Luxury holidays
Is your hotel room up to scratch? Nine things to check out on check in
Many hotels have made clever tweaks in the name of sustainability and guest comfort. How does your hotel match up?
- by Ute Junker
Major revamp puts the groove back into heritage Melbourne hotel
In reimagining this city property, designers look to have taken the 1970s ball and run with it.
- by Julietta Jameson
Opinion
Singapore
Hotels are booming and charging a fortune because they can
Wasn’t there a global pandemic just a couple of years ago, when hotels had to be shuttered and staff laid off?
- by Lee Tulloch
Former Italian monastery turned glorious hotel gets a revamp
The Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel is situated for glorious sea views and is built around an 800-year old Cistercian monastery
- by Julietta Jameson
Why airlines love premium economy (more than passengers)
Emirates and Singapore Airlines have finally embraced premium economy, while Qantas has increased the number of premium seats on board.
- by Michael Gebicki
Byron’s new luxury villas are for lovers of food, nature and design
A lot of homework, strong attention to detail and a little help from their friends have helped NSW couple Greta and Perry Smith create the Byron Shire’s newest luxury lodgings.
- by Julietta Jameson
Hotel of converted train carriages is stunning, shame about the service
The star attractions at this rail-themed Thai hotel are the 16 luxury suites upcycled from real train cars.
- by Justin Meneguzzi
The world’s 29 ultimate grand hotels (including one in Australia)
Grande dame hotels, wherever they are found worldwide, are properties with walls that have stories to tell and secrets to keep.
- by Fiona Duncan
10 historic buildings reborn as stunning luxury hotels
Former grand railway stations, government office buildings, factories and even a prison are being transformed into luxury heritage hotels, preserving cities’ histories in the process.
- by Belinda Jackson
A destination so intense, travellers get a world of experiences in a week
You can spend a week in India’s biggest state and come away with an intensity of experience and emotion that might take months to clock up elsewhere.
- by Julietta Jameson