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☕️ 10 minute read Inside Gaya Island Resort conservation work in Sabah, where luxury and responsibility are not opposites – they are, at their best, inseparable. Conservation here is not a feature. It is the foundation. And this is the…
☕️ 8 minute read Rainforest behind. South China Sea in front. And a resort in Sabah that reminded me why the best journeys change more than just your postcode. Full disclosure: I’m a YTL person. Pangkor Laut Resort has had…
☕ 8 minute read A Stay at Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu Changed How I See This City I first came to Kota Kinabalu in 1992. I was here for work, staying at the Hyatt Regency, back when Wisma Merdeka was…
Palangi Beach Resort & Spa – A Luxury Beachfront Stay Checking in, switching off…. The best part about checking into a resort on your own? Nobody questions why you’re having a second glass of Prosecco at 10 am, why you’ve…
Almost twenty years later… Almost twenty years ago, I first came to Bon Ton Langkawi for a friend’s wedding. The ceremony was intimate, held right there in Laguna, a house that was already over a century old even then. I…
Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Penang – A Return After 13 Years Over a decade ago, I read about a European couple in a magazine. They’d escape winter by spending six months – half the year at Shangri-La Rasa Sayang in Penang….
I walked into the E&O Hotel Penang on a humid afternoon, and the first thing I heard was the sound of my own heels on marble. That echo stopped me mid-stride. It’s the kind of sound you hear in old…
Berjaya Langkawi Resort sits on a huge stretch of land – 84 acres, with most of it still covered in rainforest. You feel it immediately. Wooden chalets wrapped around greenery, the ocean on the other side, hornbills flying overhead, and…
A Luxury Resort Surrounded by the Nature of Sabah It is rare to step into a resort this grand and instantly feel a sense of belonging – that gentle nudge saying you’ve arrived somewhere special. At Shangri-La Rasa Ria, that…
Crushing Bottles, Lifting Communities What I admire most about Shangri-La Rasa Ria is how much they give back to the land that holds them. Their ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) efforts aren’t loud or performative. They’re practical, thoughtful, and woven…