Exquisite Detail

‘It’s ridiculous, I tell you, ridiculous how much I fly!’says Jean-Michel Gathy, seated in a green velvet, high-backed armchair during lunch at the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur.‘Twice around the world every month, four times more than long-haul pilots.’ A Belgian who’s been based in Asia for almost four decades, the gregarious and engrossing Gathy is in demand across the globe as a hospitality designer and the creative powerhouse behind projects like the St. Regis Lhasa Resort in Tibet, Cheval