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THE DESTINATIONS — Collection 8

Asia's Leading Luxury Cities

Tradition, innovation and hospitality, meeting with precision.

About this collection

Asia's leading cities are shaped by pace, ceremony, architecture and a culture of service. They join ancient traditions to a remarkable modernity — often in the same district, sometimes in the same street. The cities in this collection show refinement in many guises — in ritual and cuisine, in skyline and craft, in urban energy.

Sense of Place Each Destination Portrait starts from a single question: what makes the Sense of Place here so remarkable?
Destination Portraits
  • Tokyo — Precision & ImaginationTokyo is a city of remarkable contrasts, and precision holds them together. Shrines and department stores, hidden restaurants, railway networks, gardens and futuristic districts form an urban experience in which tradition and innovation keep perfect time with each other.
  • Singapore — Polished ModernitySingapore offers one of the most carefully ordered forms of modern city life anywhere. Gardens, skyline, dining, historic quarters and exceptional infrastructure produce a city in which efficiency becomes part of the aesthetic. ► YouTube channel
  • Hong Kong — Vertical DramaDensity, harbour light and vertical ambition give Hong Kong its character. Ferries and peaks, markets and financial towers, and a deep-rooted food culture make up a city whose energy cannot be separated from its dramatic setting.
  • Kyoto — Ceremonial CalmKyoto offers a quieter kind of urban greatness. Temples, gardens, teahouses, craft quarters and the beauty of the seasons shape a city in which refinement shows itself through restraint and continuity.
  • Beijing — Imperial GrandeurBeijing is a capital built on monumental memory. Its palaces and ceremonial axes, the hutongs, contemporary architecture and the weight of politics give it a scale and a symbolic force that few cities in Asia can match.
  • Shanghai — Cosmopolitan MomentumShanghai moves with a markedly modern self-assurance. Art Deco heritage, skylines along the river, fashion, dining and an international energy make it a city where the old concessions and forward-looking ambition meet.
  • Bangkok — Capital of the SensesMovement, gold, water and flavour: these define Bangkok. Its temples, the life on the river, the markets and contemporary hotels, together with one of the great food cultures of Asia, add up to an atmosphere that is lively, generous and never still. ► YouTube channel
  • Taipei — Quiet RefinementTaipei's pleasures are subtle ones: night markets, tea culture, views of the mountains, design, temples and an unhurried city rhythm. Its refinement is human and warm, and closely woven into everyday life.
  • Seoul — Creative SpeedSeoul joins royal heritage to a culture moving at speed. Palaces and design districts, technology and fashion, music and food culture make a city whose influence today has long extended far beyond Korea.
Asia's Leading Luxury Cities · Video

Asia's Leading Luxury Cities on film

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