Hotel Éclat Beijing - Chinese Contemporary Art & Creative Spaces

In the 1890s, this building on Robertson Quay was ground zero for Singapore's red-light district, a hub for opium dens, gambling houses, and Chinese secret societies who demanded 36 sacred oaths from new recruits. The street was known in Hokkien as "Chiu Long Lo" – Spirits Shed Street – after …

Forget the beaches – Thailand's landlocked Khao Yai National Park offers something the coast can't: a transparent rooftop pool where you swim seemingly suspended above forested peaks. Hotel MYS Khao Yai, a five-star property on Thanaratch Road, brings Scandinavian minimalism to the heart of the country's oldest national park, a …

In Marrakech's fashionable Golden Triangle, a towering Japanese bonsai tree rises from the center of a circular lobby, setting the tone for one of the more intriguing hotel experiments in North Africa. Nobu Hotel Marrakech took over an existing building in 2022 and transformed it into something that sits comfortably …

There are places that make you question why you ever settled for ordinary vacations, and Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island is one of them. This nine-suite retreat sits at the foot of two volcanic peaks that tower over the world's southernmost coral reef, on an island so pristine that …

In the shadow of the Valley of the Kings, on Luxor's west bank, sits a hotel that feels like stumbling into someone's private fantasy. Al Moudira sprawls across ten hectares of palm groves and gardens, a maze of 54 suites scattered around ten courtyards, each one different from the next. …

A place that opens with "We're not a wellness fortress with animated breakfast buffets" is making a specific promise. At Zu Kirchwies, a small chalet village in Laion, South Tyrol, you won't find golden taps or petting-zoo charm. What you will find: Scottish Highland cattle wandering the property, a family …

The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon occupies the lower floors of a 77-story tower that looks like it's being digitally deconstructed in real time. This 155-room property brings New York hotel swagger to Bangkok's Silom district, sitting 314 meters above street level in the King Power Mahanakhon – that glassy skyscraper with …

A 377-meter (1,237-foot) tower. An infinity pool on the 76th floor. Eight restaurants spread across 82 floors. Dubai's latest architectural statement has arrived, and it's already snatched several Guinness World Records in the process. Ciel Dubai Marina, Vignette Collection by IHG opened its doors this week as the world's tallest …

Towering over Riyadh's skyline, Al Faisaliah Tower is Saudi Arabia's first skyscraper. Part of the complex is a seven-story tower that today houses the five-star Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh. The 267-meter-tall (876 feet) tower was built in 2000, in those times when the country limited nonreligious tourism to a …

The One&Only One Za'abeel Hotel in Dubai is a marvel of modern architecture designed by renowned Japanese architect firm Nikken Sekkei, responsible for the structural engineering of the Tokyo Tower built in 1958. The hotel's architecture is a futuristic concept of "vertical urbanity," where the traditional horizontal resort layout is …