Cool Hotels: India, Maldives, Sri Lanka

by Kim Inglis, Jacob Termansen (Photographer), Pia Marie Molbech (Photographer)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462906635
Publisher:	Periplus Editions
Publication date:	11/20/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	72 MB
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About the Author

Kim Inglis, a Singapore-based writer and editor, personally selected the properties featured in Cool Hotels. She co-wrote Periplus Editions' bestselling Tropical Asian Style.

Table of Contents

	The New Asian Hotel: A Sanctuary for the Senses	8
	North India
	The Imperial, New Delhi	12
	The Manor, New Delhi	20
	Amarvilas, Agra	24
	ITC Hotel Sonar Bangla Sheraton & Towers, Kolkata	34
	Ananda-in the Himalayas	40
	Rajasthan
	Neemrana Fort Palace, Alwar district	46
	Vanyavilas, near Ranthambhore	54
	Samode Palace, near Jaipur	60
	Rajvilas, Jaipur	70
	Devi Garh, near Udaipur	76
	Udaivilas, Udaipur	88
	Goa
	Fort Tiracol Heritage Hotel, Pernem	100
	Siolim House, Bardez	106
	Nilaya Hermitage, Arpora Bhati	112
	Pousada Tauma, Calangute	122
	Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa, Cansaulim	128
	South India
	The Verandah in the Forest, Maharashtra	134
	The Park Hotel, Bangalore	138
	Shalimar Spice Garden Resort, Murikkady	144
	The Malabar House, Fort Cochin	148
	The Brunton Boatyard, Fort Cochin	152
	Coconut Lagoon, Kumarakom	156
	Hotel de l'Orient, Pondicherry	160
	The Park Hotel, Chennai	164
	The Maldives
	Cocoa Island, South Male Atoll	170
	Soneva Fushi Resort and Spa, Baa Atoll	176
	Four Seasons Explorer, North Male Atoll	182
	Soneva Gili Resort and Spa, South Male Atoll	186
	Sri Lanka
	Ulpotha, near Embogama	192
	Kandalama Hotel, Dambulla	198
	The Elephant Corridor, Sigiriya	202
	The Tea Factory, near Nuwara Eliya	206
	Taprobane, Weligama Bay	210
	Kahanda Kanda, near Galle	216
	The Sun House, Galle	222
	The Dutch House, Galle	228
	The Villa Mohotti Walauwa, Bentota	232
	Hotel List	238
	Acknowledgements	240