Luxury is cool. Art is cool. Great service is cool. Sometimes cool defies definition.

But when it comes to a cool hotel, you just know it when you see it.

The sixth annual CJ Cool List takes you across the ever-changing world of Caribbean hotels, throwing the spotlight on some established properties and some newer faces, from larger resorts to ultra-chic boutiques, from the Bahamas to the southern Caribbean. What do they all have in common? They’re just cool.

Here are the coolest hotels in the Caribbean for 2018.

Park Hyatt St Kitts It was the most anticipated opening in the Caribbean when it debuted last month in St. Kitts, thanks to the hard-to-match Park Hyatt brand and a remarkable design that’s married authentic, historic hues with cutting-edge accents. A new standard for Caribbean hotels.