In Bangkok, designer Bill Bensley and his team are creating some of the world's best hotels. While Bill laments the loss of charm the city held decades ago, he offers a solution with the Siam Hotel.
Bill-in the name of recycling-scours the world's markets for antiquities to renovate the Rosewood Luang Prabang, a hill station turned resort in Laos. Can he open it before the first guests arrive?!
Bill visits The Slate, one of his first creations. This Tin Mine-themed beach resort in Thailand offers fine dining with a difference: reaching the restaurant requires a torchlit ride across its lake!
Bill-in the name of recycling-scours the world's markets for antiquities to renovate the Rosewood Luang Prabang, a hill station turned resort in Laos. Can he open it before the first guests arrive?!
In Bangkok, designer Bill Bensley and his team are creating some of the world's best hotels. While Bill laments the loss of charm the city held decades ago, he offers a solution with the Siam Hotel.
Bill is in Rajasthan, India, a challenging place to build a five star palace. By sticking to his methods and working with local craftsmen, can Bill create a world-treasured accommodation?
Bill returns to the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, a classic hotel he designed in 1992. It's up to him to plan the latest batch of renovations. What improvements are in store for the old dame of Chiang Mai?
Bill visits The Slate, one of his first creations. This Tin Mine-themed beach resort in Thailand offers fine dining with a difference: reaching the restaurant requires a torchlit ride across its lake!
Trek into Thailand's Golden Triangle to a luxurious Four Seasons camp Bill has designed! In addition to hosting guests, it also serves as home to relocated street elephants!
Bill heads to Cambodia's Cardamom National Park for one of his most challenging projects yet: Shinta Mani Wild. Can he find the compromise between hungry poachers and conservationists who protect it?
Bill returns to the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, a classic hotel he designed in 1992. It's up to him to plan the latest batch of renovations. What improvements are in store for the old dame of Chiang Mai?
Bill visits The Slate, one of his first creations. This Tin Mine-themed beach resort in Thailand offers fine dining with a difference: reaching the restaurant requires a torchlit ride across its lake!
Relive the era of French Indochina at the Hotel de la Coupole, a resort Bill designed in Vietnam. The hotel mixes the fashions of the indigenous hill tribes with the haute couture of 1900's Paris.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Bill is in Rajasthan, India, a challenging place to build a five star palace. By sticking to his methods and working with local craftsmen, can Bill create a world-treasured accommodation?
Relive the era of French Indochina at the Hotel de la Coupole, a resort Bill designed in Vietnam. The hotel mixes the fashions of the indigenous hill tribes with the haute couture of 1900's Paris.
Bill is in Rajasthan, India, a challenging place to build a five star palace. By sticking to his methods and working with local craftsmen, can Bill create a world-treasured accommodation?
In Vietnam, Bill designs a resort near Yen Tu Mountain, the final resting place of king-turned-monk Tran Khan. Can Bill create a hotel that resembles a secluded monastery from the 12th Century?
Trek into Thailand's Golden Triangle to a luxurious Four Seasons camp Bill has designed! In addition to hosting guests, it also serves as home to relocated street elephants!
Bill designs a resort along a pristine bay in Koh Samui, Thailand. The challenge: he's determined to save each and every one of the 854 coconut trees on the property.
Travel to a stunning hotel off the coast of Cambodia themed as Lamarck University. The supersized monuments trick the mind into believing the campus buildings are smaller than they are.
In Vietnam, Bill designs a resort near Yen Tu Mountain, the final resting place of king-turned-monk Tran Khan. Can Bill create a hotel that resembles a secluded monastery from the 12th Century?
Trek into Thailand's Golden Triangle to a luxurious Four Seasons camp Bill has designed! In addition to hosting guests, it also serves as home to relocated street elephants!
Bill returns to the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, a classic hotel he designed in 1992. It's up to him to plan the latest batch of renovations. What improvements are in store for the old dame of Chiang Mai?
Bill visits The Slate, one of his first creations. This Tin Mine-themed beach resort in Thailand offers fine dining with a difference: reaching the restaurant requires a torchlit ride across its lake!
Travel to a stunning hotel off the coast of Cambodia themed as Lamarck University. The supersized monuments trick the mind into believing the campus buildings are smaller than they are.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Trek into Thailand's Golden Triangle to a luxurious Four Seasons camp Bill has designed! In addition to hosting guests, it also serves as home to relocated street elephants!
Relive the era of French Indochina at the Hotel de la Coupole, a resort Bill designed in Vietnam. The hotel mixes the fashions of the indigenous hill tribes with the haute couture of 1900's Paris.
Bill is in Rajasthan, India, a challenging place to build a five star palace. By sticking to his methods and working with local craftsmen, can Bill create a world-treasured accommodation?
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Bill designs a resort along a pristine bay in Koh Samui, Thailand. The challenge: he's determined to save each and every one of the 854 coconut trees on the property.
Travel to a stunning hotel off the coast of Cambodia themed as Lamarck University. The supersized monuments trick the mind into believing the campus buildings are smaller than they are.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Bill designs a resort along a pristine bay in Koh Samui, Thailand. The challenge: he's determined to save each and every one of the 854 coconut trees on the property.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Bill-in the name of recycling-scours the world's markets for antiquities to renovate the Rosewood Luang Prabang, a hill station turned resort in Laos. Can he open it before the first guests arrive?!
In Bangkok, designer Bill Bensley and his team are creating some of the world's best hotels. While Bill laments the loss of charm the city held decades ago, he offers a solution with the Siam Hotel.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Bill-in the name of recycling-scours the world's markets for antiquities to renovate the Rosewood Luang Prabang, a hill station turned resort in Laos. Can he open it before the first guests arrive?!
In Bangkok, designer Bill Bensley and his team are creating some of the world's best hotels. While Bill laments the loss of charm the city held decades ago, he offers a solution with the Siam Hotel.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Bill honors the Khmer king Jayavarman with the new Shinta Mani Angkor Bensley Collection, providing experiences and private gardens for the guests to enjoy while helping the local community.
Embark with Bill to exotic Bali. Fed up with overbuilding on the Island of the Gods, Bill offers an environmentally suitable solution: an eco-camp hidden in the dense jungles of Capella Ubud.
Relive the era of French Indochina at the Hotel de la Coupole, a resort Bill designed in Vietnam. The hotel mixes the fashions of the indigenous hill tribes with the haute couture of 1900's Paris.