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Travel at The Banquet is not a list of hotels. It is the study of how places teach taste: where to stay, how long to linger, what to eat, and what a city rewards the patient traveler for noticing.

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Indigo facade of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion with lanterns and rickshaws, George Town

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The Banquet Guide to Penang

UNESCO streets, Peranakan rooms, and seafront suites inside George Town. A week-long map for travelers who came to stay, not merely to eat and leave.

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Essential Reading in Travel

Venice; the classical Grand Tour in miniature

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The Asian Grand Tour

Nine cities where luxury, culture, appetite, inheritance, and power now finish the education of taste.

Tokyo skyline and Rainbow Bridge at dusk

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The Banquet Guide to Tokyo

Where Michelin counters, centuries-old craft, and contemporary design converge. An insider's map to the capital's most refined addresses.

Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong skyline at sunset

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The Banquet Guide to Hong Kong

Harbour views, Cantonese precision, and the neighbourhoods insiders actually stay in. A curated map to the city's most refined addresses.

Seoul skyline at night with Namsan Tower

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The Banquet Guide to Seoul

Korean fine dining, hanok calm, and the neighbourhoods where taste moves fastest. An insider's map to the capital's most refined addresses.

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City Guides

Stay, eat, shop, and experience maps for the capitals of the Grand Tour.

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The Banquet Guide to Taipei

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The Asian Grand Tour

Our signature route through nine capitals of culture, appetite, and inheritance.

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The Asian Grand Tour

Mumbai harbour with boats and heritage architecture near the Gateway of India

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Three Nights Facing the Gateway

Ornate palace architecture and formal gardens in Rajasthan

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Three Nights at Rambagh Palace

The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace above its rain-fed lake, Maniyagarh Hills, Khajuraho

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Three Nights at The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace

Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak at dusk

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Hong Kong, Turned Down

Mandarin Oriental Bangkok suite interior

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Three Nights on the Chao Phraya

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Singapore's Hotels Finally Have a Point of View

Editor's Route

Slow Cities

Itineraries built for attention, not throughput.

Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto

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You Need a Week in Kyoto

Traditional Japanese ryokan interior with tatami and shoji screens

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The New Generation of Luxury Ryokans

Row of heritage shophouses along a George Town street

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The Case for Penang Now

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The Banquet Guide to Penang

Essential Reading in Travel

The Asian Grand Tour

The Banquet Guide to Tokyo

The Banquet Guide to Hong Kong

The Banquet Guide to Seoul

City Guides

The Banquet Guide to Tokyo

The Banquet Guide to Hong Kong

The Banquet Guide to Seoul

The Banquet Guide to Singapore

The Banquet Guide to Bangkok

The Banquet Guide to Mumbai

The Banquet Guide to Shanghai

The Banquet Guide to Taipei

The Asian Grand Tour

The Asian Grand Tour

Three Nights Facing the Gateway

Three Nights at Rambagh Palace

Three Nights at The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace

Hong Kong, Turned Down

Three Nights on the Chao Phraya

Singapore's Hotels Finally Have a Point of View

Slow Cities

You Need a Week in Kyoto

The New Generation of Luxury Ryokans

The Case for Penang Now

Taipei After Midnight

The Archive

The Banquet Guide to Taipei

The Banquet Guide to Kyoto

The Case for Rosewood Hong Kong

Stay at a Winery Hotel in Asia's Bordeaux: Cizhong

Three Nights at The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace

Taipei After Midnight

Three Nights at Rambagh Palace

The Banquet Guide to Mumbai

The Banquet Guide to Shanghai

The Banquet Guide to Bangkok

The Banquet Guide to Hong Kong

The Banquet Guide to Seoul

The Banquet Guide to Singapore

Three Nights Facing the Gateway

Three Nights on the Chao Phraya

The Case for Penang Now

The Asian Grand Tour

The Banquet Guide to Tokyo

The New Generation of Luxury Ryokans

Singapore's Hotels Finally Have a Point of View

Hong Kong, Turned Down

You Need a Week in Kyoto