The flagship of the ultra-luxury Peninsula Hotel Group, this icon has been famed for its white glove service, opulent public spaces, fine dining, and fleet of custom "Peninsula green" Rolls Royces since it opened in 1928.

FORBES: Peninsula, Hong Kong

For instance, Shanghai city officials pressed the state-run company that owns the Peace Hotel, an Art Deco icon, to undertake a multimillion-dollar renovation.

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The second or third largest hotel on earth, depending how you count, the MGM Grand is a true Las Vegas icon: the city's largest hotel, a major concert and sporting event venue, full of nightlife and entertainment options and celebrity chef restaurants, including arguably the nation's single best fine dining spot, the 3-Michelin starred, Forbes 5-Star, Joel Robuchon.

FORBES: MGM Grand, Las Vegas

In Hotel Missoni, the Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the Old Town.

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With Hotel Missoni, the eponymous Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the Old Town: modernist architecture, impeccable staff and very comfortable bedrooms.

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The icon is a click-to-call ad for which the hotel paid Google at the time of the call.

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Fashion icon and queen of the wrap dress Diane von Furstenberg just unveiled her most recent hotel project in Australia.

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