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Julietta Jameson

Julietta Jameson

Travel writer

Julietta Jameson is a freelance travel writer who would rather be in Rome, but her hometown Melbourne is a happy compromise.Connect via email.

Up a notch… Suite Australis Bathroom. Supplied

‘Unparalleled’ luxury suites to be launched on Australian trains

The new Australis and Aurora suites will take off on The Ghan, Indian Pacific and the Great Southern from April 2026.

  • Julietta Jameson
The 25hours Oddbird in central Jakarta.

Despite being replaced as a capital, Jakarta is still booming

Indonesia may be moving its capital, but Jakarta is continuing to grow with a new hotel taking eclectic design to the maximalist max.

  • Julietta Jameson
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This Pacific paradise is ready to welcome Australian travellers back

Australians were the second-biggest market for this idyllic island nation. But after unrest in May last year, all tourism ground to a halt.

  • Julietta Jameson
Soak bathhouse on the Gold Coast.

Communal bathing is finally taking off in Australia

Japan, Hungary, Turkey – all these countries love public baths. Australia is finally getting in on the act.

  • Julietta Jameson
The Eve Hotel in Sydney.

The great Melbourne, Sydney hotel boom enters stylish new era

Australia’s two biggest cities are finally addressing a shortage in visitor beds, with serious design credentials to boot.

  • Julietta Jameson
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Sweden’s Icehotel is celebrating 35 years.

Scandinavia’s coolest place to stay, literally

Each year the suites that make this unique hotel even more spectacular change with one good reason: the previous ones melt away.

  • Julietta Jameson
The opening of Palazzo Citterio as part of the Grande Brera project.

Move over, Florence: Milan’s answer to the Uffizi gallery is here

Milan, the northern Italian capital known mainly for fashion, design and finance, is staking its claim as a centre of art – as a plan conceived half a century ago reaches its culmination.

  • Julietta Jameson
Virgin business class passengers will have access to Qatar Airways’ Qsuite, named the world’s best business class at this year’s World Airline Awards.

Virgin Australia relaunches long-haul international flights, sort of

For the first time since scrapping its US routes during the pandemic, Virgin Australia is relaunching long-haul flights, thanks to its deal with Qatar Airways.

  • Julietta Jameson
Fiji Airways.

New routes to the US as Pacific island airline expands horizons

Fiji has a strategy to position the country as a hub connecting the Pacific with the US.

  • Julietta Jameson
One for football fans of all ages … Real Madrid World Dubai.

‘The world’s greatest football club’ launches its own theme park

Real Madrid World in Dubai spans six hectares, the equivalent of six football pitches, and features more than 40 experiences and rides.

  • Julietta Jameson

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