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For seasoned travelers, there’s nothing particularly memorable about the typical hotel arrival.
Whether you take public transit, a taxi or an Uber, you’ll eventually find your way to the lobby and then wait your turn to check-in – rarely a highlight of the trip.
But what if you could zipline over a waterfall and land in the hotel bar? Take a serene river cruise through a lush gorge? Soar over snow-kissed mountain peaks in a helicopter?
Now that’s an entrance.
From Thailand to India, Cambodia to New Zealand, we’ve hand-picked a few of the most epic hotel arrival experiences across the Asia-Pacific region for a first impression you’ll remember forever.
If you’re staying at ÀNI Thailand – an all-inclusive private sanctuary on Koh Yao Noi Island in the Andaman Sea – you’ll have a choice of sea-faring arrival: Thai…