Reporting on where to stay, where to eat and who built it, from the week's openings and the people behind them.
The invitation-only summit runs November 10 to 13 in Phuket, minutes from the flagship Layan Life Longevity Retreat, giving Minor Hotels' month-old longevity brand its introduction to the industry.
Oku Hotel Taichung occupies a landmark retail building in the city's historic Central District, with a triple-height lobby, a multi-storey liquor tower and a French Art Deco palette of navy, peacock green and gold.
The Ratchadamri grande dame, opened in 1983 to a George Wimberley design, has rebuilt all 335 rooms, suites and villas while conserving the 100m hand-painted lobby mural.
The Milanese warehouse bar was also named best in Europe at a ceremony held in the city on 7 October, the first time the awards have been staged in Italy.
The 1983 Wimberley-designed hotel has reworked its guestrooms, nine restaurants and bars, ballroom and spa, and added garden villas with private pools plus a two-bedroom suite made with Jim Thompson.
A Visit Finland trip through Lappeenranta and Imatra sets out the working parts of a screens-off weekend in Finnish Lakeland: smoke sauna, cold water, forest time, and what each element costs.
The chef behind the three-star Hélène Darroze at the Connaught lists the rooms she books when she is not cooking, from Brat and KOL to a little-known Mayfair omakase.
The Mauritian group has fixed names and dates to its second UK-facing wellbeing calendar, running from October 2026 to April 2027 at Dinarobin, Paradis and Trou aux Biches, with Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie and nutritionist Clarissa Lenherr among the hosts.
The Horses, on Ray Street, is the group's sixth pub and its first built around the British coast: oysters from three counties, Cornish catch of the day, and a first-floor dining room of fewer than a dozen tables.
The eighteen-storey landmark at 59th and Fifth will close for work on the facade Henry Janeway Hardenbergh designed in 1907, with 378 staff being placed elsewhere through their union.
New destinations, hotel openings and what our editors thought of them. Written for people who travel slowly.