Six Senses Krabey Island
Forty pool villas in the forest of a private island in the Gulf of Thailand, off Cambodia’s Ream National Park.
Spa
Shinta Mani Wild
Bill Bensley’s camp of 15 tents along a river in the Cardamom forest of south-west Cambodia, built to pay for the protection of the valley around it.
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.
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.
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.
Azuma Farm Koiwai
A 24-room retreat by Adrian Zecha’s Azumi and JR East in a grove on Koiwai Farm, at the foot of Mount Iwate, west of Morioka.
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.
The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko
A 94-room lakeside resort on Lake Chuzenji in Nikko National Park, and the first Ritz-Carlton with its own hot spring.
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.