The St. Regis Langkawi (www.starwoodhotels.com/stregis) takes over a 600-meter-long stretch of private beach on Malaysia’s yachting island, peppering it with four overwater villas and 85 suitably luxe suites (20 of them get their own pool).

 

Bangkok’s architectural king of resort chic, Bill Bensley, played a part in designing the brand’s vision for a sort of tropical-rainforest-meets-Italian-Riviera take on luxury—think obscenely high ceilings, huge chandeliers and marble everything surrounded by jungle. We love the stunning green-house-like dining room, called L’Orangerie & Lounge.

 

The pleb suites start at US$794 (B27,736), but what you really want is an overwater villa—yours for 24 hours at $3,174 (B110,800).