Mandarin Oriental Kuala LumpurWe love to root for the underdog as much as anyone, and we delight in exposing small independent hotels to a wider audience. But like the mainstream pop (...)
PalawanPhilippines' last ecological frontier: splendid beaches and a National Marine Park, part of UNESCO.
The Peninsula TokyoLike Moses just back from the mountain, we’re here to tell you that we have seen the Peninsula Tokyo, and it is good. Actually, good is a bit of an (...)
Aleenta Resort & Spa, Phuket-Phang NgaPhuket’s no longer the untamed paradise it was, but a place like Aleenta proves that, if you pick your spot properly, you can still get that old (...)
Shangri-La Hotel TokyoWhether the Tokyo hotel market is crowded with high-end lodgings or merely presents a wealth of upscale choices is perhaps a matter of perspective. But (...)
The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial StreetMost Ritz-Carltons look, from the lobby if not from the street, like something out of Revolutionary France; in 21st-century Beijing that would just be (...)
Park Hotel TokyoLike many Tokyo hotels, the Park Hotel occupies part of a mixed-use skyscraper; in this case, ten uppermost floors of the Shiodome Media Tower, right in (...)
Potala PalaceThe Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama ran to India, after an invasion in 1959. Today the Potala Palace has (...)
Kemang Icon By AlilaJakarta’s been slow to jump on the design hotel bandwagon. This is not necessarily a bad thing; it just means they’ve missed out on the awkward (...)
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