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Introducing: 1 Hotel Melbourne for Wellness & Sustainability

The brand’s first in Australasia, 1 Hotel Melbourne brings new life to a hitherto neglected stretch of the city’s Yarra River with 220 metres of uninterrupted river frontage. Paul Chai checks in. Melbourne’s last remaining heritage goods shed from the city’s shipping heyday has been transformed. Now the architectural centrepiece of 1 Hotel’s latest installment, […]

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The New Melbourne Foodie Experience You Can’t Miss

MasterChef Australia winner Diana Chan hand-picked this dumpling route through the CBD and Chinatown, and the menu isn’t served to anyone walking in off the street. When it comes to impressing a Melbourne foodie, the bar is high: but this three-hour, self-guided dumpling degustation, designed by MasterChef Australia winner Diana Chan, might just do it. […]

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This Melbourne Escape Has Won Australia’s Top Hotel Award Three Years Running

Here’s what a stay at this South Wharf five-star actually looks like – from the Yarra-facing rooms to the floating wine gantry at Dock 37. Pan Pacific Melbourne’s running success at the World Travel Awards (in 2023, 2024 and 2025) doesn’t happen by accident. Spend a night (or longer) here and the reasons become fairly […]

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6 Things We Can’t Wait for This Winter in Melbourne & Regional Victoria

Night markets, after-dark light shows and a Cartier exhibition at the NGV: Victoria’s winter lineup this year is stellar. Victorian winters get deliciously gloves-on, light-the-fire cold, giving you license to lean fully into cosy, hot-chocolate-fuelled festive activities (Christmas in July, anyone?) Australia’s cultural capital doesn’t slow down its programming in the cooler months, either, with […]

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Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula is Having a New Hotel Moment

A landmark Queenscliff hotel is reopening, Portarlington’s grande dame has had a refresh and Geelong has welcomed a brand-new Crowne Plaza. Long loved for its wineries, seaside towns and easy access from Melbourne, the Bellarine Peninsula has always been an easy weekend yes. Now three significant new and revitalised stays — two of them heritage […]

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This Melbourne Hotel Puts the Entire City on Your Doorstep

At Le Méridien Melbourne, the Palace Suite has views over Old Parliament House, a vinyl record player, and ramen noodle cups in the minibar. Yes, really. Le Méridien Melbourne sits at the top of Bourke Street in the heart of the city’s cultural precinct, steps from some of Melbourne‘s best theatres, galleries, and dining. With […]

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7 Reasons Guests Keep Coming Back to This Melbourne Hotel

Most Melbourne hotels are easy enough to leave. QT Melbourne – laneway address, award-winning rooftop bar, three restaurants and rooms that feel like a designer’s fever dream – is not. In a city that takes its boutique hotels seriously, repeat guests are the real review. More than half of Luxury Escapes travellers who stay at […]

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The Ultimate 2026 Formula 1™ Guide: Races, Tracks & Key Dates

Get up to speed on the global events for this year’s F1™ championship: the GOAT of all motor racing competitions. 24 races. 21 countries. 22 drivers. 11 teams. In the most high-octane of sports, who comes out on top is down to a fine alchemy of superhuman skill, pioneering technology and rigorous precision. From its […]

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Best of 2025: This Year’s BEST Luxury Escapes in Australia

From the islands of the Great Barrier Reef to the vineyards of the Hunter Valley, these are the hottest Australian escapes in this year’s Best of 2025. Our biggest offer lineup of the year, ‘Best of 2025’ is a celebration of our most popular escapes, back for a limited time only. This is your second […]

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Where to Stay: The Best New Hotels of 2025

Rooftop retreats, private lagoons and luxury revivals mark some of the most exciting hotel openings from the last twelve months. Explore them here. From Sydney to Singapore, this year has ushered in a slew of new hotels that offer more than just a room. This generation of hotel openings blend design, location and personality to […]

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Eat, Sip, Stroll: The Best Around Geelong’s Pakington Street in One Day

Find out where to eat and drink around one of Geelong’s most exciting streets. Geelong has quietly shaken off its industrial past and turned into one of Victoria’s most interesting places to eat, drink and explore. There’s a constant buzz of new openings – cafés, bars, art spaces and makers popping up faster than you […]

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Old World Charm at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne

Embrace the buffet, visit the mega-gym and enjoy the retro Art Deco beauty of one of Melbourne’s first truly grand hotels. The clue to the pull of this venerable luxury hotel is in the name. We don’t really call things “grand” much anymore but when this imposing accommodation opened in 1986 as simply the Hyatt […]