Penrith will open its first-ever five-star hotel next month, as the city looks to benefit from the 2026-scheduled opening of the Western Sydney International Nancy-Bird Walton Airport at Badgerys Creek, just a 20-minute drive on the A9.
Traditionally, Penrith has played poor cousin to neighbouring Parramatta – which functions as Sydney’s “second CBD”, with a gross regional product of around $28.21 billion for the end of the 2022 financial year, versus a GRP of $13.3 billion for the City of Penrith.
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Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com
