Health & Wellness

Shop & stay

These hotels not only offer chic accommodations but a chance for their enamoured guests to bring home some exclusive lifestyle wares.

Thousand island blessings

If you’ve had just about enough with luxurious beach resorts and are in the mood for a devil-may-care, recklessly fun getaway, northern Palawan is where you want to be. Rum and mosquito net included.

Haute hotels

These fashion designers show how they can dominate the runways and make a splash in the hotel scene as well.

Romantic staycations

No time to plan a creative surprise or even travel out of town? These three hotspots should do the trick.

Bordeaux beauty

Moat surrounded châteaux, intoxicating elixirs and French food are the stuff of fairytales for most, but for chef Reynaldo Arriola, they are fond fragments of a not so distant memory

Unpolished gem

epicure traipses to the fascinating island of Sri Lanka and is spellbound by the jewel of the Indian Ocean.

Phuket paradise

With a slew of new resorts opening at the Pearl of the Andaman, Phuket is entrenching its position as the Asian destination for among sun seeking sybaritics.

Home again

David Bedinghaus, Kirimaya’s newest evangelist for its organic farm, shares how a brief stint in Bangkok turned into a two-decade love affair with Thailand.

Rediscovering glory

Reduced to rubble after World War II and distanced from its noble past under communist rule, Dresden is now enjoying a resurgence as one of Germany’s most cultutrally vibrant cities.