In 1606 Suminokura Ryōi, a Kyoto merchant grown rich on trade with what is now Vietnam, opened the Hozu River to boats, and went on to build canals and waterways west of the city. Upstream of Togetsukyo Bridge, where the same river runs through the gorge of Arashiyama as the Oi, Discover Japan reports the … Read more
In April 2016 Kanazawa City invited proposals for an international brand hotel on city-owned land at the west exit of the station, beside the plaza where the Shinkansen arrives, and in July Orix won the right to negotiate. Toshinari Fukaya, head of Orix’s real-estate business, said the aim was to bring affluent visitors from around … Read more
Xi’an, the capital of thirteen dynasties, grew on a north–south grid. In the High-Tech Zone in the south of the city, where the developer Zhongda built its mixed-use THE CITY on Keji 2nd Road, a newer grid runs slightly off that axis. WATG, the architects, placed the hotel where the two meet: the hotel tower … Read more
In 1951 a site on Dongxin Street, inside the Ming walls of Xi’an, was set aside for the State Guesthouse of Xi’an, and the building that stands there opened two years later. Its architect was Hong Qing, chief architect of the Northwest Institute of Architectural Design, who mixed French details, the fleur-de-lis among them, with … Read more
By Farrells’ account, KK100, the tower in Luohu that holds The St. Regis Shenzhen, stands where Caiwuwei Village stood: a dense cluster of tall village houses with alleys so narrow that little sunlight or air got in. The developer, Kingkey Group, formed a joint company with the villagers, who were rehoused in new flats above … Read more
Andaz Shenzhen Bay belongs to China Resources Land’s own piece of the city: a mixed-use development of 860,000 square metres on Shenzhen Bay that also holds the China Resources Headquarters, the Shenzhen Bay MixC mall and the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. CR Land owns the hotel and Hyatt runs it, a partnership that began with … Read more
Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen is on Fuhua Third Road in Futian, across from the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center and a short walk from the Civic Center, which holds the municipal hall and museum. The Concert Hall and Library, both by Arata Isozaki, are close by, and the Huanggang and Futian crossings to Hong Kong … Read more
Next to the hotel stands the Ping An Finance Centre, 599 metres and 118 floors, the tallest building in Shenzhen. Park Hyatt is in its smaller companion, the 48-storey South Tower, which is joined to it, and the hotel opened at the top of it in August 2019, with the insurer Ping An as its … Read more
In Chinese, The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen is 深圳星河丽思卡尔顿酒店, the Shenzhen Galaxy Ritz-Carlton. Galaxy is Shenzhen Galaxy Industrial Company, with which Ritz-Carlton developed the hotel as part of the Galaxy Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Office Complex; the English name leaves it out. Ritz-Carlton opened it in March 2009 in the Futian business district, facing the Shenzhen Convention and … Read more
Fairmont’s first hotel in Thailand, a 474-room property in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit district opened in August 2026.