Cathay Members’ Choice Awards 2026: Asia’s best new attraction
Welcome to the Cathay Members’ Choice Awards. Our annual awards celebrate the very best in travel, dining and lifestyle – as voted by you, our global community of tastemakers.
After counting the votes, we’re thrilled to announce the results of this year’s awards. Discover Asia’s best new attraction, as well as the three nominees that made it to the shortlist.
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Winner: Rainforest Wild Adventure, Singapore
Tigers, langurs and sun bears helped this standout new wildlife park emerge victorious over shopping and skiing. Rainforest Wild Adventure is home to dozens of rare and exotic species. Designed to mirror South East Asia’s natural ecosystems, the 13‑hectare site unfolds across eight immersive zones – from watering holes where tapirs lounge to caverns inspired by Borneo’s ancient caves, complete with stalagmites, limestone pools and an abseiling experience. For those seeking a thrill, canopy jumps, suspension bridge walks and rock climbs play out high above the jungle floor.
Shortlisted nominees
Shenzhen Qianhai Huafa Ice and Snow World
Who needs the Alps when Shenzhen has its own year-round winter wonderland? Set inside the world’s largest indoor ski resort, Qianhai Huafa Ice and Snow World (aka Huafa Snow Bonski) brings sub-zero thrills to the subtropical south of the Chinese Mainland, with five sprawling ski slopes and a massive snow-play zone. Whether you’re getting to grips with powder for the first time or carving down 450-metre runs, it’s a delightfully over-the-top attraction.
UpperHills Shenzhen
More like a mini city than a mall, Shenzhen’s design-forward UpperHills lifestyle complex blends shopping, dining, hotels and offices into a sprawling architectural landmark connected to the surrounding parks and hillsides of Futian. Evolving in phases since its debut, this popular lifestyle destination continues to expand with new additions, from the world’s first Muji Hotel in 2018 to the Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen in 2022, Galeries Lafayette in 2023 and the city’s first downtown duty-free shop in 2025. The standout is its photogenic “Loft Town”, an outdoor shopping district lined with colourful red, orange and yellow buildings that feel like stepping into a Mondrian painting.
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Dib Bangkok
Named after the Thai word for “raw” or “authentic”, Dib Bangkok embraces originality within a repurposed 1980s steel warehouse, transformed into a contemporary art playground. Thailand’s first global contemporary art museum moves from exposed-concrete industrial spaces to airy white-cube galleries upstairs, with rotating exhibitions featuring Thai and international artists. Opened in late 2025, it’s one of the most exciting new museums in Bangkok, and houses renowned American artist James Turrell’s first permanent installation in Thailand. You’ll also find the Chapel, a glittering mosaic-clad gallery that feels blissfully removed from Bangkok’s chaos.
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