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榜单丨2019 全球100家顶级酒店设计公司排名 2019 TOP 100 HOTEL DESIGN FIRMS

榜单丨2019 全球100家顶级酒店设计公司排名 2019 TOP 100 HOTEL DESIGN FIRMS Travel and tourism sector is expected to continue its grow in 2019, innovative design significantly improve the guest experiences. Based on the hotel experiences, focus on the design capabilities, GoCool review professional hotel designers ranking based on their works and together with the comments from designers, operators, … Continued

The 21 Hottest Design Hotels for 2019 | Architectural Digest

The 21 Hottest Design Hotels for 2019 | Architectural Digest Shinta Mani Wild – A BENSLEY Collection  Architect Bill Bensley, who designed Shinta Mani Wild, which opens at the end of December 2018, created luxury tented camps hidden on a pristine wildlife corridor in Cambodia’s South Cardamom National Park. After purchasing more than 1,000 acres … Continued

Luxury tented eco-retreat opens deep within the Cambodian jungle

Luxury tented eco-retreat opens deep within the Cambodian jungle Nestling exquisitely within the South Cardamom National Park, around three hours’ drive south of Phnom Penh, the new tented hotel offers a perfect blend of luxury living in alongside ultimate wildlife. Upon arrival, guests are more than aware of their surroundings, flowing through the rapids by … Continued

Book It: Four incredible beach resorts in south-east Asia

Book It: Four incredible beach resorts in south-east Asia JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa, Vietnam Best for… fans of the eccentric escape The low-down: The island of Phu Quoc barely had power a decade ago, but it is swiftly becoming a haven for luxury resorts. Emerald Bay stands out because it … Continued

The 15 Best New Luxury Hotels in the World Are Ranked By Experts

The 15 Best New Luxury Hotels in the World Are Ranked By Experts The world’s best luxury hotels that opened in 2018 are ranked in an annual report by LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence. The list was determined by 12 experienced and discerning researchers who visited 42 hotels in 2018 and submitted their marks.BENSLEY scores … Continued

8 Gift Ideas for Travelers Who Have Everything

8 Gift Ideas for Travelers Who Have Everything Try ‘11 Nights, 11 Journeys’ with Capella Ubud Eleven nights spent in a luxe tented camp in Bali? Yes, please. Capella Ubud’s “11 Nights, 11 Journeys package” is travel roulette with a new activity every day. The itinerary includes a Balinese purification ritual and a “signature Auriga … Continued

Sleeping on the wild side – The Nation

Sleeping on the wild side – The Nation Operated by the BENSLEY Collection, it is located in a pristine wildlife corridor three hours’ drive south of Phnom Penh and is perched over 1.5km of river and waterfalls. The 14 one-bedroom tents (100sqm) and one two-bedroom tent (140sqm) have been meticulously designed with inspiration from a … Continued

Style, substance and sustainability: Jungle living Bill Bensley style

Style, substance and sustainability: Jungle living Bill Bensley style Located in the the wilderness of the South Cardamom National Park – a  pristine wildlife corridor three hours’ drive south of Phnom Penh — Shinta Mani Wild – BENSLEY Collection offers a radical new concept for a luxury tented camp experience.  From the moment of arrival … Continued

Six Luxury Vacations That Will Also Appeal to Your Inner Do-Gooder

Six Luxury Vacations That Will Also Appeal to Your Inner Do-Gooder Shinta Mani Wild – Cambodia Where it is: The four-­hotel brand, co-owned by famed architect Bill Bensley, includes three properties a stone’s throw from Angkor Wat; the latest is a glamorous tented camp outside Siem Reap in southwestern Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains.Why you’ll love it: The … Continued

The Bucket List: Hong Kong Tatler Editors Share Their Dream Destinations

The Bucket List: Hong Kong Tatler Editors Share Their Dream Destinations Rosewood Luang Prabang, Laos “Its enchanting mix of Buddhist heritage, French colonial architecture and misty jungle puts the former Laotian capital Luang Prabang top of my travel wish list. I’ll be ticking off this destination in a few weeks when I visit Rosewood Luang … Continued

Bill Bensley Goes Wild: The prolific hotel designer speaks on nerves and nature ahead of Shinta Mani Wild opening (INTERVIEW)

Bill Bensley Goes Wild: The prolific hotel designer speaks on nerves and nature ahead of Shinta Mani Wild opening (INTERVIEW) True to form, the iconic hotel designer stepped squarely off the map with Shinta Mani Wild, a 15-key suspended tent camp in Southwestern Cambodia tucked away in the remote Cardamom Mountains. The camp opens Friday … Continued

Accor opens MGallery Hotel de la Coupole in Vietnam

Accor opens MGallery Hotel de la Coupole in Vietnam The destination integrates the vibrant colours, patterns and textures of the region’s minority tribes with the sophistication of haute couture in the 1920s and 1930s French Indochine era.

Boutique Design – November 2018 – Luxury Lexicon

Boutique Design – November 2018 – Luxury Lexicon Throw back to 13th century and experience the world of Buddhist tourism on the sacred Yen Tu mountain, Viet Nam with boutique design magazine November 2018 issue #LegacyYenTu #MGallerybySofitel

How to Do Cambodia Like an A-Lister

How to Do Cambodia Like an A-Lister Angelina Jolie may be the A-lister who has logged the most time in Cambodia, bunking for months at five-star Phum Baitang while shooting the 2017 historical drama First They Killed My Father.  A film version of the memoir by Loung Ung, it shines a light on the atrocities … Continued

Legacy Yen Tu – MGallery by Sofitel

Legacy Yen Tu – MGallery by Sofitel The first five-star hotel in the Yen Tu Mountain region – a sacred Zen Buddhist site – and the crown jewel of Yen Tu Village, one of Vietnam’s newest tourism destinations. The 133-bedroom retreat takes design cues from the 13th century, resembling an ancient gated temple with a … Continued

Luxury tented camps are new travel brag

Luxury tented camps are new travel brag At the upcoming Shinta Mani Wild, on the border of Cambodia’s Cardamom National Park, guests will be able to eat at a restaurant tucked under a waterfall and zipline into the resort before sleeping off their adventures in Jackie O-inspired tents. It will open in December.