This guide is packed full of both alluring images and useful information.Encompassing the continent as it stretches through the United States and Mexico, and into Central and South America, the hotels in this volume represent the astonishing diversit y that is the very essence of the "new world". From impossibly chic urban escapes as found in New York''s Crosby Street Hotel and Santa Monica''s Shutters on the Beach, the unexpected rural luxury of The Wheatleigh in Lennox, Massachusetts and Big Sur, California''s legendary cliff top Post Ranch Inn, the American Southern charm of New Orleans'' International House, to the Mexican flair of Puebla''s La Purificadora and the tropical luxury of Brazil''s La Maison the hotels in this book represent exper iences you''ll be hard pressed to find elsewhere in the world. Browsing the pages, you''ll get an in-depth glimpse of the carefully curated furnishings, artwork, and fine design details which make each hotel a byword for chic sophistication. Along with fine service and precise attention to detail, they all offer the ambiance and amenities sure to please even the choosiest of hip travelers.