IHG Rewards Club has launched its first 2020 sale for stays in Japan and French Polynesia. IHG Rewards Club members get to enjoy up to 35% off stays at participating IHG hotels and resorts through 30 June 2020 (as long as each stay is at least two nights) if they book…
In December 2019, I checked into the Kaede room at Aman Kyoto, a ryokan-inspired luxury resort in Japan which opened its doors on 1 November 2019. Occupying a location formerly intended as a textile museum, the 26-room property is set in a lush natural garden at the base of the…
In December 2019, I checked into the Deluxe Room at Kyoto Yura Hotel by MGallery, the first MGallery hotel in Japan. The 144-room boutique hotel is situated within the bustling Sanjo shopping, dining and entertainment precinct where the famous Sanjo-kai Shotengai shopping arcade is located. Other nearby attractions include the…
In December 2019, I checked into the Heritage Corner King with Balcony at the Heritage Wing of The Okura Tokyo – the hotel formerly known as the Hotel Okura Tokyo – which reopened in September 2019 after three years of renovation. Situated close to the United States Embassy in the…
In November 2019, I checked into the Governor’s Room at Belmond Governor’s Residence, a luxury heritage hotel in Yangon. Situated in the secluded Embassy Quarter neighbourhood within the grounds of an almost century-old colonial-style mansion, the 49-room property is about forty minutes away from Yangon International Airport by taxi and…
In November 2019, I checked into the Rosewood Suite at Rosewood Yangon, an ultra-luxury hotel situated at the junction of the former Myanmar capital’s Strand and Sule Pagoda Roads facing the Yangon River. The 205-room riverside heritage property is a hop and skip from popular tourist dining destinations such as…
In October 2019, I checked into the River View Room at The Warehouse Hotel Singapore, a boutique hotel situated along the banks of the Singapore River, near the vibrant Robertson Quay and Clarke Quay districts full of dining and nightlife options. The 37-room riverside property is a 20-minute walk from…
For the inaugural Secret Life of Fatbacks 2019 Luxury List, we researched and stayed at dozens of new hotels in the Asia-Pacific (sometimes as the first ever paying guest who checked in) to suss out the best properties for luxury hotel lovers and travellers to check out during their next…
In September 2019, I checked into the Ocean Grand Room at the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, located along Marina Bay and connected to the sprawling Marina Square shopping mall in downtown Singapore. The 527-room luxury hotel is minutes away from Promenade and Esplanade MRT Station, a short walk away from destinations such…