Following Geoffrey Bawa: a journey through Sri Lanka’s living spaces
A hotel founder’s journey through houses, gardens, dining rooms and coastal hotels, asking what makes a place feel alive.
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JESSIE WENJIE LI · GLOBAL LIFESTYLE CURATOR
Stories with a sense
of place and people.
I am Jessie Wenjie Li, a Global Lifestyle Curator with travel experience across 102 countries and a background in hospitality. I welcome editorial commissions, considered hotel experiences and cross-cultural projects.
Selected full-length writing
Read complete stories with photographs. These are self-published website editions adapted from my Chinese travel writing, not external magazine clippings.
Why AlUla became the desert I wanted to return to
Nabataean tombs, contemporary art, a mirrored building and a long lunch: the layers that made AlUla much more than a landscape to me.
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My first mixed-gender sauna experience at Vabali, Berlin
A July 2021 visit, a tightly held towel, and a garden of timber, water and quiet: what I remember about bodies, culture and the design of rest.
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Editorial commissions
Architecture, distinctive hotels, cultural travel, dining and the practices through which people find rest and meaning.
Hotel & destination experiences
I am open to invitations where the experience fits my interests and a clear editorial brief. Hosted stays and commercial relationships should be disclosed; coverage and opinions are not guaranteed.
Curation & cultural collaborations
Conversations about Chinese living arts, hospitality experience and thoughtful small-group cultural journeys.
A short introduction
Jessie Wenjie Li is a Global Lifestyle Curator based in Hangzhou, China. Her writing draws on travel across 102 countries and experience founding Garden Villa Collection, a boutique resort project in Qiandao Lake. She holds a master’s degree in International Hotel Management from the University of Queensland and undertook doctoral research in tourism planning at Peking University. Her interests connect cultural travel, architecture, hospitality, food and ways of living.
Founder disclosure: I have a direct interest in Garden Villa Collection. My own-project stories are identified as founder practice.