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This seven-story structure is a welcome addition to the emerging kingdom's small capital city. Offering an appealingly chic design, it also reflects...
Located in a renovated shophouse alongside sister property the One Hotel in the middle of Siem Reap's nightlife district, the three-room Hotel Be is...
Sitting squarely in the sweet spot between cheap guesthouse and big-box hoteland unbeatably pricedViroth's has a simple, clean design...
In a reversal of Beijing's tear-down frenzy, former banker Shauna Liu discovered a courtyard house on a small street called Performance and Music...
The imminent summer Olympics have brought heightened competition to Beijing's field of five-star hotels, but The Regent stands out, thanks to a...
The first Relais & Châteaux hotel in China, the 46-room Hotel of Modern Art–HOMA Libre is nestled among unearthly karst mountains in...
If Macau is the new Sin City, the $2.4 billion Venetian Macao resort is the ultimate ode to China's new consumer culture. Like its Las Vegas...
This Balinese-managed property brings the best of that tropical haven to the new China. High concrete walls between villas ensure maximum privacy at...
From this double-towered high-rise on the north end of the city's famous waterfront, guests are granted a full frontal view of Shanghai's...
An inconspicuous sign is all that announces this striking 1920s building as a hotel. A sister property to the Hong Kong original, it is set apart...
The 18 antiques-filled guest rooms at this gem of a hotel are reminiscent of a romantic Parisian inn yet work for demanding business travelers as...
Serene little URBN is a hotel with lofty environmental ambitions, implementing eco-friendly elements such as solar shades and water-based A/C, and...
Getting to 360° Leti is not for the faint-hearted. After an overnight train ride from Delhi (or a charter flight, which cuts out an additional...
CGH Earth—known for its eco-friendly, less-is-more heritage approach—has refurbished a magnificent mansion as a 15-room hotel in Tamil...
The crowd at Ista, drawn partly from the booming IT park nearby, includes plenty of young and hip business types, but there are as many savvy leisure...
With the assistance of the Neemrana group of heritage hotels, John Persenda, a collector of colonial art, has undertaken a labor of love to restore...
Just two years after opening a gleaming tower in this hyperkinetic capital, Ritz-Carlton has launched a second hotel, this one with a streamlined...
Recent years have seen the opening in Bali of several small resorts comprising Indonesian farmhouses relocated to quiet settings, yet none of them...
Hugging the craggy southwestern coastline of the Bukit Peninsula, this group of four whitewashed two-bedroom clifftop villas maximizes the view with...
The Peninsula Tokyo made news even before it opened: Not only would it be the city's first freestanding hotel built from the ground up in more than a...
A fabled port of call for Malay, Chinese, Arab, Indian, Portuguese, Dutch, and British traders, Malacca retains its ethnically diverse charms, but...
This 35-acre island, a former sea turtle habitat that's part of the northernmost Ihavandhippolhu Atoll, offers both family fun and romantic intimacy...
Nature and nurture harmonize at this sun-kissed speck on the periphery of North Ari Atoll, where pandanus jungle blankets all but the island's sandy...
The fleet of shiny Bentleys parked outside this striking metal-and-glass tower hints at the comfort that waits within: Reception formalities are...
Museum-quality restoration of both the ornate wedding-cake exterior and the interior Italian floral floor mosaics has resurrected this crumbling...
The Thai capital is awash in hotels of all shapes and sizes, but tucked into a cul-de-sac off Sukhumvit Road, this town house turned B&B will...
This intimate eight-room urban retreat from owner-designer Rachen Intawong on a residential street in downtown Chiang Mai—he also designed the...
At the Villa Water Orchid, the intimate B&B-style experience goes considerably upmarket, thanks to an Irish owner who has filled this four-suite...
On a secluded island reached by a 40-minute powerboat cruise past the limestone outcrops of Phang Nga Bay, these 56 pool villas all have private...
At one of Phuket's most stylish small hotels, all of the 79 airy rooms housed in 1960s-inspired one- and two-story buildings offer easy access to the...
Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag secures his reputation as the latest Thai design wunderkind with striking minimalist work at this 79-room beach resort...
Cappadocia has no lack of quirky cave accommodations, but the Serinn House is the region's first with a strong design sensibility. From the outside,...
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