Today
Crazy rich Asian hotels open in London – think £25,000 a night
You can even live permanently at the newly minted Peninsula or the lavish Raffles. But can they compete with city icons like The Ritz or The Dorchester?
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
Inside an expedition to locate the Beagle’s lost anchors
A remote river in the Northern Territory is being persuaded to reveal its secrets. Yet like any wild thing, it does not wish to be known.
- Paul Toohey
This Month
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- Life & Leisure
What it’s like to stay at the new W Sydney between two expressways
After construction dramas then the pandemic, the $1 billion Ribbon built for the glamorous hotel has opened. Life & Leisure stayed on opening night.
- Philippa Coates
Sydney’s new $1b hotel starts at $700 a room, with (Darling) harbour views
The largest W hotel in the world also has a 30-metre open-air infinity pool, a 2am desert bar and a distinctive curved building.
- Fiona Carruthers
Marriott opens world’s biggest W Hotel in Sydney
It took three builders to complete it, but Marriott has finally cut the ribbon on the 588-room W Sydney at Darling Harbour.
- Larry Schlesinger
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- Skiing
Thredbo eyes new accommodation for first time in 30 years
Event Hospitality wants to offload part of its Thredbo Golf Course to a developer to build a precinct housing 186 beds and take advantage of the regional tourism boom.
- Campbell Kwan
Why this CEO avoids email and shuns morning routines
Living with a bit of chaos breeds creativity, says Sarah Derry, CEO of Accor in the Pacific.
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- Sally Patten and Euan Black
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- Rich List
Oatley family empire carve-up starts with vineyards
The heirs to a fortune assembled by Bob Oatley are already attempting to sell Hamilton Island, their largest asset, for more than $1 billion.
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- Primrose Riordan
What to expect on your first Greek Islands cruise
When cruising aboard Resilient Lady in a RockStar Suite, there’s only one way to spend your daytime shore excursions: like a rock star, in dark glasses and a cap.
- Tony Davis
September
For used cars, travel or a game of bowls, the solution is digital
How would you like to shop online for a second-hand car – that has been inspected by a number of experts and can be delivered to your door.
- Fiona Carruthers
China tourists tipped to return to Australia as visa restrictions ease
Visa processing for the Approved Destination Status (ADS) scheme, which makes it easier for Chinese tour groups to enter the country, resumed on Monday.
- Michael Smith
Rich Listers bank on $130m Phillip Island hotel to boost tourist spend
The billionaire founders of Computershare and Salta Properties, Chris Morris and Sam Tarascio, are behind the 160-room hotel proposal in Cowes.
- Campbell Kwan
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- Rich families
Malaysian billionaires eye a bid for Hamilton Island
Not every sibling in the wealthy Oatley family is as enthusiastic to sell the prized asset purchased by Bob Oatley, the legendary sailor who died in 2016.
- Primrose Riordan
Oatley family weighs $1b Hamilton sale; hires UBS
A handful of prospective investors have already visited the prized tourism asset in the past week.
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- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Manhattan’s private clubs thrive in a new Gilded Age
The pandemic is now past, but clubs seem to suit the newly flexible, remote-working world it left behind.
- Joshua Chaffin
For these investment bankers, adversity at Burning Man is the point
“There’s no ability to simply buy your way out of anything...which is half the experience,” says one Australian attendee.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Tess Bennett
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- Hotels
US billionaire to bring ultra-luxury Baccarat hotel to Australia
The hotel company developed by Starwood founder Barry Sternlicht wants to bring its ultra-luxury Baccarat brand to Australia’s East Coast.
- Larry Schlesinger
In the mud with Aussies stranded at Burning Man
Freak rains have trapped hundreds of Australians at Nevada’s annual Burning Man festival as they wait for mud to dry.
- Michael Smith and Tess Bennett
China’s demand for renewables drives boom talk in the deep north
A nascent boom in Far North Queensland involving mining, processing, enhanced tourism and fresh food exports could also be a victim of US-China tensions.
- Andrew Clark
How to enjoy life even if you’re not on holiday
Sarina Bratton, an executive with French cruise company Ponant in the Asia Pacific region, knows how to party – and lobby.
- Fiona Carruthers
