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Luxury holidays

Ayers Rock Resort.

Seeing Australia’s big attractions could soon get much easier

Journey Beyond’s acquisition of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia means cross-country rail trips, Uluru and a reef escape could all be part of one itinerary.

  • Julietta Jameson
The main pool.

There’s a new Raffles in Singapore and it’s not like the old one

This new resort came with great expectations, as the country’s second Raffles property after the best-known and most historic hotel in Singapore.

  • Craig Platt
Five star bed, no star sleep.

My five-star hotel gets no stars for ignoring my noise complaint

I was just getting into bed when I was almost blasted out of it by the sudden amplification of music from the hotel’s ballroom, directly below me.

  • Lee Tulloch
Into the Zodiac to explore Dambimangari Country and the Horizontal Falls.

The clever French invention opening up Australia’s wildest coast

Want to poke around among the mangroves at high tide? Want to get a spray from a Kimberley waterfall? The Zodiac will get you there.

  • Jim Darby
Hannah St Hotel, Southbank.

The verdict on Melbourne’s glam new Manhattan-style hotel

Tucked next to a major highway and likened to New York’s iconic Flatiron Building, Hannah St Hotel might be the city’s most convincing slice of the Big Apple.

  • Katherine Scott
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The pool deck of Luminara, the newest ship in the luxury Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection.

The verdict on luxury hotel brand’s new ship (or should that be yacht?)

If ever there was a ship – sorry yacht – designed to appease cruise-sceptics, or even cruise-despisers, Luminara is it.

  • Anthony Dennis
Ardour Milton Park Bowral.

Famed country estate reopens after $10 million makeover

Heritage values remain in the bones of the 1910 estate, but the experience has been recalibrated for modern travellers who value comfort, design and dining.

  • Julietta Jameson
Breakfast on the Gritti Palace’s terrace is a ‘wow’ moment.

I’ve stayed in 1000 hotels around the world. Here are the 10 best

From big luxury names to small boutique properties you might never have heard of, an expert names his ultimate hotel experiences.

  • Mark C. O’Flaherty
Views of Dubai from the world’s highest infinity pool.

With the world’s highest infinity pool, this hotel is peak stopover luxury

If you’re going to maximise a Dubai stopover, why not go all out with a stay at this glamorous beachside hotel.

  • Trudi Jenkins
An artist impression of the Celia Carriage.

Fantasy on wheels: Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin design train carriage

Drama, theatrics and a whole of colour will be onboard this designer-led luxury train.

  • Julietta Jameson