Aman Review 2026: Record Score of 96, 36 Hotels, No Points and No Published Rates

Aman is first of the twenty brands on our luxury hotel brand hierarchy, at 96 out of 100: 36 hotels and resorts, owned and run by Vlad Doronin and registered as Aman Group S.à r.l. in Baar, Switzerland, with no points programme and no room rates published outside its booking engine. This record is the evidence file behind that score. It sets out what Aman publishes about itself, how Forbes Travel Guide and the MICHELIN Guide rate the Aman hotels we could read, what could not be found, and where our other pages and Aman's own figures disagree.

Verified 26 September 2026 · aman.com (about, leadership, legal notice, group, destinations, dining, offers and hotel pages) · Forbes Travel Guide · the MICHELIN Guide · our luxury hotel brand hierarchy of 7 September 2026

How Aman scores: 96 out of 100

Aman scores 96 out of 100, first of twenty brands: full marks for rate band, consistency and service depth, 19 of 20 for privacy and scale, and 12 of 15 for food and drink. The points are the luxury hotel brand hierarchy's of 7 September 2026, carried unchanged; under each criterion is what we could read on 26 September 2026. None of it contradicts a figure the hierarchy prints, though Aman's home page gives two different country totals, and the three Forbes Travel Guide ratings we could read are all Four-Star.

Aman publishes who owns and runs it, where the company is registered, how many hotels it has and which it will open next. It publishes little else a guest could check before booking: no rates, no staff numbers, no room count on most hotel pages and no awards page. The outside ratings we could read are steady rather than top of the scale: Forbes Travel Guide rates Amangiri, Aman Venice and Aman Tokyo Four-Star, and the MICHELIN Guide gives three Aman hotels its highest grade, Three Keys: Aman Venice, Amanemu and Aman New York.

The evidence record

The record holds 18 facts about Aman, each with its source and grade. Grade A means the company's own site or terms; grade B means a rating body such as Forbes Travel Guide or the MICHELIN Guide, a registry or major press; grade C means a secondary source not confirmed elsewhere. Every line was read on 26 September 2026 unless its source says otherwise.

Who owns Aman?

Aman is owned and run by Vlad Doronin, whom Aman's leadership page lists as "Owner, Chairman and CEO"; the company named in its legal notice is Aman Group S.à r.l., registered at Grabenstrasse 17 in Baar, Switzerland.

The legal notice gives the Swiss registration number CHE-198.414.213 and a contact office at 75 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London, but names no directors. The leadership page lists eleven executives below Doronin, from a chief investment officer to managing directors for Asia Pacific, Japan, Europe and the Americas. No stock listing appears on any page we opened. Aman dates itself to 1988, "when Amanpuri opened in Phuket, Thailand", and its about page and group page name no founder.

Two of our own pages go further than Aman does. Our four-brand duel names PIF and Cain International among Aman's investors, and our branded residences index says the owner of Amanyara is suing Aman and its chairman. Neither is stated on an Aman page, and the index links no source for the suit, so this record treats both as unconfirmed until a source can be opened.

How many hotels does Aman have?

Aman says 36: its about page counts "36 hotels, resorts and residence developments in 21 countries", though its home page gives 20 countries in one place and 21 in another. The destinations page marks one hotel newly open, one closed until it reopens and three with an opening year, all read on 26 September 2026.

Aman's own count takes in residence developments, so it is wider than a count of hotels taking guests tonight; the hierarchy prints the same 36 as "hotels and resorts". Our Aman alternatives page still says "roughly 35", which goes to its next update. The group page adds a second hotel brand, Janu, and says "Aman at Sea" will follow; Aman's first ship, Amangati, and its fares are set out in hotel brands at sea, and its residences are scored in the branded residences index. Whether a hotel's first season is worth the risk is weighed in should you book a brand-new luxury hotel.

How Aman's hotels are rated by Forbes Travel Guide and the MICHELIN Guide

The three Aman hotels we could read on Forbes Travel Guide are all Four-Star, and the MICHELIN Guide lists seven Aman hotels with Keys: Three at Aman Venice, Amanemu and Aman New York, Two at four more.

Forbes Travel Guide grades hotels Recommended, Four-Star or Five-Star, and the MICHELIN Guide gives one to three Keys to the hotels it selects; neither listing we read prints the year of the award. Aman keeps no awards page (its awards address returned nothing), so every rating here comes from the rating body's own page: Amangiri, Aman Venice and Aman Tokyo on Forbes Travel Guide, and the MICHELIN Guide's hotel listings for Italy, Japan, New York, Courchevel, Bangkok and Phuket, which also link a restaurant, Arva, from the Venice and Tokyo entries. Amanpuri, Aman's first resort, does not appear in the Phuket listing.

How to book Aman, and whether any perks come with it

Aman runs no points programme and prints no adviser or card-programme perks on any page we opened; it sells through its own site and reservations.

Aman's offers page lists perks hotel by hotel rather than nightly prices, and its terms and travel-adviser pages returned no content to our reader. Our Booking.com vs direct audit of 17 July 2026 found that "Aman does not distribute its hotels through Booking.com". Our Direct vs Amex FHR vs Virtuoso guide prices three nights at Aman Tokyo at USD 2,200 a night and says upgrades are often confirmed for Aman through a preferred partner; Fine Hotels + Resorts comes with the Amex Platinum, set against its rival in Amex Platinum vs Chase Sapphire Reserve.

For a traveller who collects points, that is the trade: an Aman stay earns status in no chain programme. The chain programmes are compared in Hilton Diamond vs Marriott Titanium vs Hyatt Globalist and the hotel status match guide, and the case for booking the best hotel over the best points is made in you do not owe any brand your loyalty.

Who Aman suits, and who it does not

Aman suits a traveller who wants small, quiet hotels and will pay for them without points or a published price; it suits less well anyone who needs a rate before enquiring, or status that carries to other hotels.

Aman says it takes "its name from the Sanskrit-derived word for 'peace'" and aims for service "peerless in every way", in the words of its about page. Its city hotels are small by city standards, 83 suites in New York and 84 rooms and suites in Tokyo; how those cities rank for a short stay is in best city break destinations. It also runs Aman Le Mélézin in Courchevel 1850, and Courchevel's place among the winter resorts is in best ski destinations.

When Aman is full, the nearest substitutes are in Aman alternatives; how its service compares with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis is in ultra-luxury hotel service, compared, and what a hotel front desk records about a guest is in hotel check-in privacy.

Aman: the decisions that come next

Which brand, where to stay when Aman is full, how to book and whether to wait for a new hotel are the next decisions, and each has its own page here.

Where Aman stands on Uncompromised Travel

Aman appears on eleven Uncompromised Travel pages with a position or a figure, and holds a numbered rank on one of them.

Alternatives to Aman to compare

The nearest alternatives on the same rubric are the other ultra-luxury brands: Cheval Blanc, Oetker Hotels, Maybourne and Soneva. Six Senses, Rosewood and Belmond are set against Aman on our four-brand duel.

What this record does not show

Seven things a guest would want could not be found or verified for Aman. Supplying a verifiable source closes a gap; it changes the evidence, never the rubric.

What changed at Aman, 2025 to 2026

Aman's own pages date few changes: Amanvari in Mexico is now open, Amangani in Jackson Hole is closed until it reopens, and three new hotels carry opening years from 2028 to 2030.