Located on the white sands of Wailea's Polo Beach in Maui, the Fairmont Kea Lani in early 2015 completed the renovation of all of its 413 one-bedroom suites and 37 villas. The 9,000-square-foot Willow Stream Spa features local ingredients and traditions, including experience showers inspired by types of Maui rain, a hot lava rock foot bed and a volcanic mud bar.

The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai is the only property run by the Canadian luxury hotelier on Hawaii Island. The resort, which is located on the Kona-Kohala coast, includes 243 rooms clustered in two-story bungalows as well as an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course.

The 269-room Inn at Spanish Bay is one of three properties at California's Pebble Beach Resorts. Guestrooms all feature a fireplace, complimentary WiFi and lavish, modern bathrooms, and most have a private patio or balcony. Guests have access to the inn's six dining venues and Pebble Beach Resorts' 22,000-square-foot spa or five golf courses.

Located on the tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula in San Jose del Cabo, One&Only Palmilla is nestled within an oasis of private gardens adjacent to one of the only swimmable beaches in Los Cabos. The 173-room, all-balcony resort features fine dining at Agua by Larbi and Market by Jean-Georges. The resort offers the One&Only Spa, the Jack Nicklaus-designed 27-hole Palmilla Golf Club, watersports and surfing activities, kids programs and yachting excursions aboard the resort's brand-new Catari yacht.

This 261-room property in Half Moon Bay, Calif., features two golf courses, a 16,000-square-foot spa, six lighted tennis courts and three communal gas firepits with views of the Pacific. Its four dining venues emphasize locally sourced ingredients. In a commitment to ecofriendliness, all guestrooms use low-energy LED bulbs.

This luxury resort on Bora Bora in French Polynesia features the largest overwater and beach bungalow villas in the South Pacific, each with a terrace and gazebo and some boasting Jacuzzis and/or private pools. The resort offers the Miri Miri Spa by Clarins on a private island, a signature restaurant by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and the Italian-influenced Far Niente.