by Tina Hsiao and Jules Kay
Before the Suez Canal opened in 1869, a clipper took three months to sail from from England to China. A steamship only a month less.
Once the highway to India opened, the journey could be made in a mere 30 to 40 days. It was then that travel to Asia assumed new levels of style and luxury.
Writers, playwrights, actors, the rich and the royal all turned their attention to the exotic East. Entrepreneurs then set about building a new breed of hotel to cater to the sudden wave of well-heeled globetrotters.
An impressive collection of hotels built more than 100 years ago in Southeast Asia still stand proud today -- albeit with a few contemporary touches like Wi-Fi and LCD TVs.
Unique selling points in 1927 included individual telephones and baths with hot and cold running water, all under the tagline "The Premier Hotel East of Suez."
Built: 1884
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