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Rosewood Hong Kong exterior at Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha TsuiTravelRosewood Hong Kong Tops the World’s 50 Best Hotels List AgainDesign & ArchitectureFour Seasons Guangzhou Unveils a New Sky-High AtriumThe Dali EDITION lobby lounge with views over Erhai Lake, YunnanTravelThe Dali EDITION Opens Above Erhai LakeJournal →

Destinations

Where to go

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Rosewood Bangkok hotel on Ploenchit Road, BangkokBangkok14 hotels →The Peninsula Hong Kong exterior in the evening, flagship of HSHHong Kong14 hotels →Kiyomizu-dera temple, KyotoKyoto12 hotels →THE KARL LAGERFELD hotel lobby at Grand Lisboa Palace Resort MacauMacau10 hotels →Jumeirah Bali all-villa resort overlooking the ocean in Uluwatu, BaliBali9 hotels →Waldorf Astoria Shanghai Qiantan exterior at night in Pudong, ShanghaiShanghai9 hotels →

Hotels

Recently opened

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Shangri-La Kunming hotel exterior in Yunnan's capitalYunnanOpened April 2026Shangri-La KunmingShangri-La Kunming stands on the plot of the old Camellia Hotel, bought in 2012 and slow to build.Discover →
  1. Opened Oct 2026Waldorf Astoria Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur · Waldorf Astoria
  2. Opened Aug 2026Fairmont Bangkok SukhumvitBangkok · Fairmont
  3. Opened Jul 2026Songtsam Linka KunmingYunnan · Songtsam
  4. Opened Jun 2026The Dali EDITIONYunnan · EDITION
  5. Opened May 2026NIHI RoteIndonesia
  6. Opened Apr 2026Azuma Farm KoiwaiTohoku

Lifestyle

Design, culture & style

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The Hong Kong Palace Museum on the West Kowloon waterfront, seen from Victoria HarbourDesign & ArchitectureWest Kowloon’s Two Museums: M+ and the Hong Kong Palace Museum Side by SideOctober 8, 2026The red buildings and clock tower of Dutch Square in MelakaCultureMelaka: A Guide to the Old Port on the StraitNovember 15, 2026The diamond-patterned glass facade of the Prada Aoyama flagship by Herzog & de Meuron in TokyoStyleTokyo’s Flagship Architecture: Ginza and Aoyama ComparedOctober 8, 2026Moss-covered trees and roots in the Shiratani Unsuikyo ravine on YakushimaWellnessForest Bathing in Japan: Where Shinrin-yoku Began and Where to Try ItOctober 8, 2026

Journal

From the Journal

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Turquoise water and a wooded headland at Surin Beach on Phuket's west coastNews · DiningPRU Becomes Phuket’s First Two-Star Restaurant in the Michelin Guide Thailand 2027November 15, 2026The Maharajas' Express at a station in RajasthanFeature · TravelThe Maharajas’ Express: A Week Across India by Luxury TrainNovember 15, 2026The white colonial Authors' Wing among palms, with a later hotel wing rising behindFeature · CultureMandarin Oriental, Bangkok at 150: The History of The OrientalNovember 15, 2026Pool villas around the lagoon at Banyan Tree Phuket, the group's first resortFeature · TravelBanyan Tree and Banyan Group: How a Phuket Resort Became a Hundred PropertiesOctober 8, 2026The water garden at Hoshinoya Kyoto on the Oi River in ArashiyamaFeature · DesignHoshinoya Kyoto and Hoshinoya Tokyo: One Architect, Two Ways to Reinvent the RyokanOctober 8, 2026The illuminated glass-block facade of Maison Hermès, Ginza, TokyoFeature · DesignHermès’s Maisons in Asia: Ginza, Seoul and ShanghaiOctober 8, 2026

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