Skye Niseko stands at the top of Hirafu-zaka, the street that climbs through the village, at the foot of the Grand Hirafu slopes between the King and Ace gondolas. Guests ski in and out, and in winter a free shuttle loops through the village every twenty minutes. Before it opened, the trade press called it … Read more
Hirafu-zaka is the main street of Upper Hirafu, climbing to the Grand Hirafu lifts with Mount Yōtei behind, and it lies inside a national park, under the Natural Parks Law. Sansui stands on it, built for Hirafu Capital, which Gendai Business described in 2024 as a Hong Kong-affiliated developer that owns and runs the hotel … Read more
Niseko’s Higashiyama ski area began in 1982, when Kokudo, the land company of the Seibu group, and the town of Niseko opened it with a Higashiyama Prince Hotel. Seibu sold the ski hill, the golf and the hotels to a Citigroup arm in 2006, and in 2010 the Malaysian group YTL bought the lot, by … Read more
A Bill Bensley design: a cliff-top resort at Seogwipo, on the quiet south coast of Jeju, connected to Route 7 of the Olle trail.
Fairmont’s first hotel in Thailand, a 474-room property in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit district opened in August 2026.
A 299-room riverside hotel in Bangkok’s Creative District, with interiors by Jean-Michel Gathy and 200 metres of frontage on the Chao Phraya.
Thailand’s original health resort, founded in 1995 on the beach at Hua Hin, where every guest follows a personal programme.
A wellbeing retreat of 23 pool villas within Laguna Phuket at Bang Tao, the first property of Banyan Tree’s Veya brand.
A 425-room seafront hotel on the Southside of Hong Kong Island, beside the Ocean Park theme park, with every room facing the sea.
The 1980 harbourfront hotel in Kowloon, redesigned by Chi Wing Lo and officially reopened under its original name in November 2023 with 497 rooms.