Edition Hotels Review
THE PARTY GREW UP
If W is the friend asking, “Where we going tonight?” EDITION is the friend who already made the reservation.
EDITION is sexy without needing to scream sexy. The lighting is right, the lobby smells expensive, the restaurant is somewhere locals actually book, and the bar can become the night even when you planned on going somewhere else. This is lifestyle luxury for grown folks. That distinction matters for Black travelers. There comes a point when we don't necessarily want the party hotel. We want the hotel where the people going to the party are staying. We still care about music, cocktails, restaurants, fashion, nightlife and who's in the room. We just want the entire experience elevated.
And because EDITION properties are designed around their destinations rather than copied from one city to another, Miami Beach doesn't feel like Times Square, Riviera Maya doesn't feel like Rome, and Tokyo doesn't feel like London. The grown birthday. The anniversary with dinner reservations. The Miami trip where the hotel needs to match the outfits. The international trip where we're spending money and want to feel it.
That's EDITION.
BEST FOR
Couples • Grown Birthdays • Luxury Weekends • International Travel • Design Lovers • Foodies • Nightlife Travelers • Anniversaries • Stylish Friend Trips
BlkTravel Reviews Legend
Service (10⭐): How you’re treated
Cleanliness (10⭐): How well it’s maintained
Vibes: The energy of the stay
Price (7💲): Nightly Price Point
BlkTraveler Comfort: Can you truly relax here
The BlkTravel Take
Upscale
Minimal
Intentional
EDITION could easily beat several brands above it on pure luxury.
That's not what we're ranking.
We're ranking the overall usefulness of a hotel brand to the BlkTravel traveler. And EDITION's biggest weakness is also part of what makes it special: There just aren't enough of them yet.
Its current footprint is considerably smaller than brands like InterContinental, W or RIU. But the portfolio is expanding, with future destinations listed by EDITION including Bali, Cape Town, Dallas, Detroit, Mexico City, Milan, Mumbai, Nashville and others.
So #6 isn't us saying EDITION isn't as good as the five brands above it. At the right property? EDITION might be better. But our Hotel Brand Rankings aren't asking which company can produce the single nicest stay. We're asking which brands we can repeatedly put in front of Black travelers across the kinds of destinations and vacations they're actually booking.
And EDITION is still building that reach.
What already exists, though?
Yeah. We want to stay there.
Travel Pics & Vibes
The Riviera Maya EDITION At Kanai
The Miami Beach EDITION
The New York EDITION
The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon
The Dubai EDITION
The Tampa EDITION
The West Hollywood EDITION
The London EDITION