Southeast Asia
From hilltop havens to royal residences and luxurious stilt houses, here are some of the best hotels to stay in Luang Prabang.
By Lakshmi Sharath
Wellness & Spas
5 luxury brands with new resorts or programs offering healing in the plushest of places—these are the coolest new wellness concepts of 2021.
By Marissa Carruthers
What’s the difference between Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine? We explain 8 of the most interesting spa menu out there.
By Camilla Coburn Davis
Ubud has been Bali’s healing capital for more than a thousand years. We discover that a shaman’s secret ingredient is simple: belly laughs.
By Jeninne Lee-St. John and photographed by Lauryn Ishak
A sun-drenched retreat in the Gulf of Thailand wants to improve your posture. We discover the benefits of sitting up straight.
By Amelia Lester
A number of new wellness retreats are inviting guests to relax and recoup in style. Here are the best new hotel spas in Asia in 2021.
By Diana Hubbell
Hotels
What screams ‘cinematic vacation’ more than riding down a beautiful beach? Indonesian resort Nihi Sumba has a stable of rescue horses.
By Christian Barker
The new Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay is the latest lush example of biophilic hotels, designed to immerse us in nature inside and out.
By Nick Measures
From grande dame Siam Kempinski to the new Hotel Royal Hoi An, the best hotels today use their walls as portals to culture, cultivate soul, and give you reason to feel.
By Laurel Tuohy
Colorful things happen when artists and hotels work together. A fresh wave of collaborations sees a flourish of covetous trinkets and more.
Dining
A strong metric for charting regional capitals is by the sophistication of their food scenes. We loosen our belts and make a case for Jakarta.
By Ron Gluckman and photographs by Charles Dharapak
Alba, a luxe and lush new hot-spring resort from wellness brand Fusion plunges us into the mineral-rich waters of central Vietnam.
By Angela Goh
New resorts in remote places highlight Vietnam’s diverse natural beauty while always keeping sight of its layered history and culture.
By Eloise Basuki and photographed by Leigh Griffiths
Capella Ubud is super green, intensely local, spiritually grounded and endearingly personable. This resort is 20 minutes from downtown Ubud.
By Jeninne Lee-St. John and photographed by Stephan Kotas
The Datai Langkawi's greening efforts go far beyond the new nature center with its coral-preservation and rehab program
By Jeninne Lee St.-John
Beaches & Islands
If small-town surfing center Siargao Island, on the eastern edge of the Philippines isn’t already on your radar, it will be very soon.
By Jeninne Lee-St. John
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