, the hotel that stands a few metres from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Since 1905 · 78 rooms