Best Luxury Hotel In The World: Sun Peninsula Residences, IHG Danang

Now to say I had high expectations of Sun Peninsula Residences, IHG Danang, the newly awarded ‘World’s Leading Luxury Resort’, is an understatement, but our BMW seven series arrives. Cold towels, chilled mineral water and massaging electronic gadgetry makes a great first impression. It’s not long before we are greeted by a chorus of “Welcome…

ByKaren Lawson19/08/20230Comments

Lifestyle & Homes

Why Hotel Furniture Matters: Style Benefits

Every hotel you visit whilst traveling delivers a different type of experience. In the hospitality industry, it is known that first impressions are crucial. These days, the experience doesn’t start the moment the customer steps foot in the lobby, but it actually begins from their phones. With social media apps like Instagram, Trip Advisor, Yelp,…

ByDaniella Menachemson08/09/20220Comments

Destinations Luxury Travel & Leisure World

Little Albion Guest House In Sydney: A Home Away From Home

There's something special about boutique hotels. After recently staying at the Little Albion, a 35 room luxury guest house hotel in Surry Hills, Sydney, I marvelled at the idea of enjoying a hotel that felt like a home away from home, only a lot more luxurious. What's special about this hotel is that it's tucked away in…

ByRobyn Foyster14/12/20180Comments

News & Trends

The Top 5 Hotel Beauty Amenity Kits In Australia

Tell me - what’s the first thing you do when you get inside a new hotel room? For me, I rush straight to the bathroom and inspect each and every beauty amenity product. There’s something so fun and exciting about a novelty-sized shampoo or body wash, especially when it’s by a luxurious brand. Read on…

ByThe Carousel05/09/20180Comments

Destinations Travel & Leisure

7 Stunning Castle Stays To Cure Your Royal Family Fever

Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their next prince or princess in April, and brother Prince Harry is set to marry US actress Meghan Markle in a royal wedding at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on 19 May. But don't fret if you didn’t get an invite to the royal baby shower or…

ByThe Carousel15/04/20180Comments

Destinations Luxury Travel & Leisure Videos

Giddy Up: Sydney’s William Inglis Hotel On Track In The Style Stakes

Overlooking the lush green track of Warwick Farm racecourse, you can't help but be impressed by this stylish equine-themed hotel. The 144-room five-star hotel near Liverpool in Sydney's West recently opened its doors to the public. Thoughtfully developed by the family-run thoroughbred sales company William Inglis & Son Ltd and named in honour of the owner…

ByRobyn Foyster07/02/20180Comments

Advice Destinations Luxury

A Luxury Weekender In An Airport Hangar

Not today. Our home for the next two nights is the airport…or rather an aircraft hangar. I am not reenacting a scene from The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks, but checking out one of Australia’s most unique luxury getaways - Hangar House. Not quite sure if we have knocked on the door of their home…

ByKaren Lawson26/08/20160Comments

Advice Destinations Luxury

The Perfect Melbourne Penthouse Perch

We bed test two of Melbourne funkiest, sleekest penthouses offering a very different experiences of the high life. Best for fun, feasting and friends – OVOLO Laneways If you had a rich uncle I bet this is where he would live, up high above the city laneways. He knows how to party and is the ultimate host…

ByKaren Lawson03/05/20160Comments

Travel & Leisure World

How To Confuse Business With Pillow Pleasure

Tick-tock, two years on and a recent business collaboration has seen my partner Dustin and I back and forth on the Ballina to Sydney Jetstar route so much that we (almost) see the plump ‘sprint-service’ guy from the Ballina airport café more than our own families. Being a travel journalist by trade, I have a habit…

ByThe Carousel28/11/20150Comments

Luxury Travel & Leisure

The Ampersand Hotel: Luxe London With Writer Kathy Lette

The most effective method of looking young is to be photographed in front of a tyrannosaurus. A bunch of dinosaur bones certainly puts wrinkles into perspective. Which is why I like hanging out in museums. One of the best things about the Ampersand Hotel is its location, a stroll away from the Natural History, the…

ByThe Carousel12/06/20150Comments