Experiences & Luxury.
Travel at its considered best, for readers who plan carefully and spend deliberately.
Review: Raffles Sentosa, Singapore's first all-villa Raffles in a century
Sixty-two villas, a rate north of S$2,000, and a question worth asking at that price: does it feel like Raffles? We stayed, unannounced and paying.
The ryokan, reimagined: Japan's new generation of eight-room luxury
Young owners are inheriting century-old inns and quietly rebuilding them for the world's most demanding travellers.
Michelin comes to Da Nang: what the 2026 selection says about Vietnamese dining
Two stars for a tasting menu built on fish sauce, and bib gourmands for the market stalls that raised it. The guide finally reads the country right.
Singapore's hawker generation shift: who inherits the wok
The median hawker is 60. A new cohort is taking over the stalls — with culinary degrees, Instagram fluency and their grandmothers' recipes.
Longevity clinics are the new spa: inside Asia's medical-wellness boom
Full-body scans between pool sessions, biomarkers with breakfast. The retreats are becoming clinics — and charging accordingly.
The Eastern & Oriental Express, reviewed: three days from Singapore to Penang
A train that treats slowness as the point. What the fare buys, what it doesn't, and who the journey is really for.
Golf in Hoi An: three courses, one heritage town
Dunes by the sea, rice paddies inland, and lanterns after the round. Central Vietnam quietly became a golf destination.
Points, upgraded: the best premium-cabin redemptions out of Asia right now
Award space is back, sweet spots have moved. Where miles still buy a flat bed at coach maths, updated for July.
Slow mornings on the Mekong: a journey upriver with Heritage Line
Produced by GTP Studio with Heritage Line. Seven days between Saigon and Phnom Penh, at the river's own pace.