Marie-Antoinette Issa

Marie-Antoinette Issa is the Lifestyle Editor at Women Love Travel and Lifestyle & Beauty Editor for Women Love Tech and The Carousel. With a career spanning newsrooms and leading women’s lifestyle publications, she has contributed to Cosmopolitan, Cleo, Madison, Concrete Playground, The Urban List, Daily Mail, I Quit Sugar, and Huffington Post. Passionate about stories that inspire, Marie-Antoinette blends travel, lifestyle, and wellness expertise to create content that informs, entertains, and empowers women everywhere.

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Hotels & Resorts

Same Suburb, Better Shoes: Rediscovering Parramatta at the ParkRoyal

I should declare my biases up front. I’m Western Sydney born and bred. And I recently stayed a night at the ParkRoyal Parramatta with a friend (Ros) who is every bit as local as I am. Between us we’ve spent our teens loitering around Westfield Parramatta, our 20s dancing at the Albion night club until…

19 October 20260Comments

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Destinations

Catching Fijian Flights … And Feelings

My Fiji Airways in-flight experience, Sydney to Nadi: Fijian gin, a gospel choir, a paper rose and a pilot’s blessing before touchdown.

12 October 20260Comments

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa

Hotels & Resorts

Buzzing Around My Own Backyard … A Sustainable Sydney Staycation

Sydney is my stomping ground. I know the best suburbs for authentic Indian spices. The cheapest service station for my weekly refuel. And, I usually treat the streets of Barangaroo as a destination to meet friends for dinner, not somewhere to sleep. But, no matter how much of a local you are, there's something…

5 October 20260Comments

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa

Hotels & Resorts

Ala Wai Boat Harbour: The Other Hawaiian Harbour

I struggle with the same dilemma every single time I book a hotel. It's a throwback to a stint in my twenties spent surviving on smuggled hostel breakfasts stretched to cover lunch, and FlixBuses timed to cross entire European borders overnight so I wouldn't have to pay for a bed. So even now - older,…

21 September 20260Comments

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa

Hotels & Resorts

The Waikiki Hotel That Sits on a Queen’s Land (Literally)

Hot (and bothered!) off the heels of a very delayed flight that had me landing at Hawaii's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport close to midnight - and gingerly dragging my Samsonite suitcase behind me - I headed to the concierge desk at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort. Exhausted but armed, I was ready with…

17 September 20260Comments

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Destinations News

The Layover Loophole: Is a Fiji Stopover an Obstacle or Opportunity?

Is a Fiji stopover worth it? A solo 2.5-day layover in Nadi and Denarau, from Sabeto mud pools and Mamanuca island-hopping to a well-earned resort day.

14 September 20260Comments

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa

Hotels & Resorts

The Winning Post: An Evening Inside Sydney’s Iconic Horse Themed Hotel

A themed hotel is a gamble. And, while low-grade versions may cliche into kitsch (and have you sleeping in a plywood pirate ship with questionable carpet) done well, there's a special kind of alchemy to staying in a space where where a single idea has been chased all the way to the chandeliers. Step into…

4 September 20260Comments

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa

News

How This Hero of a Flight is Saving The Budget Airline Experience

Not all heroes wear capes ... Some of them decorate an aeroplane departing from Singapore's Changi Airport, in an attempt to make an eight-hour flight from a sterotypical stopover destination a touch more entertaining. In this instance, the unlikely protagonist is Scoot's new Spider-Man: Brand New Day themed aircraft, which has (among other itineraries) been…

3 August 20260Comments

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Hotels & Resorts

I Travelled To One of The World’s Most Popular Honeymoon Hotels … As a Single Woman

I have been romantically unemployed for an extended period of time. And having achieved little success with the “It will happen when you least suspect it” strategy, I have instead adopted an alternative approach and actively committed a significant percentage of my energy to finding the love of my life, of late. However, given that…

15 July 20260Comments

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Destinations Experiences

What Intergenerational Travel Teaches Us About Who We Are

My mother is a graduate of the school of tough love. A migrant from the warn-torn Middle East to a Western world where you can order your milk through a mobile app, she understood both the opportunities that Australia provided. And, its challenges. Perhaps that’s why she is so disciplined. So firm. And, so very…

25 June 20260Comments

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