Amandayan
A 35-suite Aman resort of Nakhi-style courtyards on Lion Hill, directly above the tiled roofs of Lijiang’s Old Town.
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Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
An all-villa resort of around 120 villas on three linked islands in South Malé Atoll, a short yacht transfer from Malé airport, with 11 places to eat and drink.
Patina Maldives, Fari Islands
A 110-key resort in North Malé Atoll designed by Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27, with a James Turrell Skyspace, 45 minutes by boat from Malé airport.
Joali Being
A well-being island of 68 pool villas on Bodufushi in Raa Atoll, Maldives, reached by seaplane from Malé.
Six Senses Vana
A wellness retreat in a sal forest outside Dehradun, in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand, where the stay itself is the programme.
Raffles Udaipur
India’s first Raffles: 101 rooms and suites on a 21-acre private island in Udai Sagar lake, outside Udaipur, with a further lakeshore property.
Pan Pacific Orchard
WOHA’s 23-storey hotel off Orchard Road in Singapore, with 347 rooms arranged around four open-air planted terraces.
The Singapore EDITION
A 204-room hotel by Safdie Architects on Cuscaden Road, at the western end of Orchard Road, and the first EDITION in Southeast Asia.
Raffles Sentosa Singapore
Singapore’s first all-villa resort: 62 pool villas by Yabu Pushelberg in ten hectares of garden above Tanjong Beach, on Sentosa.
Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
A 252-room hotel on levels 75 to 114 of Merdeka 118, the second-tallest building in the world, at the edge of Kuala Lumpur’s old centre.