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The New CEO of Sofitel and MGallery Hotels Says Deliberate Hedonism Plus Mindful CSR Are What Today’s Luxury Is Made Of

Meet Maud Bailly, who’s gone from running one of the biggest Metro stations in Paris to France’s biggest name in luxury hospitality.

Hotels

This $21,000-a-Night Private Island in Indonesia Conjures the Castaway Spirit — With Endless Spa Treatments

Luxury eco-resort Bawah Reserve is opening a new private-island out in the clear waters of a far-flung archipelago in Indonesia.

Hotels

The Slate Phuket Is a Steampunk Beach Resort Fever Dream

Design-driven hotel The Slate Phuket marries industrial chic with traditional Thai design for a fun, cognitive dissonant beach experience.

Hotels

The Ultimate Guide to Petcation Hotels in Asia-Pacific

Dogs and cats are living the suite life. We visit petcations pioneer Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, and offer a huge list of luxe petcation hotels.

Trips

VIDEO: We Did a 48-Hour Holistic Wellness Retreat in the Philippines

Watch this mind-blowing video of our personalized holistic wellness retreat with awesome alternative therapies at The Farm at San Benito.

Hotels

3 of the World’s Coolest Boutique Luxury Hotels Will Open in Singapore

Singapore has exciting luxury hotels coming soon. We preview 3 new boutique hotels: The Standard, Edition and Mondrian.

Wellness & Spas

These Are the Coolest New Wellness Concepts in Asia

5 luxury brands with new resorts or programs offering healing in the plushest of places—these are the coolest new wellness concepts of 2021.

Wellness & Spas

Here’s What You Need to Know to Decode Every Spa Menu

What’s the difference between Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine? We explain 8 of the most interesting spa menu out there.

Wellness & Spas

How to Go on a Shaman-Driven Wellness Journey in Ubud

Ubud has been Bali’s healing capital for more than a thousand years. We discover that a shaman’s secret ingredient is simple: belly laughs.

Wellness & Spas

The Best New Hotel Spas in Asia

A number of new wellness retreats are inviting guests to relax and recoup in style. Here are the best new hotel spas in Asia in 2021.

Wellness & Spas

This Wellness Retreat on Koh Samui is Designed to Fix Your Posture

A sun-drenched retreat in the Gulf of Thailand wants to improve your posture. We discover the benefits of sitting up straight.

Hotels

This Indonesian Resort Has a Horse Retirement Plan

What screams ‘cinematic vacation’ more than riding down a beautiful beach? Indonesian resort Nihi Sumba has a stable of rescue horses.

Hotels

Why Biophilic Hotel Design Is So Hot Right Now

The new Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay is the latest lush example of biophilic hotels, designed to immerse us in nature inside and out.

Hotels

Here’s How Hospitality Art Consultants Create and Curate the Art in Asia’s Best Hotels

From grande dame Siam Kempinski to the new Hotel Royal Hoi An, the best hotels today use their walls as portals to culture, cultivate soul, and give you reason to feel.

Hotels

These Are the Coolest Hotel X Artist Collabs

Colorful things happen when artists and hotels work together. A fresh wave of collaborations sees a flourish of covetous trinkets and more.

Dining

Jakarta's Food Scene is on the Rise

A strong metric for charting regional capitals is by the sophistication of their food scenes. We loosen our belts and make a case for Jakarta.

Hotels

Review: Alba Wellness Resort by Fusion

Alba, a luxe and lush new hot-spring resort from wellness brand Fusion plunges us into the mineral-rich waters of central Vietnam.

Hotels

Traversing Vietnam and Discovering History, Culture, and Top-Notch Resorts

New resorts in remote places highlight Vietnam’s diverse natural beauty while always keeping sight of its layered history and culture.

Hotels

Capella Ubud Is Redefining the Luxury-Resort Experience

Capella Ubud is super green, intensely local, spiritually grounded and endearingly personable. This resort is 20 minutes from downtown Ubud.

Hotels

This OG Luxury Eco-Resort in Langkawi Has Somehow Gotten Even Greener

The Datai Langkawi's greening efforts go far beyond the new nature center with its coral-preservation and rehab program

Beaches & Islands

Small-Town Surfing Center Siargao Island Needs to Be on Your Radar

If small-town surfing center Siargao Island, on the eastern edge of the Philippines isn’t already on your radar, it will be very soon.

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