"Particularly in Singapore, where 90% of fresh produce is imported, having our own aquaponics farm is a win-win for everyone," says Marcus Hanna, Sydneysider MD of the massive 2,030-room complex, designed by architect I.M. Pei, that pairs Fairmont Singapore with Swissôtel The Stamford.

"This is this ideal rural base for travelling with a sense of purpose – and yet you are only 20 minutes by train or car from the Louvre and the heart of Paris,"…

Think of luxury coupled with style and which countries, outside Asia Pacific, spring to mind? Well, perhaps France and Italy top the list. Hervé Mazella, GM of…

My first memory of Rosewood Hong Kong is, in all honesty, its women-only speakeasy, XX Bar – at my visit, the only guys around were the mixologists. There were fluffy pink slippers to borrow as I sipped my ‘Radha’ cocktail, a strawberry, plum, and Monkey Shoulder single malt concoction named for Rosewood’s ultra-suave President, Radha Arora.

One of many reasons the 212-room Equinox Hotel is unique is its adjacent climbing frame, namely architect Thomas Heatherwick’s 45m-tall honeycomb-shaped Vessel…

Anyone planning a Eurostar trip to UK from Paris, or Amsterdam, or Brussels may want to consider a visit to a truly memorable country-house hotel as soon as…

Stay at Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow for its thoughtfulness. My first visit there was mid-winter. I was thoughtlessly wearing shiny-soled black boots and was about to slide, over ice, to Red Square. Immediately, a young managerial trainee rushed to help and escorted me to my destination – that ‘good samaritan’ was Mattheos (Aki) Georgiou, on his first…

Thomas Kochs, GM of the Corinthia Hotel London, realised the customer-essential ingredient of story-telling far ahead of most luxury hoteliers. From the moment…

There is nothing that unites the world more than sport, and Rugby is one of the catalysts. A conversation with Sebastien Carré, GM of Four Seasons Hotel The…

You glide rather than walk when arriving here, at this Kowloon icon, The Peninsula Hong Kong. The Rolls-Royce, in that dark Peninsula Green that aficionados know so well, purrs up to the front door. The reception party is never overbearing – say three people, immaculately attired in black and white and not a single hair out of place – welcomes you,…