JW Marriott has unveiled its second property in Germany with the opening of JW Marriott Hotel Berlin, joining JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt which debuted in June last year.

Conrad Hotels & Resorts will open its first property in Germany when the Conrad Hamburg debuts. Located in the centre of Hamburg, the property will occupy an iconic building that is set to undergo an extensive refurbishment program before opening under the Conrad brand in 2024.

The JW Marriott hotel brand has debuted in Germany with the opening of JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt.

“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter,” said that eternal style icon Marlene Dietrich, born in Berlin in 1901. Change the word ‘friends’ to ‘room service’ and you see why Hotel Adlon Kempinski is super-special.

Radisson Hotel Group has kicked off 2022 with the highly anticipated launch of its newly redesigned German Radisson Collection flagship property in the heart of Berlin.

Mandarin Oriental, Munich hotel epitomises style. I went in through one of the pairs of glass doors off Neuturmstrasse, past a bin holding perfectly furled black umbrellas. I look over cream carpeting with gold squiggles to Ory bar, and up the spiral staircase, its wall bearing bigger gold squiggles. At the 6th floor I look along a wide, well-lit corridor flanked by mushroom walls (its taupe carpeting has teal squiggles).

Snow covers the ground like icing sugar, church bells chime in the distance, and Christmas trees sparkle with golden lights: the whole country seems to be transformed into a magical land in the festive season.

Hamburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and exudes an incomparable charm. Go on a discovery tour through the city on the Elbe and explore the most beautiful sites, be part of unique events or feast in the most delicious restaurants and cafés.

Frankfurt is a city of great diversity. Banks and big business, trade shows and shopping on the one side, culture, coziness and traditions on the other. One thing is certain: The city’s main metropolis has something for everyone.

A sense of place is increasingly important to luxury travellers today, and in the Bavarian capital, Munich, you have it all around you, 360 degrees, and day-in, day out, and night-time too. Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski, Munich, is under ten minutes’ walk north to the city’s famous English Garden. How many know about the unique Eisbach surfing there? A stretch of river about 30 metres across has continuous low water, but really rushing, rapids. Anyone can surf there, day or night, free. You and your board plunge in from one bank and undoubtedly fall off in about a minute, at which point someone has already plunged in from the opposite bank, and so on and so forth, 24/7. It is fabulous, apparently, to be taking part but it is absolutely riveting to watch.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has introduced the Unbound Collection to the German-speaking market for the first time with the re-badging of Düsseldorf’s The Wellem (previously operated under the Hyatt House brand).

Making exclusive discoveries and doing one’s own thing in general – that is typical Berlin. From haute couture to haute cuisine to high culture, Berlin offers understated luxury citywide. Here is a selection of things visitors must see, eat and do in the German city.