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Valentine’s Day Romance for Modern Day Lizzie & Mr Darcys at Toga Hotels

After 200 years, the lessons in romance from Jane Austen have endured. This Valentine’s Day, Toga Hotels is doing the gentlemanly thing and sharing the love. All you and your one true love have to do is present proof of your names upon check-in to be eligible for a free night accommodation at any Adina […]

Thailand wins for the third consecutive year the International Snow Sculpture Contest at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

Thailand wins for the third consecutive year the International Snow Sculpture Contest at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

The title of Grand Champion has again been bestowed on Thailand’s master ice craftsmen as they produced the winning entry in the 40th International Snow Sculptureat the 64th Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan, held during February 5-11, 2013. For this year, there were 11 international teams participating in the completion. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) […]

Thailand wins for the third consecutive year the International Snow Sculpture Contest at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

Thailand wins for the third consecutive year the International Snow Sculpture Contest at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

The title of Grand Champion has again been bestowed on Thailand’s master ice craftsmen as they produced the winning entry in the 40th International Snow Sculptureat the 64th Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan, held during February 5-11, 2013. For this year, there were 11 international teams participating in the completion. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) […]

Cruising Kerala’s Backwaters in the President’s Boat

by Michael Travers A Chance Skype chat and a mention of India was all it took to get the ball rolling on a sailing trip through the backwaters of Kerala. Michael Travers reports. The Kerala Backwaters are a 900kmlong chain of brackish lagoons and lakes in southern India, which are interconnected by a labyrinthine series […]

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Launches New Residential Meeting Suites

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Launches New Residential Meeting Suites

– The New Way to Meet Four Seasons Hotel Sydney is redefining the way guests meet, offering a bespoke home-style approach with the launch of four stunning new residential meeting suites. Created by award-winning designer Michael McCann, the Hotel has transformed the entire level two space overlooking the atrium lobby from the hotel’s former Kable’s […]

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Launches New Residential Meeting Suites

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Launches New Residential Meeting Suites

– The New Way to Meet Four Seasons Hotel Sydney is redefining the way guests meet, offering a bespoke home-style approach with the launch of four stunning new residential meeting suites. Created by award-winning designer Michael McCann, the Hotel has transformed the entire level two space overlooking the atrium lobby from the hotel’s former Kable’s […]

Stockton Tin City: From Mad Max to five-star

Stockton Tin City: From Mad Max to five-star

FROM MAD MAX TO 5-STAR, BEEN THERE DUNE THAT David Elliswith John Rozentals THE welcome sign casts a shadow reminiscent of Arthur Boyd’s Ned Kelly as Angus Jameson’s four-wheel-drive mounts another crest to reveal Tin City, a post-apocalyptic, Mad-Max-like settlement amid the sand dunes of Stockton Beach just north of Newcastle. And the first question […]

Struth! Aussie Aussie Aussie .. almost

Struth! Aussie Aussie Aussie .. almost

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis muses over P&O Cruises’ choice of ice-cream that it gave away to guests to celebrate Australia Day aboard it’s liner Pacific Pearl that was in Sydney Harbour to take part in several of the harbour’s big day […]

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Open for Business

With the worst of the wet weather leaving the region, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland wants the world to know the sun is shining, waterfalls are flowing and they are open for business. Over the Australia Day weekend, the region experienced wet and windy conditions and some localised flooding as a direct result of Ex-Tropical Cyclone […]

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Open for Business

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Open for Business

With the worst of the wet weather leaving the region, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland wants the world to know the sun is shining, waterfalls are flowing and they are open for business. Over the Australia Day weekend, the region experienced wet and windy conditions and some localised flooding as a direct result of Ex-Tropical Cyclone […]