For years, this hotel was a dowdy property famous only as the home of the Golden Globes. However, a 2007-08 refit has spruced the place up no end. The...

Located on the sand, close to Santa Monica's shops and restaurants, this elegant and architecturally significant hotel is a local landmark. Most of the...

The Miramar has been pampering the glamorous and the powerful in California for nearly a century: past guests have included everyone from Greta Garbo to...

A recent multi-million-dollar renovation catapulted this boutique into chic status. Designer Chris Barrett fine-tuned the interior spaces, but managed to...

No surprises: this is simply a comfortable and efficient hotel that offers a lot of services designed to please the Hyatt's legions of business travellers....

Formerly a Ritz-Carlton, this grand old-money hotel changed hands in 2008. The new owners intend to preserve the heritage of the elegant 100-year-old...

This is pretty much a quintessential corporate-Californian property: light and airy, warm and beachy, casual but elegant in an almost entirely nondescript...

Formerly the Bel Age, this hotel reopened in spring 2008 following a total makeover by design guru David Collins. All 200 rooms are generous suites,...

Built as an apartment block in the 1950s, this tower was converted into a hotel by businessman Ian Schrager and designer Philippe Starck in the mid '90s,...

Consuming 30 acres of land at the top of a bluff overlooking the Pacific, the Montage was designed to be a self-contained village of luxury. There are four...

This understatedly named hotel is pretty much the poster child for the ongoing regeneration of LA's Downtown. Until a few years ago, this was a downmarket...

Located close to Downtown's growing cultural district, the Omni offers theatre and concert packages for those wanting to come here and catch a show or...

The $5m renovation lavished on the Orlando in 2005 brought a tasteful, straightforward aesthetic and cultured amenities. Done out in crisp white linens,...

Designed to look and feel like a private estate, the Peninsula exudes opulence. There are 193 rooms, suites and private villas situated on the lushly...