Hot List Hotels 2005
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For those enamored of First World comforts, traveling the circuit of an eventual half-dozen Amankoras will be the only way to see the world's last...
Sokha Beach is one of the world's most beautiful—a mile-long stretch of powdery white sand edging an azure sea. Better still, it's private:...
Every neighborhood in Hong Kong has its Guccis and Louis Vuittons, but now Causeway Bay can also boast of its very own Philippe Starck hotel. The...
This 60-acre resort—ringed by eight volcanoes—has 26 commodious suites in 18 exotic, historic Javanese buildings. All accommodations have...
In a departure from the island's recent trend toward over-the-top fantasy villas, the 313 rooms at the Conrad are downright tasteful—spacious and...
Not only does the Chedi Club deliver stunning views of Ubud's lush green rice fields, but it comes steeped in Indonesian history. Once the private...
Tradition meets the twenty-first century at Maison Souvannaphoum, once the palace of Prince Souvannaphouma. Two giant naga heads welcome guests into...
A 45-minute boat ride from the airport takes guests across the oceanic spectrum from crystal clear to impenetrable midnight before arriving at this...
The W hotel chain's first foray into Asia breaks two unwritten rules of this South Korean city: one, that every building should look more or less the...
Sri Lankans insist that their country's true beauty lies hidden in the interior. Less than two miles inland along an unmarked dirt path, River House...
Amangalla breathes luxurious new life into the former New Oriental Hotel, a seventeenth-century colonial gem inside Galle Fort, the UNESCO World...
Part Ian Schraeger, part Somerset Maugham, this 14-room hotel is in a seventeenth-century Dutch merchant's house in the heart of Sri Lanka's historic,...
Beach bunnies will find their Valhalla at Amanwella: All 30 spacious rooms have unobstructed views of the crescent bay, thanks to sliding glass doors...
This 40-acre hillside hideaway—set within a rain forest of bamboo and banana trees—has 24 (soon to be 33) waterfront villas, all with...
This 60-acre property's 405 rooms represent more than a dozen different decorative approaches. By far the most successful are the northern...
Modeled on the simple yet noble northern Thai–style temples nearby, this 23-room, single-story inn is a neat little assemblage of white-plaster...
Anantara's superb setting on a sylvan hillside above the Mekong River, an hour north of Chiang Rai, is not the only reason to love this 103-room...
Travelers to Bangkok can now forgo the urban jungle for the real thing. Kirimaya is set on 250 acres at the edge of Khao Yai National Park, a lush...
Each of the resort's 66 villas, which cling to a palm-studded headland above the sea, is a pleasure dome of rustic luxury in polished hardwoods,...
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