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Cloud nine

ntrepid cool-hunters have long answered the siren call of an Aman resort – their apparent inaccessibility. Since Adrian Zecha opened his first property, Amanpuri, on Phuket in 1988, a degree of remoteness has secured a certain type of high-flying guest; someone who isn’t deterred by a few hours’ drive beyond the nearest hub airport and relishes the discretion (mixed with a certain déjà vu) that greets the avowed Aman junkie as

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