By Rea Samek | Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Lifestyle Collection
My office has had many different views. Sometimes it has been the ocean, sometimes a hotel lobby or an airport lounge,…
Fifteen years after Cyclone Yasi, the region's $21.5 million makeover is finally complete. Elle Halliwell discovers the best way to appreciate it is to arrive alone, underprepared, and ask the…
Some hotels impress you. Faena? Faena messes with your whole nervous system - in the best way.
There are luxury hotels that wow you the second you walk in. And…
Loyalty has long been the engine of the travel industry, but what earns repeat business and drives longstanding customer retention is rapidly changing. While points and perks remain important, today's…
It’s not every birthday that calls for an infinity pool and a tropical island backdrop — but my cousin Marina's 60th absolutely did.
We gathered in the foyer at Kamalaya…
In today’s always-on, supercharged digital environment, it’s never felt more empowering to take a step back from it all and enjoy a truly immersive wellness escape, reconnecting with nature, like-minded…
She packs one bag, books one seat, answers to no one's timetable but her own — and for a growing number of Australian women, that is exactly the point.
An…
Some people talk about ideas. Amanda Archer builds them.
I've known Amanda for years — we worked together closely, and I saw first-hand what she's capable of. About a decade…
As a young girl, I was fascinated by ancient Chinese paintings — depictions of soaring, craggy mountains with peaks looming high above stylised clouds. To my less-travelled self, it was…
The first thing you notice at Suiyi Garden restaurant isn't the food. It's the ornate traditional garden. There's certainly no hint that this restaurant feeds more than 2,000 guests a…