6 -min. read Creative Class 2.0 is here: China’s ‘new hedonists’ are sophisticated self-optimisers, both at home and away. Beijing-based CHAO co-founder, Maurice Li, tells Katie Palmer how this psychographic is prompting China’s homegrown contemporary hotels to disrupt the future of travel.

FURTHER EAST BLOG
The most innovative stories, inspiring interviews with iconic names and cutting-edge travel trends from Asia
5 -min. read China's new hotels on the scene are open books when it comes to hospitality trends. Get an insider's peek with Nancy Huang on China's hottest newbies on the hotel block and her reader's digest of where they're are heading in 2018.
5 -min. read From Bangkok to Bali, pull up a stool at one of these stylish watering holes – and be rewarded with a Singapore Sling (or Mezcal Mule) for the ages.
4 -min. read Welcome to the Circle – a fortnightly dispatch where we showcase the biggest names attending Further East. First up: the hotels whose architecture charms travellers from the outside in.
5 -min. read From drones to digital doctors, new technology is changing both how consumers experience travel and how brands create ever more rich and in-depth experiences. We... View Article
2 -min. read Guests can be rather picky nowadays. When choosing a hotel, the brand is no longer the only thing on their minds: now it is all... View Article
8 -min. read The shaman had agreed to see me just after lunch. It seemed a disappointing hour to engage with the next world; but apparently she had... View Article
6 -min. read The last eunuch at the court of the last emperor of Vietnam had tiny blue hands, a shrivelled face and a high, fluting voice. He... View Article
5 -min. read Rajasthan is what happens to India when the hand brake comes off. Careening through its own romantic clichés – castles brooding over remote kingdoms; camel... View Article