Siem Reap's Phum Baitang is best designed hotel in Asia

Phum Baitang, a luxury resort located near Siem Reap, Cambodia, also won Best Architecture under the Resort category at the Asia Hotel Design Awards (AHDA) 2016. — Handout

The nominees ranged from a hotel that blended culture and sophistication in the heart of Beijing to a luxury resort amidst lush paddy fields in Cambodia and a boutique hotel that retained the rich heritage and history of its premises.

The Asia Hotel Design Awards (AHDA) 2016 received over 130 entries from 60 projects in 12 different countries across Asia and the Pacific. In the end, two hotels dominated the ceremony, bagging almost all the awards between them.