Destinations of the World News - October 01, 2017

In the October edition read about devastatingly paradisaical islands like Langkawi where the Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi launches this month, electric Chinese cities home to fabulous five-star stays like Bulgari hotel Beijing and the Puli Hotel and Spa in Shanghai. We also include less mainstream Asian destinations including a soon-to-launch Relais & Châteaux journey in Sri lanka, Burma’s literary festival paired with a luxury Irrawaddy cruise. Nihi Sumba Island, a remote Indonesian island where luxurious villas are laden with hand-carved Sumbanese sculptures and gorgeous textiles, the views are pinch-yourself amazing and the spa treatments holistic and nurturing. The spotlight for gourmet is the Lion City. A culinary pilgrimage to Singapore for hawker cuisine and to toss peanut shells on the floor of the Long Bar at Raffles hotel, but with the second of year of the Michelin Guide anointing new restaurants, a host of edgy and grandiose new bars and progressive chefs, there’s even more reason to visit Singapore, simply to eat and drink. Elsewhere in the issue, there’s ample opportunity for luxury globetrotting, whether it’s to the happening city of Hong Kong to LA for the Ceuve Clicquot Polo Classic or to Florida for a fashion-meets-art exhibition that pays homage to the friendship between Salvador Dalí and Elsa Schiaparelli.