Time is a cruel mistress. No matter how beautiful a hotel is at its birth, inevitably, the paint will chip, the design will grow old-fashioned, and the glamour of “newness” will all but fade away. Of course, all these buildings need is a little—or, in the cases below, big—refresh to bring them back into their heyday. Which is why we can hardly contain our excitement that these seven sleeps, after being shuttered for years undergoing complete makeovers, are finally ready for their second closeup.
