This is Window Shopping, a weekly briefing from Window Seat. Every issue covers essential news in luxury travel, spotlights one exceptional hotel, and shares personal updates or recent product discoveries.
In one of my favorite collabs this year, Lacoste and artist Michael McGregor dropped an exclusive capsule only available via room service order at one of Hoxton’s 19 properties. Featuring McGregor’s signature vibrant hotel-ephemera illustrations on Lacoste polos, hoodies, pajamas, a bathrobe, and more, the catch is you can’t buy it online or in stores. Clever!
Hyatt and American Airlines announced this week that they’re ending their partnership, only for Hyatt to announce a new, exclusive relationship with Delta just hours later. The Delta partnership will include dual earning for eligible elite members: World of Hyatt elites can earn Hyatt points on qualifying Delta flights, while Delta Medallions can earn SkyMiles on qualifying Hyatt stays, on top of their usual rewards. As someone who is both a Delta and Hyatt loyalist, this is a match made in heaven for me.
All-business-class airline La Compagnie just announced nonstop service connecting Newark to Düsseldorf Airport starting in Spring 2027. Operating weekly on their A321neoLR that has 76 lie-flat seats, La Compagnie will be the only airline offering direct service. Düsseldorf might serve as a massive economic hub but let’s be honest: I’m mostly just looking for any excuse to finally book a flight on an all-business-class plane.
I’m currently resetting in New York with a staycation split between the New York EDITION and the Times Square EDITION (full recap dropping next week—I’m suuuch a fan of EDITION Hotels).
Later this weekend, I’m heading across the Atlantic yet again, this time for a trip to Amsterdam for my second visit. I’m really excited to be returning almost exactly a year after my first; there’s nothing better than skipping the orientation phase of a place and jumping straight back in. I have a few of my favorite spots lined up, but I’d love to hear yours: any non-negotiables on your AMS list?
Juvet Landscape Hotel — Alstad, Norway
Deep in a forest in Norway sits a property that you might recognize as the backdrop from Ex Machina, but the real reason to book is how seamlessly its architecture blends into the surrounding landscape. The cabin never touches the terrain, thanks to thin steel rods that are anchored straight into bedrock keeping it hovering off the ground. Inside, massive floor-to-ceiling glass walls take center stage, framing incredible sights of the river and mossy canyon wilderness. Paired with a concrete bathhouse built into the riverbank and communal dinners in a restored 100-year-old barn, it remains one of the ultimate Scandinavian dream stays I’m itching to check off.
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For Ams, consider Stedelijk a good permanent collection of modern Dutch works, or even Museum Cobra if you're really into art. Smaller, but much more focused and interesting. Rijsttafel is a must. If you can (and the weather allows) rent a boat on Amstel and stop by Ouderkerk aan de Amstel and have the Rijsttafel at Ron Gastrobar, I don't know if they still hold the star, but it's the only dish you can't find anywhere else except Indonesia obviously. Have fun!