The Langham Haikou

The lobby sits on the 35th floor, which tells you something about the ambition here. This is a luxury hotel in Hainan's tallest tower on Binhai Avenue, with 249 rooms stacked above it and most looking out over the South China Sea. Cantonese at T'ang Court, an all-day international spread at Atelier, afternoon tea at Palm Court because that's a Langham tradition going back forever, and cocktails at Liquary on the 43rd floor if you need a reason to go higher.