Bill Bensley – The Wishlist | Conde Nast Traveler China
Bil Bensley featured on Conde Nast Traveler China, the wishlist issue.
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Massive Travel Rethink Tops Virtual Gathering At Asia’s Largest Sustainabile Tourism Event | HosipitalityNet
PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism) will break down boundaries in 2020 with a virtual version of Asia’s largest sustainable travel and hospitality event. Over 1,200 of the industry’s leading figures are expected to attend this socially-distant online gathering, which will include keynote addresses, interactive sessions, educational workshops and a green exhibition. Bill Bensley … Continued
Bill Bensley China’s new high-definition drawings revealed: 7 luxury hotels create Asia’s largest wildlife park | Weixin
Bill Bensley New Chinese Works “World Wildlife Park” Bill Bensley, a design master known as the “creator of vacation paradise”, recently announced a new Chinese work, a safari park consisting of 7 luxury hotels.
Bill Bensley – The World’s Most Eccentric Designer | Mary Gostelow Girlahead Podcast
Last week Bill Bensley, arguably the world’s most eccentric and heart-throbbing designer, saw his Capella Ubud concept win the best hotel in the world, says Travel + Leisure. This week Mary Gostelow tries exclusively to control Bill Bensley on MARY GOSTELOW GIRLAHEAD PODCAST – do not miss it!
Bill Bensley, 61: Concerned Conservationist, Passionate Philanthropist, and Eco-Warrior | AGEIST
Bangkok based, Bill Bensley sets a new bar for what sustainable design means. His architecture firm redefines luxury travel with the creation of hotels that protect national parks while giving back to the local community and intimately connecting guests to nature. He tells us about his holistic approach to conservation, why watercolor is so effective … Continued
Podcast with Bill Bensley | Sleeper Magazine
Sleeper magazine’s Editor-at-Large Guy Dittrich in conversation with Bill Bensley, Founder of Bensley Design Studios.
Best 100 Hotels : World’s Best Hotels 2020 | Travel + Leisure
BENSLEY’s Capella Ubud recently won Best Hotel in the World from Travel + Leisure, as well as sitting at the top of their Top 15 hotels in Asia. Also on the list sat the Leela Palace Udaipur (#4), the Oberoi Rajvilas (#7), the Oberoi Amarvilas (#10), and the Oberoi Udaivilas (#14) which are all BENSLEY … Continued
World’s exclusive tented camp list | ELLE magazine Turkey
Consisting of ultra luxury canvas suites and villas of distinguished hotel brands, these privileged resorts shed light on the natural and healthy holiday concept of the future.
Is Bill Bensley’s WorldWild project the most ambitious resort on earth? | GlobeTrender
Maverick hotel designer Bill Bensley has embarked upon his most ambitious project yet – WorldWild, a zoological resort in China where animals roam and humans are ‘caged’. Sam Ballard reports. Located in Wuchuan, in southern China’s Guangdong province, first phase of the project is expected to open in 2023.
BENSLEY UNDRESSED – The Future Travel podcast | QUO Global
Driving purpose and changing American politics are the major passion topics of renowned architect and landscape designer, Bill Bensley. Chatting with David from his studio in Bangkok, Bill talks about his greatest desire for hospitality—namely that every hotel built from this moment forward have a purpose, or at least one small detail that’s sustainable. He … Continued
Man with a purpose | The Edge Singapore
While the rest of the world is in a lockdown, renowned hotel designer Bill Bensley is busy putting the finishing touches to his latest project Worldwild China, or better known as The (Luxury) Human Zoo. This seven hotel project sits on 2,000 acres in Wuchuan, located in the Guangdong province in southern China. The wildlife … Continued
Virtual Roundtable: Sustainable Travel in a Post-pandemic World | DestinAsian
Five travel industry experts weigh in on whether or not the Covid-19 pandemic represents a turning point with growing numbers of people demanding more responsible travel, and if the aftermath will simply be a return to business as usual. As national borders across Southeast Asia remain shut to foreign visitors, we address immediate concerns on … Continued
Rest Your Head Around The World | The Cultured Traveller UK
Since we are all still very much grounded, as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to preside over our planet. Here the Cultured Traveller virtually jets you around the globe, dropping anchor at some world’s most alluring resorts in the most fantastic destinations, any of which would be perfect to explore just as soon as we’re allowed … Continued
LIVE Session with Michael Yeung | Luxe Travel Hong Kong
Michael Yeung invited Bill Bensley for an aerial interview. If you have been paying attention to luxury resorts or hotels in Southeast Asia, you should not be unfamiliar with the name Bill Bensley. Bill Bensley is a master-level designer, known as the “king of the world’s luxury resorts.
Review: Shinta Mani Wild – Bensley Collection (Cambodia) | The Luxury Travel Expert
Created by famous resort designer Bill Bensley, Shinta Mani Wild is a radical new ‘glamping’ hotel concept in Cambodia, combining world class hospitality and conservation. The property is located in an unprotected wildlife corridor connecting the Bokor National Park with Kirirom National Park, and aims to protect this 350 hectares river valley from poaching, mining … Continued
Architect, Bill Bensley: Evolution Runs Wild in New Eco-Hotels | ADF Web Magazine Japan
The human-centric view of the universe has been filled with folly after folly, like the once widely believed idea that the sun rotates around the earth. No matter how outdated such views seem the thinking behind them persists: Nature is still a means to humankind’s ends, a dangerous idea that has given rise to global … Continued
Room for improvement? | The Australian
What constitutes the perfect hotel lodgings? The world’s top hospitality designers reveal their loves — and hates.
BILL BENSLEY : Visionaries | Hotel Space Magazine
Designer, hotelier, environmentalist, visionary… there are many words to describe Bill Bensley’s profession, but we wanted to find out more about Bill Bensley the person, so managed to track him down to take time out of his busy schedule to talk to Editor Sophie Harper about, well, just about everything!
Engaging With Sustainability in Hotel Design | CUBES Magazine
Far from a purely technical excercise, sustainable design can encourage deep engagement with a place and its people. In hotel design, it’s time we saw it as an opportunity to be urgently harnessed. Some architects and designers are doing just that.