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Singapore Destination Guide
Overview From muddy, mosquito-infested backwater, to thriving world financial powerhouse, multicultural Singapore has grown like a city on steroids. This amazing metropolis is almost like one big urban theme park with staggering shopping, dining, entertainment and accommodation options. Founded by British ‘entrepreneur’ and statesman, Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, Singapura as it was then […]
P&O Cruises in the South Pacific – An 80 year tradition
Roderick Eime Everyone knows that cruising is just about the hottest thing in travel at the moment. It seems everyone is cruising and everyone else just can’t wait to go. Just these last couple of years, all the big cruise lines have brought bigger and fancier ships down to Australia to cash in on our […]
Sydney’s top hotels: The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons Hotel Sydney in the heart of the city’s cruise precinct has been a prominent feature of the city’s hotel landscape since opening as The Regent in 1982 when it was billed as the city’s first true luxury hotel. Like so many buildings of the period, it is not an architectural triumph externally, […]
Sydney Hotels: Mantra 2 Bond
By Roderick Eime Sydney is a city you don’t want to just transit through. Out-of-town cruisers beginning or ending their cruises in Sydney would be nuts if they didn’t allow a few days at either end to explore this sparkling city that is consistently rated among the favorites by worldly travelers. Cruise lines tend to […]
Hotels for cruisers: The Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour
by guest contributor, Roderick Eime Now that the era of cruise ships, indeed heavy shipping in general, will soon be a thing of the past in Darling Harbour, that’s no reason to discount any of the great hotels that offer top notch accommodation in this alternative to the sometimes pricey, often fully-booked CBD properties. In […]
Suite Spot: The Sebel Pier One Sydney
Suite Spot: The Sebel Pier One Sydney It is a worldwide trend for the great metropolises of the world to convert older buildings into modern, functional spaces and Sydney is certainly no exception. In the CBD and especially around the OPT (Overseas Passenger Terminal) at Circular Quay (adjacent the Sydney Opera House), accommodation is at […]
