Latest News

Singapore’s Orchard Road gains a new lifestyle hospitality anchor as NoMad Hilton opens its first Asia-Pacific hotel.

A former Golden Triangle landmark is reimagined as Waldorf Astoria enters the Malaysian luxury hospitality market.

The gap between informed and blindsided compounds quietly, year after year, until it doesn’t.

A stopover model, not nonstop, defines AirAsia X’s return to Europe, balancing range limits with strategic ambition.

HOSHINOYA Nara Prison is the tenth flagship under the HOSHINOYA brand, with KAI Kusatsu, KAI Miyajima, KAI Zao, and HOSHINOYA Asuka all scheduled to follow in 2026 and 2027.

Sun Siyam Vilu Reef has launched 50 new Ocean Signature Villas with Pool and Slide in South Nilandhe Atoll, adding private pools and 11-metre water slide lagoon access to the resort’s premium overwater tier.

The COMO Hotels and Resorts strategy signals a wider industry shift: as European inventory expands, international luxury groups are competing directly for Southeast Asia’s discretionary travel spend through relationship-led distribution.

Josh Hu of Aw & Sons Capital on Mber: cities are full of buildings but few places. This property asks how architecture can encourage everyday human connection.

Marriott International and CG Hospitality Global sign a three-hotel deal bringing The Ritz-Carlton and Westin to Kathmandu by 2031. Nepal’s luxury hospitality era is beginning.

Da Nang-born chef Tran Phuoc Hau of The Monkey Gallery Dining received the MICHELIN Young Chef Award at the 2026 ceremony, highlighting the emergence of regional culinary talent beyond Vietnam’s two main cities.