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High-Tech Hotels throughout the World: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for High-Tech Hotels throughout the World helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

If you just can't stand to travel without all the imaginable techno gadgets, stay at one of the high-tech hotels on this list. Head downstairs for a big latte—or make a fresh pot of coffee in your room—then get out your trusty laptop and PDA and cell phone (or rent them from the front desk) and start tapping out e-mails from your room or the lobby. Bored? Turn on the giant flat-screen plasma TV and select a pay-per-view movie. Some guest rooms even come with remote controls that operate everything from the air-conditioning to the bed to the TV and DVD player to the lights. If you prefer high-tech accommodations, one of the hotels on this list is ideal.

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1. Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
Avenida Alvear 1661, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The newest major hotel in Buenos Aires, this Recoleta gem opened in July of 2006. It is situated between the Alvear Palace and the Four Seasons. Despite its initial historic impression, it's among the most technologically sophisticated hotels in the city and makes the most of an extensive modern art... Read Entire Review »
2. Design Suites
Marcelo T de Alvear 1683, Buenos Aires, Argentina
With branches in Salta, Bariloche, El Calafate and Tierra del Fuego, as well as this, the flagship, in the capital, visitors can now travel the considerable length of Argentina without spending a night in any lodging other than a Design Suites. One of the first design-hotels in the city, this establ... Read Entire Review »
3. NH Crillon
Av Sante Fe 796, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Adjacent to lovely Plaza San Martin, situated in the heart of the city, this handsome eight-story belle-epoque building has been refurbished and renovated back into the top of its league, just below the fine Claridge. This remains one of the better choices for those who do not want to splurge on a d... Read Entire Review »
4. The Sukhothai Hotel
13/3 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok, Thailand
This property shares Superstar honors with The Oriental, but reigns without peer for breathtakingly gorgeous interiors and its nearly six acres of greenery and water pools. Tucked discreetly back from jammed South Sathorn Road in garden grounds, this trim compound of elegantly austere, white midrise... Read Entire Review »
5. The Westin Osaka
1-1-20 Oyodo Naka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
In the Shin-Umeda district, this property sits next to the architecturally striking Umeda Sky Building, 800 m northwest of Osaka Station. The hotel offers larger guest rooms than the similarly priced Hilton and a refreshing lack of pretense and clubby ostentation, the hallmarks of The Ritz-Carlton's... Read Entire Review »
6. Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi
Pacific Century Place, 1-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
This hotel has the city's most convenient location for business travelers looking for a quick connection between Narita Airport, downtown Tokyo, and bullet trains to other cities. For first-timers leery of getting from the airport to the hotel on their own, the hotel offers a greeting service, in wh... Read Entire Review »
7. Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so
2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
This is a deluxe urban sanctuary enveloped by a 7-hectare Japanese garden. Although the location is the prettiest of any hotel in Tokyo, it is also inconvenient, requiring costly taxi rides to most business districts. (The nearest subway station, Edogawabashi on the Yurakucho Line, is a 15-minute wa... Read Entire Review »
8. Emiliano Hotel
Rua Oscar Freire 384, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In the heart of fashionable shopping, in one of the city's more desirable locations, this small select address ranks as one of the more exclusive boutique-hotels in Sao Paulo. The building's narrow architectural lines, primarily glass and marble, create an elegant introduction for arrivals. Guests e... Read Entire Review »