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Michelin Guide has just dropped its first US hottest hotels list– here’s everything you need to know

The new Michelin system doles out one, two or three key emblems like its restaurant stars but to the world’s worthiest hotels

Riggs, Washington DC

Last year, when World’s 50 Best issued its first global ranking of hotels, only two properties in the US made the cut: the Equinox and Aman New York hotels, both in Manhattan.

Now Michelin has arrived stateside, in its second-ever presentation of ‘keys’ — a new system from the eponymous tiremaker that’s doling out one, two or three key emblems, like its restaurant stars but to the world’s worthiest hotels.

Out of more than 1,000 ...