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March 2023

The wing of Fairlawns that houses the courtyard suites.

Your Johannesburg stopover just stepped up a level

Skip the airport hotel and spend a night in luxury at Fairlawns Boutique Hotel.

  • Lauren Vadnjal

January 2023

The Manly Pacific hotel.

Step inside Manly’s newest, most expensive hotel suite

The Infinity Residence costs $2000 a night as part of the Manly Pacific’s $30 million revamp.

  • Fiona Carruthers

November 2022

Ace Hotel Surry Hills

This new hotel brings (unprecedented) LA cool to Sydney

Ace Hotels’ first outlet in the southern hemisphere brings a touch of trendy Los Angeles to one of the city’s oldest suburbs, Surry Hills.

  • Max Mason
The Tokyo EDITION hotel has 22 suites with stellar views, including of the Tokyo Tower.

Looking for unbeatable views over Tokyo? Bed down here

If you’re after Blade Runner views and a chic stay in one of the world’s most exciting cities, this latest EDITION offering is a good choice.

  • Michael Smith
A tented Rock suite at Suján Jawai, a freshly revamped conservation-focused safari camp. Expect to see leopards.

Living among leopards: How this village thrives with the big cats

A Rajasthani safari camp founded by an entrepreneurial conservationist is working with the community to boost the local leopard population.

  • Nina Karnikowski
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InterContinental Hayman Island Resort’s new Beachfront Pavilions provide the softest of landing pads.

On the doorstep: Six new boutique hotels close to home

Whether it’s a pad in the Whitsundays or some old-world elegance in Auckland, these classy stays are utterly beguiling.

  • Lauren Vadnjal
Intercontinental Sydney’s Aster Bar terrace features spectacular views of the Sydney Opera House and harbour.

Inside the $120m refurbishment of a grand Sydney hotel

The InterContinental Hotel is one of the city’s few historic grand dames – but after a massive makeover, it’s back and competing with the best of them.

  • Fiona Carruthers
The pool is heated, so even if the temperature is cool, you can enjoy a dip with a magnificent view.

At this eco-luxe resort, you can enjoy a peaceful, TV-free Vietnam

If you are already half in love with the country, a warm welcome from the five-star Avana Retreat will seal the deal.

  • Emma Connors

October 2022

Six Senses Fiji Malolo Island is the nearest property to Australia. There are rumours an Australian hotel could open soon.

The world’s top 30 luxury hotel brands ranked

With suites starting from $1000 a night plus exotic locations from the Caribbean to the Maldives, luxury hotels are the stuff post-pandemic dreams are made of.

  • Fiona Carruthers

September 2022

The grandiose lobby of the revamped Biltmore Waldorf Astoria in Phoenix, Arizona.

Fancy desert golfing in style? Stay at the Arizona Biltmore resort

The hotel has hosted almost every US president since Herbert Hoover. Unwind after a day on the course, and enjoy its $103 million refurb.

  • Matthew Cranston

August 2022

At this luxe hotel, see Roman ruins and maybe a former Beatle

Cash to splash and a certain style have gone into creating what is surely Britain’s hottest-ticket accommodation.

  • Jane Knight

July 2022

Welcome to the recently restored Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor. Its limousine fleet includes this 1968 Mercedes saloon.

Siem Reap’s Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor awaits your custom

The refurbished hotel, which turned 90 this year, is the perfect “old world meets modern conveniences” stay. Visit now, before the crowds return.

  • Chris Wright
The large outdoor infinity pool blends into the Mediterranean at eye level.

Channel your inner jet-setter at The Maybourne Riviera

This ultra-stylish new hotel, perched high above the Med, has panoramic views of the Côte d’Azur to Italy and Monaco, from $2290 to $30,560 a night.

  • Tony Davis

June 2022

Mt Isthmus

Four brilliantly designed new places to stay at in NZ

The country is welcoming travellers back with a bevy of imaginative hotel offerings. Expect the unexpected.

  • Jo Bates
A warm welcome awaits guests at GPH, which preserves the ambience of its colonial heyday.

Here’s what it’s like to stay at the ‘Raffles of Fiji’

First opened in 1914, Suva’s grand dame of the South Pacific is about to be restored to its former glory.

  • Fiona Carruthers
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A yoga session at the resort – fortunately, without any chanting.

How a Thai resort won over this wellness cynic

Despite my irritation with the term, I find myself breathing more like an elephant than a tortoise after just a day at Banyan Tree Krabi.

  • Emma Connors

May 2022

Bringing art and history together: the grand H. Jones Suite.

The Tassie hotel where the artworks are for sale

Hobart’s five-star Henry Jones Art Hotel is like staying in a gallery, where the pieces – and the food – feed the soul.

  • Peter Kerr

March 2022

The wet-edge 28-metre pool atop the Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands is the hero of this new property.

With a heated rooftop pool, this five-star Docklands hotel ramps it up

The once industrial area west of Melbourne’s city centre is not considered a traditionally glamorous stay option. Marriott is looking to turn that around.

  • Fiona Carruthers
 Fire-cooked snapper sizzles at Dinah’s, the formal restaurant at Osborn House.

Osborn House has been reimagined as a Southern Highlands haven

Choose from beautiful suites or cosy garden cabins and revel in sensational, fire-cooked food at this luxury country estate.

  • Ute Junker

February 2022

Top chef shares the simple pork belly recipe inspired by his nonna

Massimo Mele channels his inner grandmother with seasonal and simple cooking at Hobart’s newest luxury hotel, The Tasman.

  • Jill Dupleix

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