Esquire Names the Top New Hotel in North America and Europe: It’s in San Diego

The hotel was built in 1946, but last year’s renovation has been lauded as a remarkable transformation.
Esquire Names the Top New Hotel in North America and Europe: It’s in San Diego
The Lafayette Hotel in San Diego. Dreamstime/TNS
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By Lori Weisberg From The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO—El Cajon Boulevard is hardly a hot spot for San Diego tourism, but when the more than $30 million redo of The Lafayette Hotel made its debut last year, it was an almost instant success—so much so that it’s just been named the best new hotel of the year by Esquire magazine.