Paradise, Found

Over the course of an hour of speaking to Adrian Zecha, the legendary hotelier had mentioned the word ‘luck’ about a dozen times. “It’s not because I’m clever, it’s because I’ve been very lucky. I’m dead serious,” he said firmly about the reason for his unprecedented success in the hospitality industry. “Of course, I work hard. You have to do that,” he added.

Zecha and I met in his office in Singapore—a minimalist space swathed in white and dotted with wooden accents and books, a look similar to the streamlined