Hot List Hotels 2010
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Located in the bamboo-filled mountains above Hangzhou, this rustic 42-room property, Amanresorts' second in China, is actually a conversion of an...
It's located in the heart of Beijing's Central Business District, but the all-glass, rose gold-colored Fairmont pops out from the surrounding office...
Made famous by Chinese director Zhang Yimou's film Raise the Red Lantern, 2,700-year-old Pingyao is one of China's last remaining walled cities, and...
The brand's third hotel in China is, as custom dictates in this megalopolis of scaffolding and swinging cranes, a new-build grown from the rubble of a...
A glass tower with fabulous city views and friendly service, the PuLi offers sanctuary from the chaos of downtown Shanghai, despite its...
Paperless check-in/check-out and guest rooms equipped with energy-saving sensors and an iPod Touch loaded with in-room dining and guest services menus...
So infused with traditional Goanese design is the graceful, tile-roofed architecture, so massive and gnarled are the mango trees growing in its...
The latest of a quartet of luxe lodges set up by Taj hotels and safari experts &Beyond in the game parks of Madhya Pradesh, Banjaar Tola is also the...
The newly built Leela is even more flamboyantly domed and landscaped than the 20-acre Oberoi Udaivillas, its rival faux-palace hotel on the shores of...
Like an intricate sand castle rising out of semi-desert wilderness 45 minutes south of Jodhpur, this architectural gem was built as a labor of love...
It's a challenge to get to Raas through the confusion of old Jodhpur's narrow, congested streets. You at last reach an unprepossessing door in a...
A 45-minute drive from Jaisalmer's beautiful pink-sandstone fort city, The Serai features 21 grand campaign-style tents tightly arrayed in rows like a...
This fabulous clifftop pleasure complex on Bali's booming south coast is the region's first fully successful marriage of postmodern cool and tropical...
Once a desolate, sparsely populated rock, the Bukit, Bali's southern peninsula, is now chockablock with luxury resorts; the new kid on the cliff, the...
When it opened in 1962, the Hotel Indonesia was a 14-story marvel of modernism and became the preferred address for visiting foreign dignitaries,...
"This hybrid ryokan-hotel, a series of low buildings inspired by traditional Japanese houses, clings to the banks above the Hozugawa River in the...
A clever conversion of Luang Prabang's old provincial hospital has created the most luxurious property in the country. A sweeping driveway brings...
This six-bedroom 1910 colonial has been given new life by hotelier Christopher Ong, who put Sri Lanka's Galle Fort Hotel on the five-star map. Here,...
Getting to this island resort is the hard part: From Malé's international airport, it's another 55-minute domestic hop to Gaafu Alifu Atoll,...
Like Club Med without the dancing, this 142-villa tropical resort in the southern Maldives has a sporty vibe, with something for everyone: biking and...
Some island resorts have only one amazing beach; Shangri-La's Boracay Island property, however, has two—Banyugan (which is accessible only by...
An exquisite Sentosa Island colonial/modern hybrid on 30 acres, the first Asian outpost of the nascent Capella brand is a poised yet easygoing hotel...
Sri Lankan design guru Shanth Fernando takes his Paradise Road brand's minimalist palette to this 1880s colonial mansion that was redone in the early...
It's tempting to want to veg inside one's cozy suite at this hillside resort on Phuket's Kamala Bay. There's the wicked 52-inch LCD television in your...
A short ride down an unpaved road off the main highway from Phuket delivers guests to this white-walled 293-room resort on prime frontage along Khao...
Koh Samui now has a hotel scene to match its increasingly stylish visitors. Built on a slender plot on the northern end of Lamai Beach, Langham Place...
It's all about the views at this hotel, which is on the Krabi coastline and offers astonishing vistas of Phang Nga Bay. Here, 54 sumptuous suites and...
On Koh Kood, which is still pristine (though perhaps not for long–it is rumored that an airport will open on the island in 2012), Soneva Kiri is...
Despite an uninspiring aluminum-and-glass exterior, the 21-story, 305-room InterContinental Asiana Saigon is a solid business hotel that isn't missing...
The 109-year-old Sofitel Legend Metropole has been entertaining dignitaries and celebrities for decades with its old-world charm, antiques-filled...
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