Reuters has not endorsed a list for the most sleek and luxurious cutting-edge hotel where you can enjoy your vacations.
The Hotels were listed as follows:
1. MONA Pavilions, Hobart, Australia
Hobart retreat MONA Pavilions in Tasmania is a must for culture-vultures. The 2011 opening of cavernous cliffside MONA (ambitious private venture the Museum of Old and New Art), named after Australian architects and artists including Sydney Nolan and Brett Whiteley, with original paintings inside. Sleek restaurant the Source, a microbrewery and vineyard ensure guests here won’t just be feasting on ideas.
2. Wanderlust, Singapore, Singapore
A style-sussed 29-bed boutique hotel in Singapore’s vibrant Little India quarter. The most extreme rooms are decked out like spaceships, treehouses and even monster typewriters. Wanderlust ‘s wonders include French comfort food at casual bistro Cocotte, a custom-created ‘passport’ guide to the area’s charms and a sun-deck Jacuzzi.
3. Shoreditch Rooms, London, United Kingdom
The 26 bedrooms may be bijou, but bag a Small for a spacious City-facing terrace. What’s more, a stay here allows you to access all areas of adjoining private members’ club Shoreditch House, including its buzzy bars, restaurant, games room, bowling alley, Cowshed Spa and so-hip-it-hurts rooftop pool.
4. Tenface, Bangkok, Thailand
Inside you’ll find a Skytrain pass, Thai sim card, herbal toiletries and an iPod nano loaded with video podcasts by in-the-know locals sharing their favourite spots to eat, drink and shop. This street-chic 79-room retreat may be hard to find, tucked away down a leafy soi in Bangkok’s business/residential district. Repair to airy Wanara Eatery for casual bites, fusing Thai and global flavours.
5. Ace Hotel and Swim Club, Palm Springs, United States
Combining a modernised Sixties motel with retro furniture, a classic diner and aquatic activities, there’s a boho mood at the 180-room Ace Hotel that’s totally West Coast. Vintage furniture and vinyl record players. Outdoors a kooky caravan and fabric-draped alfresco lounging areas add to the ‘glamping’ (glam camping) feel.
6. Saffire, Freycinet Peninsula, Australia
Shoreside sensation Saffire is putting Australia’s southernmost island Tasmania firmly on the style map. Shaped like a sinuous stingray, Sanctuary, the main body of the hotel, is home to view-packing restaurant Palate, where seasonal local seafood and fish are a must. Spread out like a shoal around it, the 20 suites blend subtle modern design with striking sea vistas (snaffle one of the four Premium Suites for a private plunge pool). With spa treatments inspired by gem stones, and massages included in rates.
7. Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia
A jaw-dropping cliffhanger of a retreat on Bali’s dramatic southern Bukit Peninsula, boasting panoramic views over the Indian Ocean. Sleek modern design at this seductive sanctuary comes care of Singaporean architects WOHA, with 61 spacious pool villas embracing the outdoors. Natural stone, wood, water features and rattan rule, with personal butlers on tap.
8. Maison Moschino, Milan, Italy
This Milan marvel puts the surreal into the sartorial. Created by Italian mega-brand Moschino, and housed in the city’s first railway station, 65-room Maison Moschino teams haute couture allure with avant-garde decor. Illuminated mannequins light the lobby and beds are backdropped by outsize frocks.
9. The Waterhouse at South Bund, Shanghai, China
Set in a restored 1930s factory in the historic Shiliupu dockyards. Its jagged industrial framework is offset by sleek adaptations by Shanghai architects Neri and Hu, with 19 rooms offering minimal styling, Scandi and Italian contemporary furniture and racy baths in see-through boxes. Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton heads up tasty restaurant Table No. 1.
10. Bungalow Hotel, Jersey Shore, United States
Pier-perched, art-fuelled 24-room Bungalow Hotel on Jersey Shore, south of New York. On arrival you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled into a luxe London apartment or a cool Aussie getaway. The savvy styling, embracing black-and-white cowhide couches, popping-patterned cushions, graphic letters and oversized candelabra, seduces and intrigues.
