AFTER LANDING IN THE COVETED CONDE Nast Traveler Magazine?s Annual Hot List, Abacá Boutique Resort & Restaurant adds one more to its trophy shelf with a spot in DestinAsian Magazine?s 2009 Luxe List of the best new hotels and resorts in the region.

The Jakarta-based DestinAsian publication, a leading, award-winning travel and lifestyle magazine, writes, ?We?ve checked into the best, and selected 39 to join our annual roundup of Asia Pacific?s most notable debuts.? Abacá Boutique Resort & Restaurant, located on Punta Engaño Road, Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan, Cebu, made the cut based on the magazine?s three-fold test of style, service and surrounds.

The resort, said the magazine, ?exudes genuine Filipino warmth,? ?particularly attentive? room butlers and Jason Hyatt?s ?addictive flatbread pizza.? For bookings and inquiries on Abacá Resort, call (32) 4953461 or (32) 2360311; e-mail reservations@abacáresort.com.