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It List 2008: The Top 30 New Hotels in the World

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From June 2008

For Travel + Leisure’s third annual It List, we trekked (literally) across the globe to determine the select properties you’ll be going to next. Here, from beach resorts to city hideaways, our editors’ picks for the best new hotels of 2008.

Edited by: Elizabeth Woodson, with Niloufar Motamed, Sarah Kantrowitz, and Jennifer Welbel. Reported by: Richard Alleman, Tom Austin, Laura Begley, Aric Chen, Jennifer Chen, Gillian Cullinan, Anthony Dennis, Amy Farley, Serra Gurcay, Alexandra Marshall, Steve Meacham, Shane Mitchell, John Newton, Nancy Novogrod, Kay O’Sullivan, Christopher Petkanas, Maria Shollenbarger, and Caroline Tiger.