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Sushi counters have had a good run. Now the best omakase you can have doesn’t come a typical restaurant: it comes from a hotel chef who knows exactly where every ingredient came from and why they matter. From Miami to the edge of a volcanic island in Indonesia, omakase is becoming hospitality’s most compelling format.

We’re tracking the properties doing it best. Slide through for four of them, and comment “OMAKASE” to get a link to subscribe to our free weekly newsletter, where we exciting boutique hotel content every week.

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A historian in the lobby. A design duo’s personal itinerary. A Warhol on the wall with someone who can actually tell you about it. Long amenities lists are great, and they’re what define the top luxury hotels. But now, the properties pulling ahead are offering something harder to manufacture: expert-led programming. The most interesting luxury hotels in the world right now aren’t competing on thread counts or spa square footage—they’re bringing in historians, artists, and design experts to give guests something no amenity checklist can replicate

We’re tracking the rise of expert-led hospitality and the hotels leading the charge. Swipe to see three properties we believe are killing it right now, and subscribe to our HAP Weekly newsletter to stay in the know for others on our radar.

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