She put Cartagena on the map as the ultimate stylish escape when she opened her first hotel in a historic house back in 2009, and now fashion maven Silvia Tscherassi is at it again. Her follow-up effort will have 42 impeccably designed rooms when it opens in the historic city center later this summer; it’ll take the Tcherassi Hotel + Spa name while the original will be renamed Mansión Tcherassi. Expect whitewashed interiors with tons of textural interest. (The design plans are filled with Moroccan wedding blankets, exposed beams, and chalk-colored stone walls.) Price unavailable at press time.
French Coco
Martinique
Martinique shares many things with the French mainland—its language and currency, for starters, along with a love for fashion and food. The one thing it lacks that its mother country has in spades? Luxury accommodations. Enter French Coco, a Small Leading Hotel opening at the end of June and the first five-star resort to open its doors on this pretty little island in a very long time. This is island life done right: private pools, a seaside cigar room, and French food made from ingredients grown on site are all part of the equation. From $675.