Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest states that the properties featured in its hotel coverage are independently selected by its editors, the Great Design Hotel Awards are framed as the picks of AD's design experts rather than the output of a reader vote or an inspection programme. The emphasis is on design quality; architecture, interiors, materials and the work of the studios behind a property; rather than on service scoring or culinary assessment. Pearl treats each award year as a distinct edition and runs a separate venue-matching process to connect AD's named hotels to Pearl venue profiles; the count shown on Pearl is a mapped count and may differ from the publisher's full published roster.

Architectural Digest is the Condé Nast design title founded in 1920, its Great Design Hotel Awards single out new hotel openings for their architecture and interiors. Pearl currently maps 1 list from Architectural Digest.

Architectural Digest, universally shortened to AD, was founded in 1920 and is published by Condé Nast from the United States with editions across several markets. It reports on architecture, interiors and the designers behind them, its travel coverage applies the same design-first perspective to hotels. The Great Design Hotel Awards are the title's annual expression of that perspective: a set of recently opened properties singled out by AD's design specialists.

Architectural Digest states that the properties in its hotel coverage are independently selected by its editors, describes the Great Design Hotel Awards as the picks of its design experts. There is no published reader ballot, inspector scorecard or external judging panel for the programme, AD's stated focus is design merit rather than service ratings. Pearl's venue-matching process is separate and runs after publication: Pearl links the hotels named by AD to Pearl venue profiles, so the number of properties visible on Pearl reflects Pearl's mapping rather than AD's editorial roster.

Architectural Digest is among the most established design publications in the world, with more than a century of continuous publication and international editions that make its judgements widely quoted in the design and hospitality trades. For a hotel, appearing in the Great Design Hotel Awards is a signal of critical attention to its architecture and interiors from a specialist design title. It is an editorial distinction rather than a scored or audited competition.