Vogue

Vogue's travel guides are built on first-person reporting: editors and contributors visit the properties, write from that experience, the resulting write-ups are fact-checked before publication. There is no reader ballot, inspection scorecard or external jury behind these guides, which means entries should be described as featured or selected rather than as winners or ranked placements. The Global Spa Guide, which reached its third annual edition in 2026, applies the same approach to wellness properties. City guides are revised periodically as hotels open and close, so each Pearl list is anchored to a specific publication date, Pearl matches the named properties to Pearl venue profiles through its own separate process.

Vogue has been published since 1892 and its travel desk builds city hotel guides and the annual Global Spa Guide from first-hand visits by editors and contributors. Pearl currently maps 10 lists from Vogue.

Vogue is a Condé Nast publication founded in 1892 and headquartered in New York, with editions and readerships across the world. Beyond fashion, its living and travel coverage produces destination hotel guides for cities and regions and, since 2024, an annual Global Spa Guide highlighting 100 spas worldwide. The guides are presented as curated recommendations from Vogue's own writers rather than as directory listings.

Vogue's travel and spa selections come from first-hand experience: editors and contributors visit the properties, report on them in the first person, their write-ups are fact-checked before publication. Vogue does not publish a public vote, an inspection scoring system or an external judging panel for these guides, so entries are best described as featured or selected. Pearl carries out an entirely separate venue-matching step after publication, linking the properties named by Vogue to Pearl venue profiles; the count of venues shown on Pearl is therefore Pearl's mapped figure rather than the guide's published total.

Vogue is one of the most recognised media brands in the world and its endorsement carries substantial visibility for a hotel or spa, particularly among design- and style-conscious travellers. Its travel guides are notable for being grounded in first-person visits rather than compiled from press material. Because the guides are editorial selections, inclusion reflects the judgement of Vogue's writers rather than a competitive or audited result.