Overwater villas surrounded by a turquoise lagoon in the Maldives

Signature Hotels & Resorts

Exceptional places, selected for what makes them distinct.

Discover local gems and defining properties from remarkable hotel brands, selected by Traveleak for their design, setting, hospitality and sense of place.

Curated, not ranked. Distinctive, not simply luxurious.

Architecture and landscape at Amanoi
Suite interior at Aman Kyoto
The resort and coastal setting at Amanpuri
Art and interiors at Mia Saigon
A suite opening onto the landscape at Rosewood Luang Prabang

A Signature is not defined by price, stars or fame.

A Signature is a hotel or resort with a distinct identity, a place whose character, hospitality and relationship to its setting make it worth knowing.

Every Traveleak Signature is considered through seven defining criteria.

  1. ArchitectureForm, space and relationship to site.
  2. DesignInteriors, materials and visual language.
  3. LocationThe setting and its inherent qualities.
  4. PhilosophyThe ideas and values shaping the property.
  5. HospitalityHow guests are welcomed and cared for.
  6. ExperienceHow the stay is lived and felt.
  7. Sense of PlaceHow distinctly the destination is expressed.

The result is a collection of places we believe are worth knowing, whether they have twelve rooms or two hundred.


New additions to the Signature collection.

From locally rooted stays to defining properties of remarkable hotel brands, each has recently been selected by Traveleak for what makes it distinct.

The reflecting pool and pavilions at Amanpuri above Pansea Beach, Phuket

AMANPURI · PHUKET, THAILAND


How Traveleak chooses a Signature.

Traveleak evaluates each potential Signature through editorial research and the seven criteria outlined above. There is no scoring and no ranking: each Signature is worth knowing for a different reason.

A Signature is an editorial selection, not a review. Where Traveleak has stayed at a property and reviewed it firsthand, it carries a separate Stayed & Reviewed label.


Defining properties from remarkable hotel brands.

Selected properties that best express each brand's philosophy, design, hospitality and sense of place. Not every hotel within a brand becomes a Signature.

The collection continues to evolve, with more hotel brands and defining properties added as they are selected by Traveleak.


Places shaped by where they belong.

Independent hotels and locally rooted hospitality brands that express the character and culture of the places they call home.

Local Signatures will continue to expand as Traveleak discovers distinctive independent hotels and locally rooted hospitality brands around the world.


Distinctive stays, seen through different editorial lenses.

Signature Perspectives brings together Local and Brand Signatures through the qualities that shape how a place looks, feels and is experienced.

Places where the building itself shapes the whole experience.

BEYOND THE SIGNATURES


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