Window shopping #53
Delta's new suite, economy bunk beds, and a Palm Beach hotel that actually lives up to the hype
This is Window Shopping, a weekly mini-letter from Window Seat—your stylish scroll through what’s new and noteworthy in the world of travel. Each issue blends timely headlines, personal favorites, and design-forward hotels to keep your wanderlust well-fed.
Delta One just got a serious upgrade. Delta has unveiled a next-generation Delta One suite for the Airbus A350-1000 (making it the first U.S. carrier to operate this specific model) and it looks exactly as good as you’d hope. Longer flatbeds with a pillow-top, Delta’s largest seatback screens, a shoe cubby, an always-open self-serve snack station, and suites set in a reverse-herringbone configuration with outer rows facing the windows. The A330-200/300 fleet is getting pulled into the refresh too, with new privacy doors (huge). What’s interesting is that Delta is making a calculated bet that premium is the only lane worth competing in, and when the biggest domestic carrier redesigns its entire premium experience from the ground up, it doesn’t just raise the bar on Delta. It raises it everywhere.
Air New Zealand, ever the innovators, just launched bunk beds in Economy. Air New Zealand’s Economy Skynest—six lie-flat sleep pods tucked between Economy and Premium Economy—will be available to book starting May 18, 2026, and will begin flying on the New York–Auckland route in November. Each four-hour session runs from $495 USD, includes a full-length mattress, fresh bedding, a privacy curtain, and an amenity kit with Aotea skincare. This isn't Air New Zealand's first time rethinking what economy can be: they did it in 2011 with the Skycouch, which turns three seats into a lie-flat surface for couples and families (United is now licensing it as the “Relax Row”). Skynest feels like the next chapter of that same instinct: solve the actual problem (you cannot sleep in economy on a 17-hour flight) rather than just compete on legroom.
Two of my favorite brands just collaborated and it makes so much sense: Soft Services’ cult exfoliating bar now comes scented with Vacation’s signature fragrance of coconut, banana, pool toys, and swimsuit lycra. If you know either brand, you already understand why this works so well. If you don’t: Soft Services makes the most elevated body care on the market, while Vacation makes sunscreen that smells so good you forget it’s sunscreen.
I’ve been thinking about summer skin since I got back from Palm Beach this week, and this is exactly what I’m reaching for before every trip for the rest of the year. Not only will you get the softest skin of your life, but you'll also smell like you're already somewhere tropical. Win-win.
Four Seasons Palm Beach — Palm Beach Island, Florida
There are hotels that look good in photos and hotels that are actually good. The Four Seasons Palm Beach is, fortunately, both—which, in Palm Beach, is a distinction worth making.
Let’s start at the beginning. My room was ready at 10:37am. I’ve said it before, but early room access without having to ask is, to me, an act of love, and this property now holds the record. Then came the junior suite upgrade. (I’ll take it.) The pool food (almost always the weak link at a resort) was unbelievably good: a watermelon salad and chirashi that had no business being that well-executed poolside. Two perfect dishes for eating in a cabana while you soak in the sunshine, if you ask me.
Speaking of poolside: I was brought a tray of complimentary amenities shortly after settling in: a personal fan, face mist, undereye patches, sunscreen, goggles, a sunglass cleaning cloth, and a Four Seasons hat. Sounds like a small gesture until you're actually sitting outside in the Florida sun and realize someone thought of everything before you did. This is the kind of thing I mean when I say anticipatory service (the best kind).
Dinner at Florie’s was another level entirely. Everything was beyond, but a standout was the wagyu steak tartare, which is prepared tableside and finished with potato sticks. Another thing worth mentioning: My friend Alexa Katz, who’s gluten-free, was brought GF bread that honestly looked better than the regular bread. Love when a substitution is presented with equal (or better!) care.
Then there’s the superglue moment. My shoe broke, which is the kind of thing that can normally ruin your evening—but not here! The front desk sent maintenance rushing up to my room with superglue so I could fix it. Little things like that make all the difference in separating truly wonderful luxury hotels from just okay ones.
Palm Beach is an easy destination to get wrong: too stiff, too much pressure to perform a certain kind of leisure. This property sidesteps all of it. Warm without being casual, polished without being precious. I got so many DMs from people saying this is a place they love, and now I completely get all the hype.
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Tori Simokov is a Travel Writer and Graphic Designer/Strategist based in New York. To get in touch, email tori@v1projects.com. Want more? Check out Instagram, TikTok, or shop her curated favorites.