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Hong Kong’s Upper House gained an immediate world-luxury following the moment it opened October 2009: this was one of the first marsupial hotels as it is slotted into the JW Marriott, though it has its own entrance, and the only connection is at the seventh floor, used by anyone who cannot access Upper House’s upper lobby by escalator. This was…

Amanyangyun, 45 minutes’ drive from the centre of Shanghai, is unique for many reasons. Other properties are converted from traditional houses. Amanfayun, near…

UrbanResorts made its name with The PuLi, in Shanghai. Its latest luxury hotel, The PuXuan Hotel and Spa, opened February 2019 at the north-east corner of…

Winter is coming to New York, of course. But this year, for the first time, The Peninsula New York is going alpine. Head up to this luxury hotel’s rooftop for gluvein or Piper-Heidsieck, and hot snacks. This is definitely something, the gal predicts, that will draw the locale even more to a hotel that is already constantly full of surprises.

Langham is, of course, well-known in Australia and New Zealand for its hotels in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and for exciting future developments in the…

Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor, which opened this June, is a few minutes from the centre of the city – it is also only 15 minutes’ drive from the airport. What a…

Want to experience Mexico’s Caribbean coast in a new way? Perhaps you have been meeting away and doing business deals in the frenetic hub that is Mexico City. You might have worn your proverbial socks off traipsing around Chichén Itzá, Cobá, Monte Albán, Palenque, Templo Mayor, Teotihuacán, Tlatelolco, Tulum, Uxmal, Xcaret … whatever, now take a…

Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard, London, on the southern bank of the River Thames, occupies the top of what is, well, a shard-shaped sculpture, 310 metres, 66…

Shangri-La Hotel Paris attracts all ages, including the young upwardly-mobile, and already successful – many Australians of course already know the brand, says…

Some might remember the joy of seaside holidays. Others hanker after the kind of experiences portrayed in The Famous Five and other childhood books, and still another group might merely be fascinated by experiencing something that is so undeniably traditional English that it is worth a night away, next time in London. (Allow three hours’ driving…