Reaching Your Plateau

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What does a hotel in the middle of the urban jungle do when it wants to provide a resort experience for its guests? It builds an oasis several stories in the air. And Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt has done so, spending a cool $10 million in the process.

Occupying the 11th-floor podium is its new "hotel within a hotel," Plateau, tel: (852) 2584 7688. This self-contained pleasure zone offers 23 spiffy guest rooms in modern minimalist style (futons, infinity-edge baths, floor cushions) plus a spa, lavish pool area and alfresco dining. If the overall look seems vaguely reminiscent of the big screen, that's because it was created by architect John Morford, who helped in the design of the Park Hyatt Tokyo—the setting for Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation.

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Plateau's spa treatments are overseen by onetime choreographer and fitness expert Odile de Vars, who had a hand in the spas at the Four Seasons George V Hotel in Paris and the fabulous Grand Hotel du Palais in Biarritz. You'll find everything from hot-stone treatments to Vichy showers on the menu—but if that all seems a bit bracing, repair to the poolside Grill, where designer barbecue and long tall drinks await. Rooms from about $330 a night, plus tax.