✈ The Hotel Openings We’re Most Excited For This Year, Turkish Airlines Devalues Awards & More News From TPG ✈

Also: 11 celestial events worth traveling for in 2024 February 8, 2024 [THE POINTS GUY]( [View in browser]( [TPG Daily Newsletter]( TOGETHER WITH [Partner Logo]( [THE POINTS GUY]( TOGETHER WITH [Partner Logo]( Checking in? by Tarah Chieffi, Travel News Reporter [TPG | Hero Image] You know how people say they love that new-car smell? Well, here at TPG, we love the smell of a new hotel. When a hotel first opens its doors and everything is freshly painted, untouched and totally pristine, we just can’t get enough of it. If you love a new hotel as much as we do, you’re in luck: We just released our [list of 56 of this year’s most exciting hotel openings]( from across the globe. Ranging from ultraluxe resorts to family-friendly, affordable properties, there’s a hotel (or two) on this list for everyone. For example, there are [two gorgeous new Hilton properties in the Seychelles]( (peep the Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island above), a new Soho House in Brazil and the debut of Aman's long-awaited sister brand, Janu, in Tokyo. Stateside, Disneyland just opened the first [Pixar-themed hotel in the U.S]( there’s a new Conrad with an 8-acre lagoon in Orlando and a new St. Regis in Longboat Key, Florida. Of course, we are most jazzed for new hotels where we can earn (and burn) loyalty points. [Marriott loyalists]( will find properties in Canada, Bora Bora and Hawaii on this list, while in addition to Orlando and the Seychelles, [Hilton]( also has exciting openings in Honolulu and Atlanta. 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