Celebrity Stats
Profession
Architect and hotel designer
Nationality
American
Architect and hotel designer
American
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Shinta Mani Angkor pairs black-and-white drama with shaded courtyards and a purpose-led hotel school legacy. Bill Bensley’s link runs deeper than authorship: DestinAsian reports that he and his team stayed in the original 18-room Shinta Mani guesthouse while working on Hôtel de la Paix. A 2012 Phnom Penh Post profile later found him at the hotel’s poolside bar as he shaped its next chapter. Today’s expanded five-star property preserves that lineage in tropical calm.