Bek Van Vliet

2 weeks ago | travelandleisureasia.com | BASQ House |Sun Ranch |Bek Van Vliet

Home Hotels The New, Now List: The Best Hotel Openings in Asia Last Year ASIA’S HOTEL SCENE just keeps getting better. To give you a comprehensive look at how, we’re excited to launch the New, Now List, a reflection on the year that was in hotel openings, reopenings and rebrands. One look at 2024’s catalogue proves this region is fertile ground for innovation, design, luxury, wellness—and just about any other metric defining contemporary hospitality.

1 month ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Bek Van Vliet

STEPPING GINGERLY INTO the little dive boat, I’m skeptical about this morning’s snorkeling trip. It’s a brilliant morning in Zanzibar, sky as clear and blue as the sea, but the wind is whipping up some chop. As absurdly blue and beautiful as these waters are, I would prefer not to drown in them. Despite my fears, I needn’t have worried (words for my headstone).

1 month ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Bek Van Vliet

Give us the skinny The Thai-owned Centara brand has just launched the first of two resorts on its new, reclaimed-island complex, The Atollia. Centara Mirage Lagoon Maldives is the family-focused of the two properties (the other being the more premium Centara Grand Lagoon), and features a water-play zone with two slides, a lazy river, an abundant array of room choices, a kids’ club, kids’ spa and host of leisure activities that make for fun family bonding.

2 months ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Jeninne Lee-St. John |Bek Van Vliet

Home Destinations Asia These Lesser-Known Thai Islands Offer Paradise Without the Crowds Koh Samui and Phuket may get the most attention, but the beaches on these lesser-known island havens in Thailand are perhaps even dreamier—and you might have them all to yourself.

2 months ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Bek Van Vliet

Give Us the Skinny Melbourne Place is an alluring new design hotel in Melbourne’s CBD. Its warm and sultry looks are courtesy of Melbourne-based architecture and design firm Kennedy Nolan. The hotel’s brick facade is a hat-tip to the city’s characteristic Victorian-era masonry, while its interiors contain wall-to-wall examples of contemporary Australian art and artisanship.