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Seven To Watch Out For: Upcoming Hotel Openings We’re Excited About11 Sep 2023Travel A retro-tinged “surf-club” hotel by the team behind a Bali cool-kid hang, an outpost of New York harbinger of good times The Standard and a wave-shaped hotel with a rooftop bar are all in Australia’s near future.
We’re loathe to wish our lives away – but with a clutch of exciting hotels opening across the country, we can’t help but look forward to what’s in store for our future…
First Look: Hotel Indigo, a New Laneway Hotel With Interiors Inspired by Helmut Newton and a Vibrant Spanish RestaurantTravel23 Aug 2023
A boutique hotel has opened on Flinders Lane inspired by prolific and provocative photographer Helmut Newton. Hotel Indigo is the latest in a chain from IHG Hotels & Resorts, with locations from…
Coming Soon to Melbourne: The Hannah St Hotel From the Designer of Hotspot Ace Hotel SydneyTravel15 Aug 2023
A chic new 188-room boutique hotel will open in Melbourne’s Southbank in September 2025, housed within the Queensbridge Building, a 62-level residential tower opposite Crown which is currently under construction. The $150…
Now Open: The Motley Hotel, Inspired by a Local Costumier, Is Neatly Woven Into Bridge Road19 Jul 2023Travel Richmond recently gained an 80-room boutique hotel where, a long time ago, a seamstress workshop once operated. It brings with it an Aussie nostalgia-filled restaurant, cafe and rooftop bar.
The Motley Hotel on Bridge Road sits at the former site of a seamstress’s workshop. And it has many visual nods to its previous tenant, a local seamstress and costumier named Mary…
At The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon, Serenity and Personality Make for a Harmonious Retreat High Above the City Sprawl26 Jun 2023Travel The first Edition hotel in Japan, with another to come this year, this Kengo Kuma-designed “urban retreat” invites you to enjoy its lively and luxe palm-filled lobby and bar, and rest easy in spacious rooms with glittering Tokyo views.
In my personal echo chamber, everyone is going to Japan this year. By “everyone”, I mean my Instagram feed seems full of friends and influencers who’ve made the trip or are planning…