BALI, Indonesia — Bali’s evolution into a legitimate international golf destination gained some remarkable new standing last weekend with the opening of Bukit Pandawa Golf & Country Club, the fifth golf venue on the Island of the Gods and the first 18-hole par-3 championship course in Indonesia. Designed by Bob Moore of California-based JMP Golf...
DANANG, Vietnam — Ba Na Hills Golf Club, the newest championship course on Vietnam’s Central Coast, gained another level of notoriety on Sept. 24 when it hosted its first prestigious tournament since opening in March. Called the IMG Trophy, the 18-hole stroke-play event attracted 120 players from around the country who competed for a range of...
3TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 3, 2016) – Twenty-six years after openings its doors as Taiwan’s first, major international hotel brand, the Grand Hyatt Taipei is launching its first-ever spa. Opened just in time to celebrate the hotel’s anniversary this year, the new Oasis Spa combines ancient Eastern wellness rituals with luxury European-inspired skincare treatments, allowing guests...
ANGUILLA — Ani Villas, a collection of private resorts that includes two new estates in Thailand and Sri Lanka opened earlier this year, has announced plans to debut its fourth property in the Dominican Republic next summer. Now under construction, the new resort juts into the Caribbean on a 4-acre, north coast peninsula, minutes from...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Sept. 15, 2016) — Eat, pray, love? No, stay, spa, shop. This is the mantra driving a new experience offered by a new Leading Hotel of the World, The Reverie Saigon. Dubbed “Haute Ho Chi Minh”, the hotel’s first-ever package marries a three-hour shopping experience in one of Asia’s most...
HANOI, Vietnam – While the odd wine dinner and guest chef is a staple culinary development on any luxury hotel’s calendar, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi no longer cares for staples. This year, after launching one of Southeast Asia’s premier culinary events, the hotel is consolidating myriad dinners, chefs and workshops into one six-week spectacular,...
HANOI, Vietnam – Transporting travelers from an at-home screen experience to paths blazed by silver screen stars across Asia, luxury tour operator Exotic Voyages is taking the armchair out of armchair travel. The two new tours, “Recreating Top Gear’s Glory Days” and “A Modern Take On Classic James Bond,” which both launched this month, were...
TOKYO – As Japan and Singapore toast 50 years of diplomatic relations, two leading hotels from each country are working together to promote gastronomic understanding. From 27 September – 10 October, the talents of a trio of chefs from Capella Singapore – led by Culinary Director & Executive Chef David Nicolas Senia – will be...
HUA HIN, Thailand — Brussels. Istanbul. Nice. Hua Hin. Barely a month goes by these days when some part of the world or another doesn’t suffer a blow by extremists bent on this or that. The travel warnings sound. Governments issue statements. And no one knows quite what to do. But when it comes to...
