H10 Villa de la Reina, Madrid, Spain As its name suggests, this property is fit for a queen. Set in a restored 20th century architectural...
Nobu Hotels: London calling Starting today, the long awaited Nobu Shoreditch in London will take bookings, with its opening date allegedly set for...
Solage, an Auberge Resort, Calistoga, USA Silicon-valley millionaires mix with social-media fashionistas at this country-club style property. A team of cute staff in crisp...
Secret shopper Buenos Aires, Argentina Uwern Jong goes on a shop hop in the Argentinian capital. Shopping in Buenos Aires has always come...
Vietnam Airlines x LSO: Classic British Not that you’d ever need an excuse to visit Vietnam – from North to South, even the bits...
Maroma, A Belmond Hotel Riviera Maya, Mexico We don’t often gush over properties, but we were spoilt rotten by the magical Maroma, A Belmond Hotel....
Water park Iguazú, Argentina Uwern Jong makes a bucket-list journey to the majestic cascades of Iguazú, Argentina. An auspicious occasion brought me...
Hotel Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina Suited perfectly to the contemporary, condominium-strewn, gentrified port neighbourhood it is in, the Hotel Madero is a luxuriously,...
Earthly delight Madrid, Spain Uwern Jong uncovers the recent social history of the Spanish capital to understand what makes it so proud....
Of Gods, roosters and rabbits Taipei, Taiwan Celebrating the year of the rooster, Uwern Jong reflects on the layered meanings of Taoist and Buddhist deities....
Hotel Zoo, Berlin, Germany Hotel Zoo is located in a neighbourhood that has been party-central long before East Berlin rose to fame....
The Scarlet Huntington, San Francisco, USA On our ascent to the chic and lofty heights of Nob Hill, we were faced with a whimsical...
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, USA This is one of those properties with a reputation that precedes it. Everywhere we went in California, the...
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, USA We knew before we arrived at the Auberge that we were staying at one of Napa’s finest, when...
ME Sitges Terramar: Summer in Sitges Sitges has long been an OutThere playground. Known as the St. Tropez of Spain, it’s no surprise that...
Ritz Carlton, Tokyo, Japan In Roppongi, a part of Tokyo that looks like New York City, we found the aptly named Midtown...
Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, USA If you are a golf fan, you’ll absolutely love this property. But even if you’re not, its setting...
Four Seasons Seoul, South Korea If you need any further reason to visit the South Korean capital, this decade’s most fashionable destination –...
Hotel Granvia, Osaka, Japan Set very conveniently in Osaka’s station complex, which makes for easy navigating (that said, the station, like all...
Four Seasons, Washington D.C, USA This beautiful, low-rise Georgetown hotel at first doesn’t look like a Four Seasons, but beyond its glossy doors...
Dupont Circle Hotel Washington D.C., USA Washington D.C. is known as a city of legislators and while the US capital’s top hotels may lean...
Eolo, El Calafate, Argentina We really loved the EOLO. It completely captured the spirit of our journey to Patagonia. Allegedly, it is...
Dionysian legacy Athens, Greece Uwern Jong experiences the wines of Attica – one glass after another. Like almost all Athenian stories, this...
Four Seasons L.A, at Beverley, Los Angeles, USA We’re not great at celebrity spotting, but at the iconic Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverley Hills, we...
Meadowood, St Helena, USA As if Meadowood is not a spectacular enough a property, the Meadowood Spa would be reason alone to...
Park Hyatt Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina A beautifully restored 19th-century mansion, this property stands out as one of most luxurious in Mendoza, possibly Argentina....
The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, Japan Arguably the most luxurious hotel in the city, the Ritz-Carlton Kyoto adds its own level of contemporary sophistication...
The Alpina, Gstaad, Switzerland So where do billionaires go to escape the millionaires? The Alpina, of course. Arriving at Gstaad station, we...
Hotel Emma, San Antonio, Texas, USA Gentrification generally gets a bad rap, but sometimes it’s a welcome force. The Hotel Emma, in the beautifully...
London Marriott County Hall London, United Kingdom Staying at the Marriott County Hall brought out our inner James Bond. We took a side step off...
Kimpton Rouge Hotel, Washington D.C., USA Location, location, location – the war cry of hoteliers – and the Rouge is certainly one well-placed hotel....
Los Cauquenes Resort, Ushuaia, Argentina As if being at the furthermost point of Argentina isn’t exotic enough, we checked-in to this beautiful bolt-hole...
Cavas Wine Lodge, Mendoza, Argentina Whichever direction we looked, we saw the Andes and unending vineyards. Our villa was so private, it was...
Amerian Portal del Iguazu, Iguazu, Argentina This hotel’s location is to die for: perched on the tip of Argentinian Iguazú, at the confluence of...
The Roxy, NYC, USA Once a 1920s movie theatre, a 1990s iconic NYC dance club and a famous 15 year old designer...
Sofitel, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Bonjour, ” said the bellman, as we arrived at this hotel on one of the city’s loveliest streets....
Büro Ole Scheeren: The Archipelago Cinema Pop-up cinemas are all the rage these days, a hipster pastime that has taken the world by storm...
Periscope Hotel, Athens, Greece If you want to be seen in Athens, then the posh neighbourhood of Kolonaki is certainly the place....
Trisara, Phuket, Thailand One of the most talked-about hotels in Thailand, it’s easy to understand why – this is Thai luxury...
Hansar Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand As Bangkok addresses go, you don’t really get more central than this. Nestled in a quiet, exclusive, residential...
The Eastern and Oriental Hotel Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Over a century ago, the Sarkies brothers opened the opulent Eastern and Oriental Hotel for affluent Victorian colonists...
The Henry Hotel, Manila, The Philippines Old- and new-world Philippines collide in this beautiful compound of converted 1950s townhouses. This was our true oasis...
The Confidante Miami Beach Hotel, Miami, USA As a nostalgic and playful celebration of its retroglam roots, this quintessetntial beachside resort among many on the...
Borgo San Felice, Tuscany, Italy The Tuscan countryside, with its endless vines and oaks punctuated by vertical slashes of green cypress trees, is...
The Connaught London, United Kingdom British, urban luxury comes to life at the Connaught, one of our five-star favourites in London. Stylish yet...
Park Hyatt Seoul, South Korea Everyone knows Gangnam, thanks to PSY’s take on life in what is dubbed as the ‘Beverley Hills’ of...
Kyoto rules Kyoto, Japan Uwern Jong considers why a Kyoto temple can be progressive on its stance on same-gender marriage. As we...
Rochester, Bariloche, Argentina Just a short walk from the ‘beach’ of Nahuel Huapi Lake, the Rochester is best described as a...
Charming Luxury Lodge, Bariloche, Argentina Right on the banks of Lake Nahuel Huapi, just a few miles outside Bariloche town, we couldn’t help...