Songtsam Linka Retreat Lhasa, one of 12 hotel properties of the award-winning boutique luxury hotel chain, Songtsam Hotels, Resorts & Tours, in the Tibet and Yunnan Provinces of China, is featured on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2022, under “The Best Hotels and Resorts in the World” and “The Best Hotels and Resorts in Asia”.  This is the second  time that Songtsam is listed on a  Condé Nast Traveler Gold List USA edition.

In addition to these awards, Songtsam won the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List China edition in the "China Top 10 Hotels" category, and Songtsam Lodge Laigu won the "Best View Hotel" single award on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2022. 

Condé Nast Contributor, Vincent Wang, described the  Songtsam Linka Retreat Lhasa in this way, “This sprawling complex, which clings to the hillside in pockets of stone and lime slurry, feels particularly suited to its surroundings, no doubt thanks to the hotel group’s zealous site-selection process: The location of each property is carefully staked out before one is chosen. (The Songtsam Shangri-La Lvgu Lodge, almost 100 miles east, sits on the grounds where the house of Baima Duoji, Songtsam Group’s founder, once stood.) And even then, it took nearly two years to manifest this mountain compound. For its construction, the brand tapped the craftsmen who helped to restore the neighboring Potala Palace, a magnificent 17th-century fortress, using some of the same techniques and materials. Inside, wood—used for the floors, walls, and ceilings—suffuses the hotel with a warmth that tempers the dramatic landscape beyond; handcrafted copperware and impressive Thangka paintings and tapestries hang from the walls.”

Songtsam Founder & Chairman, Baima Duoji, noted “as a hotel brand deeply rooted in Tibet and Yunnan, we are grateful for the international recognition and appreciation of Songtsam’s strong commitment to sustainability with our careful selection of hotel locations and ensuring that the property fits into the local environment.”  Baima added, “but it is our Songtsam team who we are the most proud of, and who are the backbone of the Songtsam success story. Over 92% of Songtsam employees, including the craftsmen used to construct a new property,  are drawn from the local villages where the hotels are located, and we are pleased that this is a key contributing factor in the economic development of the surrounding communities.”

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Gold List was founded in 1995. The magazine invites travel experts who pursue quality of life, understand and enjoy high-end travel methods, and have unique insights, to work with the "Condé Nast Traveler" editorial department to select the most favorite hotels, airlines, cruises, and destinations. In this way, the “Gold List” produced by multiple opinions and selection results represents a truly objective quality choice and is regarded as the “gold standard” by global travel consumers.