Download or read book Asia s Best Hotels and Resorts written by Ed Peters and published by Insight Guides. This book was released on 2005 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find:.Evocative, full-colour photography on every page.Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout.A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people.Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing.Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest.A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children

Download or read book Asia s Best Hotels Resorts written by Ed Peters and published by Insight Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers who want their vacation to be more than a sightseeing trip put their trust in these titles because they know Insight Guides provide a complete and honest picture. Each of the 200 titles contains illuminating cultural and historical essays, incisive evaluations of the destination's attractions, hundreds of great pictures, and clearly drawn maps cross-referenced to the text.

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Download or read book Asia s Best Hotels and Resorts written by Ed Peters and published by Insight Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers who want their vacation to be more than a sightseeing trip put their trust in these titles because they know Insight Guides provide a complete and honest picture. Each of the 200 titles contains illuminating cultural and historical essays, incisive evaluations of the destination's attractions, hundreds of great pictures, and clearly drawn maps cross-referenced to the text.

Download or read book Asia s Legendary Hotels written by William Warren and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 370 artful photographs and insightful commentary, this book is an exploration of the most magnificent and opulent hotels across the Asia-Pacific region. Asia, and its many splendid countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, prides itself on being a destination. It has a rich history, and a part of that history is the magnificent travel accommodations that sprang up to cater to the western traveler. Presented with more spectacular photos and rare archival images, Asia's Legendary Hotels features some of Asia's most significant luxury hotels, locals renowned for their monumental history and superb levels of service and luxury. No literary hotel nor colonial hotel is left out of the mix, from the Raffles Hotel in Singapore to the Ananda in the Himalayas. This book captures the romance of travel from days gone by, when the journey itself was as much of an adventure as the destination. Featured Asian hotels include: The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong The Taj Maal Palace and Tower, India Dwarika's Hotel, Nepal Grand Hotel, Sri Lanka The Strand, Myanmar The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Cambodia Hotel Majestic, Vietnam Eastern and Oriental Hotel, Malaysia The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore And many more…

Download or read book Asian Style Hotels written by Kim Inglis and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia. Hotels from Bali, Java, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are showcased in great detail. The super-deluxe establishments included here are all at the cutting-edge of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, and a sense of individuality a million miles away from the cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Asian Style Hotels is the definitive guide to Southeast Asia's finest places to stay. Over half of the hotels have never been featured in guides before--and many are recently opened.

Download or read book Asian Resorts written by Akihiko Seki and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 gorgeous photographs, this book is an exploration of Asia's most stunning hotels and resorts. From a stilled villa above a blue lagoon in the Maldives and a remote yoga resort in the hills of Bhutan to serene enclaves in the bustling cities of Dubai and Bangkok, Asia offers an unmatched range of luxurious accommodations to satisfy those looking to escape or in search of a one-of-a-kind experience. Beach resorts, hill resorts, spa resorts, health resorts, golf resorts--there is something for every top-tear vacationer. All the Asian hotels and resorts showcased in this book spread over a vast area between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, epitomize grandeur and opulence and inimitable Asian hospitality. All are renowned for their magnificent settings, distinctive local architecture, lavish living spaces, contemporary styling with an Asian twist and impeccable service. And all fuse modern-day, taken-for-granted amenities with rich cultural traditions and warm and friendly hospitality. Sure to be a wonderful addition to any design or travel book collection, Asian Resorts is a wonderful guide to many of the best luxury accommodations in Asia. Featured resorts and hotels include: Uma Paro, Bhutan Losari Coffee Plantation Resort & Spa, Java The Royal Pita Maha, Bali Thalassa Shima Hotel & Resort, Japan Maison Souvannaphum, Laos Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa, Thailand One & Only Royal Mirage, UAE

Download or read book Cool Hotels Asia Pacific written by Llorenç Bonet and published by teNeues. This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exoticism and beauty of the Asian coast and the Pacific Islands have always been attractive to Western tourists. Here is a lavishly illustrated guide to the most contemporary and innovatively designed hotels in countries from Turkey to Thailand with Siberia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Japan in between and Australia down under, for those who seek accommodations as spectacular as the scenery. Another in teNeues' best-selling Cool Hotels series, this extensive compilation is packed with full color photographs and accompanied by explanatory captions. 7An extensive compilation of the most contemporary hotels throughout Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Australia that follows the success of Cool Hotels: The Americas (3-8238-4565-9) and Cool Hotels (3-8238-5556-5). 7Hotels representing the best in innovative design are included with accompanying illustrations.

Download or read book The Hotel Book written by Christiane Reiter and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2004 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much more than a travel or holiday guide, the book is first and foremost a paradisiacal photo album. It features opulent photographs of places that seem too perfect to be real. Pricing and contact information is provided for each hotel.

Download or read book Luxury Hotels Asia Pacific written by Martin Nicholas Kunz and published by Te Neues Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sumptuously illustrated, beautifully produced coffee-table book is the second in teNeues' "Luxury" series. Here is a book on hotels that offer the best in style, service, and design - on the most luxurious hotels in the world! Luxury need not be defined in terms of richly decorated formality and the hotels featured in these pages, whether in Australia and New Zealand or in far-flung locales across Asia, have been chosen for their distinctive architecture and the tastefulness and simplicity of their interior design. Turn the pages of this elegant fantasy book and let your dreams unfold! 7Sumptuously illustrated full color profiles of hotels across Asia and the Pacific that offer the best in style, service, and design. 7The newest in teNeues' series of beautifully produced coffee-table books on the most luxurious hotels in the world.

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Download or read book Hospitality in Asia written by Kaye Chon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rapidly advancing era, a fresh look at the concept of hospitality from socio-cultural perspectives is needed. This book proposes that a new paradigm in hospitality has been developed in Asia due to its unique culture, social values and traditions. Based on Kaye Chon’s extensive field research and experience teaching in hospitality over three decades, this book provides a historical review of the hospitality industry. In order to continue the sustained growth of the hospitality industry and improve quality, it is vital for the industry to create new business models. A flexible approach should be adopted, using new, and different, ways to enhance business instead of traditional methods which may now be outdated. It is vital that new business models embrace innovation and, at the present time, this means finding ways to implement new technology. The eight chapters in the book are richly detailed with case studies and insights from the author's own experiences, providing cutting-edge perspectives on understanding a new paradigm of hospitality embraced in Asia. Written in an accessible style, this book will be valuable reading to students and practitioners who wish to further understand the rapidly developing hospitality and tourism industries in Asia. It will be a useful resource for those studying hospitality, tourism development, leisure studies, business studies management and the service industries.

Download or read book Tropical Hotels Thailand Malaysia Singapore Java Bali written by Kim Inglis and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Hotels showcases the best boutique hotels and resorts in Bali, Java, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Southeast Asia is renowned the world over for its superb standards of resort architecture, hotel service and interior design and this book beautifully traces the development of today's hotel industry. It feature the cream of the crop; Be it a drop-dead urban hostelry, a retreat in the hills or a five-star destination spa resort, each property has been had-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, a commitment to service and a sense of individuality. With over 300 ravishingly beautiful, full-color photographs, this book doubles up as a guidebook to fabulous places to stay and an assessment of interior design and architecture. it is a must-have for design aficionados the world over.

Download or read book Thailand s Luxury Spas written by Chami Jotisalikorn and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone needs a break to relax and rejuvenate--and a visit to a Thai spa is the perfect way to do this. Thailand is home to many of the best spas and spa treatments in the world, and Thailand's Luxury Spas presents the very best options available in that country. For those who cannot make it to Thailand, this new book presents detailed, easy-to-follow recipes for many of the traditional Thai healing therapies practiced there--you can pamper yourself in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Massage, meditation, restorative beauty treatments, pick-me-up tonics and tone-me-down baths--all are outlined with simple instructions and clear color photographs. Thailand's Luxury Spas focuses on stress-busting therapies that run the gamut from all the various forms of Thai massage and meditation to full body beauty treatment, facials, relaxing baths and scrubs, healthy tonics and much more. Practical tips are given on how to recreate many of these recipes at home, and specific treatments are outlined for specific ailments. With superb, full-color photography featuring many of Thailand's top supermodels, the book was shot entirely on location in Thailand's super-deluxe spas. Enjoy a true Thai-style, chill-out spa experience wherever you live with Thailand's Luxury Spas.

Download or read book Cool Hotels written by Kim Inglis and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 500 beautiful photographs, Cool Hotels showcases the best hotels in India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Be it a rustic retreat or a five-star, super-deluxe resort that can hold its own globally, all are at the cutting-edge of the new wave of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, a commitment to service and a sense of individuality. A million miles away from cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Many of the properties have never been featured in guides before and many are just recently opened. Cool Hotels is the first in a series of hotel guides focusing on Asia. Ultimately these will be the definitive guides exclusively showcasing the best of Asia's unique places to stay.

Download or read book 100 Hotels and Resorts written by Howard J. Wolff and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning compendium features destinations - both well-known and little-known, both urban and exotic - that attract visitors from around the globe. Each destination was created with its own unique vision, and every detail was designed to embody that vision. Breathtaking photography enables readers to experience many of the worlds very finest destinations, and evocative sketches tell the story of how each was created. The visionaries behind these creations are world-renowned architects and designers, Wimberley Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), whose singular mission over the last six decades has been 'to create special environments that lift the spirits'.

Download or read book The Hospitality and Tourism Industry in ASEAN and East Asian Destinations written by Jinlin Zhao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume addresses the growing interest to understand tourism and hospitality in Southeast and South Asia, two regions that have seen tremendous growth in international tourists in recent years. It explores the current development of hospitality and tourism industry in the regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as other key countries in Southeast and South Asia. The Hospitality and Tourism Industry in ASEAN and East Asian Destinations: New Growth, Trends, and Developments provides updated findings and case studies that highlight opportunities and issues of tourism and hospitality development in ASEAN. Chapters cover such diverse topics as: Online marketing strategies Sustainable hospitality development Diversification efforts of the tourism industry Innovations in independent hotels Wildlife tourism in urban destinations The Vietnamese national park system Consumers’ positive and negative images of certain destinations Much more While academicians will benefit from the updated research findings summarized by the respected scholars, hospitality professionals will also find the book a valuable source of information as the chapters delve into the most recent topical and industry focused issues.