Seven BAMO Hotels Recognized in the 2026 MICHELIN Key Selection

A few familiar addresses are among this year’s MICHELIN Keys.

The MICHELIN Guide has announced its 2026 hotel selection, recognizing 2,832 properties worldwide with One, Two, or Three Keys. Much like the MICHELIN Star for restaurants, the Key considers the experience as a whole, including architecture and interior design, character, service, and a hotel’s relationship to its setting, as evaluated by anonymous inspectors.

Seven hotels BAMO has had the privilege of helping shape are represented in this year’s selection, spanning Costa Rica, Thailand, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Hawaii, and Dubai.

Three MICHELIN Keys

Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve | Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica

Nekajui moves from Two to Three MICHELIN Keys, becoming the only new Three-Key hotel in the Americas this year. Set within the tropical landscape of Peninsula Papagayo, the resort draws its interior language from Guanacaste itself, with references to indigenous craft traditions, woven forms, local materials, and the canopy and sheltering presence of Costa Rica’s national tree.

Capella Bangkok | Bangkok, Thailand

Capella Bangkok also moves from Two to Three Keys, joining the Guide’s highest hotel distinction. Along the Chao Phraya, generous proportions, abundant natural light, and a restrained palette temper the energy of Bangkok, while the river remains a constant presence from one room to the next. MICHELIN’s 2026 Thailand selection places Capella Bangkok among just six Three-Key hotels in the country.

Passalacqua | Lake Como, Italy

Passalacqua retains Three MICHELIN Keys for its intimate take on Lake Como hospitality. Across the 18th-century villa, former stables, and Casa al Lago, original architecture sits easily alongside antiques, Italian craftsmanship, and rooms that feel acquired rather than arranged.

Two MICHELIN Keys

Chileno Bay Resort & Residences | Los Cabos, Mexico

Chileno Bay Resort & Residences retains Two MICHELIN Keys. Set along one of Los Cabos’ few swimmable beaches, the resort is shaped by the particular character of its protected bay and the surrounding Baja landscape.

Four Seasons Hotel, Madrid | Madrid, Spain

Four Seasons Hotel Madrid retains Two MICHELIN Keys. The hotel occupies the historic Centro Canalejas complex near Puerta del Sol, bringing together a collection of landmark buildings at the center of the city.

Four Seasons Resort, Hualalai | Hawaii

Four Seasons Resort Hualalai retains Two MICHELIN Keys. Low-slung buildings, gardens, pools, and a close relationship with the Kona Coast give the resort a rhythm determined as much by landscape as architecture.

One MICHELIN Key

Four Seasons Resort, Dubai | Dubai, UAE

Four Seasons Resort Dubai receives its first MICHELIN Key in 2026. The beachfront resort pairs a low-rise coastal plan and garden-framed pools with Spanish-Mediterranean architecture, Arabic references, and views extending between the Arabian Gulf and the Dubai skyline.

Seven Hotels, Seven Expressions of Place

There is little aesthetically linking a lakeside villa in Como with an urban retreat in Bangkok or a resort tucked into the tropical forest of Guanacaste. That difference is very much the point.

Each project begins with its own architecture, landscape, culture, and history, allowing a design language to emerge from the particulars rather than asking the hotel to conform to a predetermined idea of hospitality. Across this year’s MICHELIN Key selections, that approach takes seven distinctly different forms.

We congratulate our clients, collaborators, artisans, and the hospitality teams whose stewardship gives each property a character entirely its own.