The MICHELIN Guide unveiled the 2026 MICHELIN Key selection on Friday, with City of Dreams (COD) - Morpheus, Macau, promoted from Two to Three MICHELIN Keys, the highest distinction, while Banyan Tree Macau at Galaxy Macau was moved up from One to Two MICHELIN Keys.
The MICHELIN Keys is the hotel distinction equivalent to the MICHELIN Star for restaurants, according to a Friday MICHELIN Guide statement.
One MICHELIN Key denotes “A very special stay”, while Two and Three respectively mean “An exceptional stay” and “An extraordinary stay”, the statement said.
This year marked the second year that Hong Kong and Macau are joining the list, with a total of 19 properties from both regions garnering recognition. This particularly marks Macau’s first Three MICHELIN Key hotel.
Macau saw a total of nine properties awarded with MICHELIN Keys. Aside from the newly promoted properties, the other seven are as follows: Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP), Palazzo Versace Macau, and The Karl Lagerfeld were awarded Two MICHELIN Keys; while the Four Seasons Hotel Macau, The Londoner Macao, The Ritz-Carlton Macau, and The St. Regis Macau earned One MICHELIN Key.
Moreover, the statement highlighted that the 2026 selection “introduces MICHELIN Keys in 10 new destinations for the first time: Armenia, Benin, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Myanmar, Rwanda, Slovakia, and Zimbabwe”.
The statement added that the guide’s Global Keys selection has a total of 2,832 MICHELIN Key hotels, with 155 holding Three Keys, 657 holding Two Keys and 2,020 holding One Key.
This image provided by the MICHELIN Guide on Friday shows the MICHELIN Key.
