To return to a paradise previously lost would make anyone happy. And Adrian Zecha is clearly content. He is sitting amid swaying coconut trees at Amanpuri on Phuketthe first resort he created in 1988. Cigar in hand, his youthful demeanor belying his 68 years, he is explaining how it felt to remove himself from Amanresorts, the luxury resort chain he founded and nurtured for more than a decade before a shareholder dispute over its parent company forced his two-year hiatus. "When you have a two-year-old child, you definitely are indispensable," says Zecha. "At 12 you are to a lesser degree. At...
