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Anthony Dennis

Anthony Dennis

Editor, travel

Anthony Dennis is editor, travel, at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via Twitter.

On the rails … an already epic trip extended.

Australia’s most epic train journey just got longer

The itinerary of the 4352-kilometre Indian Pacific, which includes the longest straight stretch of railway track on Earth, has been extended from 65 hours to 90 hours.

  • Anthony Dennis
A landmark takes shape .. the exterior of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

This city is about to give Dubai a real run for its dirhams

Abu Dhabi is at last set to compete with its glitzier neighbour Dubai, with its incredible new cultural district finally near completion.

  • Anthony Dennis
We see what you did there… the transformed Lanson Place Parliament Gardens.

Historic former Salvos building in Melbourne now a classy hotel

This is a genuinely smart and superbly situated addition to Melbourne’s five-star hotel stock.

  • Anthony Dennis
The business suites offer a “hotel in the sky” feeling.

This business class seat is a perfect ‘hotel in the sky’

This is one snug designer cubbyhole even if the unusual backwards-facing aspect of the seat takes a little getting used to.

  • Anthony Dennis
Kyoto’s tourist numbers have surged to unmanageable levels.

Go somewhere else: Overtourism is no longer just a European problem

Kyoto tourist numbers have become so onerous the tourism board recently urged Australians to visit other parts of Japan.

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You might run into Alan Joyce on your next Qantas flight.

Superjumbos, ‘raw doggers’ and Alan Joyce: Travel’s winners and losers

From the tourism rise of an oil giant to the dramatic downfall of an aviation supremo, here are travel’s biggest winners and losers of the past year.

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Emirates’ business class is all class.

Qantas take note, this is how you do business class on a superjumbo

When it comes to the pointy end, Emirates is all class. Its Australian codeshare partner needs to start paying attention.

  • Anthony Dennis
Restore to grande dame again… or near enough.

The verdict on iconic Sydney hotel’s $70 million revamp

Expectations have been great that the Sofitel Wentworth’s owners should at last dig deep and restore it to its once near-supermodel status.

  • Anthony Dennis
Hotel Cour du Corbeau, Strasbourg.

Step back centuries with a stay in this underrated French city

A stay at the Hotel Cour du Corbeau is the perfect historical accompaniment to the ancient town of Strasbourg.

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The stylish suites feature modernist art, and custom furnishings offset with antique pieces.

This quirky new luxury Paris hotel is way cooler than its name implies

Stylish and sophisticated yet relaxed and unpretentious, the boutique Hotel Norman could be a model for a cooler, more welcoming post-Olympics Paris.

  • Anthony Dennis

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