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37 What are the top hotels, airlines, spas, cities, and islands in the Asia-Pacific region? Every year, we ask DestinAsian readers to weigh in on the very best in travel, and this year’s results—gleaned from our 12th annual poll—are more definitive than ever. February / March 2017 – Destina sian.coM 47 JAPAN TOP 10 1 Park Hyatt Tokyo Dozens of hotels have come and gone in the Japanese capital since the Park hyatt opened in 1994, but it remains top of its game. occupying the upper floors of a Kenzo tange– designed tower in shinjuku, MACAU rooms come with elm paneling, TOP 10 deep tubs, and views to Mount INdONESIA Fuji. the pool, spa, and new 1 Banyan Tree Macau TOP 10 york bar, replete with live jazz, it may be part of cotai’s are scene-stealers. gargantuan Galaxy Macau complex, but the banyan tree 1 W Bali - Seminyak 2 Mandarin oriental, tokyo is a world away in style. the all- like other W properties, this bali 3 imperial hotel tokyo suite and -villa hotel eschews retreat doesn’t shy away from 4 the ritz-carlton, Kyoto glitz in favor of a laid-back resort color and whimsy in its design. 5 Four seasons hotel tokyo ambiance: all suites come with rooms and suites overlook at Marunouchi wooden tubs and “relaxation” seminyak beach and a tiered 6 the Peninsula tokyo pools, while villas feature butler lagoon pool area that doubles 7 Grand hyatt tokyo service. the spa here is one of y as the trendy Woobar, while 72 8 hotel okura tokyo the city’s best. RTES u spacious villas are set back from 9 aman tokyo co ; ACE o l y the sand and feature private 10 2 Palace hotel tokyo a K the Venetian Macao o t l P frangipani-fringed pools. resort hotel ATT aha y M h 3 J sheraton Grand Macao K a t ar F 2 the st. regis bali resort hotel, cotai central P o F y o 3 4 y ayana resort and spa bali the st. regis Macao, RTES Above, from left: u RTES 4 cotai central Grand hyatt Jakarta u co overlooking the : co 5 ; 5 Four seasons hotel Macao, K Four seasons resort bali pool area at W bali; a osite ny Park hyatt tokyo’s PP i at Jimbaran bay cotai strip o M e skylighted Peak u. u. s 6 6 the legian bali Mandarin oriental, Macau – i lounge; a suite ACA l a M 7 7 b Mandarin oriental, Jakarta at banyan tree conrad Macao, cotai central W ree F t 8 Macau. Opposite: 8 o banyan tree ungasan, bali Wynn Macau n y a the central dome ny 9 9 the Mulia, bali the ritz-carlton, Macau a RTES of the taj Mahal b u F o 10 10 c o conrad bali Palace in Mumbai. Grand hyatt Macau February / March 2017 – Destina sian.coM.