Rosewood Luang Prabang
Bill Bensley’s 23-key resort beside a waterfall in a forest valley, ten minutes from the old town of Luang Prabang, with six tented villas on the hilltop.
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InterContinental Kaohsiung
A 253-room hotel in the Farglory The One tower, close to the rebuilt harbour front of Taiwan’s southern port.
Capella Taipei
André Fu’s modern mansion on Dunhua North Road: 86 rooms and suites, six with private plunge pools, and the first Capella in Taiwan.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam
A 241-room hotel by Studio Piet Boon above Apgujeong metro station in Gangnam, with interiors inspired by the Korean wrapping cloth, bojagi.
Signiel Busan
Lotte’s second Signiel hotel: 260 rooms planned around sea views in the LCT Landmark Tower at Haeundae, Busan’s best-known beach district.
Grand Hyatt Jeju
A 1,600-room hotel in the twin-tower Jeju Dream Tower, ten minutes from Jeju airport, with 14 restaurants and bars and the island’s largest pool deck.
Rosewood Miyakojima
Rosewood’s first hotel in Japan: 55 villas and houses by Studio Piet Boon on a peninsula of Miyako Island, in Okinawa prefecture.
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
A ski-in, ski-out mountain resort of 100 rooms and more than 80 residences at the foot of the Hanazono slopes in Niseko, Hokkaido.
Amanemu
Aman’s hot-spring resort above Ago Bay in Ise-Shima National Park: 24 suites and a number of villas by Kerry Hill, each with its own onsen bath.
Four Seasons Hotel Osaka
A 175-room hotel on the upper floors of the One Dojima tower in central Osaka, with a floor of 21 tatami rooms run as a contemporary ryokan.