The competition is held in association with South African Airways, the official airline sponsor and The Westcliff Hotel, Johannesburg (part of the Orient-Express collection of luxury hotels) the official sponsor of accommodation for finalists and judges.

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In Thailand, every three months a rotation of local artists mix their canvases with a vast 4, 000-piece collection of contemporary Thai art hanging at the luxury Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok.

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The iconic hotel has been open since 1910 and is part of the Starwood Luxury Collection.

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