The Ritz-Carlton, Baku

What the classifiers highlight

Next door to Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center, the hotel leans on marble inside too, styled by Kristina Zanic Consultants around Baku's history on the Silk Road. Forbes points to bright carpet-weaving colors against taupe and chrome, and to a daily teatime performance on a Whaletone piano. Tribeca serves Azerbaijani dishes beside a New York brasserie menu.