The Langham, Shenzhen

Rooms at this 352-key luxury hotel on Shennan Boulevard start at a generous 40 square meters, and the decor reads timeless enough that you could plausibly lose track of the decade. The Langham brand leans hard into its English hospitality heritage, which here means Wedgwood china at afternoon tea, two pools, a spa, and a handful of restaurants running from Cantonese fine dining to whatever mood you're in.

Two honors, in evidence: