Thomas Ashworth is a resort specialist and travel writer with a particular focus on private island properties, overwater bungalow resorts, and the Indian Ocean luxury market. He is a former hotel general manager.
A curated collection of perspectives
Two of the world's leading luxury hotel brands have developed radically different approaches to guest experience. We examine what separates them and which delivers the better stay.
By Thomas Ashworth
Not all overwater bungalows are created equal. We review the finest examples from three of the world's most iconic lagoon destinations.
By Thomas Ashworth
The great ryokan of Japan offer an experience of hospitality so culturally specific and so intensely human that it has no equivalent anywhere else in the world.
By Thomas Ashworth
Three Indian Ocean archipelagos. Three radically different resort environments. We compare them for the serious luxury traveller.
By Thomas Ashworth
From Utah's canyon country to the Sahara and the Empty Quarter, the desert resort has emerged as one of luxury hospitality's most compelling categories.
By Thomas Ashworth
For guests who have stayed everywhere and want to be genuinely alone, a new category of ultra-private retreat offers seclusion that money can usually but not always buy.
By Thomas Ashworth
