Kate Deerfield

Towering achievements | Review: Rosewood Bangkok

Towering achievements | Review: Rosewood Bangkok

by Kate Deerfield

"Oh, 2020. For a few sweet weeks, whether or not my laptop would link to the hotel television was among my greatest concerns"

Santiago gets an upgrade | The Mandarin Oriental comes to town

Santiago gets an upgrade | The Mandarin Oriental comes to town

by Kate Deerfield

"It’s quite subtle, but the effect reminded us of a Carsten Höller installation"

Yabu Pushelberg’s Bangkok masterpiece | Park Hyatt Bangkok

Yabu Pushelberg’s Bangkok masterpiece | Park Hyatt Bangkok

by Kate Deerfield

New York's most dynamic design duo have created one of the best hotels in Asia

Tokyo’s best tower hotels

Tokyo’s best tower hotels

by Kate Deerfield

Earthquakes and revelatory nigiri in the palaces in the sky

Omotesando Koffee

Omotesando Koffee

by Kate Deerfield

Smaller than small, but perfectly formed - this tiny café serves some of the best coffee in Tokyo, in the backstreets of the city's most fashion-forward area

The Phuket list | The best hotels in Phuket

The Phuket list | The best hotels in Phuket

by Kate Deerfield

There are countless new ways to get there, and – 25 years after the opening of the first Aman – the levels of luxury are rising faster than ever before. Kate Deerfield reports on the best luxury hotels in Phuket

Review: Grand Resort Bad Ragaz

Review: Grand Resort Bad Ragaz

by Kate Deerfield

"The three-hour Golden Treatment at the spa might be the ultimate in luxury-masquerading-as-healthiness: a Jacuzzi full of gold leaf, Champagne with gold leaf to drink, and a massage… with gold leaf"

Review: The Oitavos, Cascais

Review: The Oitavos, Cascais

by Kate Deerfield

"This is a resort straight out of a J.G. Ballard novel – with a gleaming, unnervingly linear glass structure surrounded by wild, rolling sands and with speeding white cloud overhead, it could easily double up as a space base in Doctor Who"

Review: Alpina Dolomites, South Tyrol

Review: Alpina Dolomites, South Tyrol

by Kate Deerfield

A futurist ski hotel in the South Tyrol with echoes of Ken Adam, mid-20th century Californian and Palm Springs International Style

Review: Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

Review: Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

by Kate Deerfield

Dominic Jack's restaurant has quickly established itself as the best in the city, but it's not without peculiarities