The Best Queensland Resorts & Hotels

From Brisbane and glitzy the Gold Coast to laid-back luxury in Cairns or island escapes in the Whitsundays, there’s a Queensland stay for everyone. Queensland stretches nearly 2,000 kilometres from the Gold Coast to Cape York, and the hotels read like a greatest-hits of Australian travel: reef island retreats, rainforest hideaways, coastal family resorts and […]

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The Bali Hotel Where Every Room Feels Like an Upgrade

A 120-metre beachfront pool, Prohibition-era steakhouse and one of Bali’s largest rooftop bars – this is Double-Six Luxury Hotel, Seminyak. Double-Six Luxury Hotel is one of Luxury Escapes’ most consistently popular Bali stays. It brings together the things that make a Seminyak stay work: generous suites, a 120-metre lagoon pool, dining worth staying in for […]

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Bali Jungle Resorts: Retreats Worth Leaving the Beach For

Bali’s best hotels aren’t all on the coast. These Bali jungle resorts trade white sand for rice terraces, waterfalls and rainforest canopy, without giving up luxury. Bali has more going on than its beaches. While the island’s most photographed hotels sit on cliffs over white sand, head inland and you’ll find jungle resorts just as […]

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Just the Two of Us: Australia’s Best Babymoon Destinations

Spa treatments, chef-hatted dinners and long lazy mornings – Australia’s best babymoon destinations deliver exactly what you need right now. The case for a domestic babymoon is practical as much as it’s pleasurable: no long-haul flights, no jet lag and destinations that are genuinely world-class without requiring a passport. Australia covers the full range – […]

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Find Your Bliss: Bali’s Best Five-Star Resorts

With so many jaw-dropping places to stay in Bali, how do you choose? Here, we help you find Bali’s best five-star resorts for your next escape. With striking raw landscapes, breathtaking beaches and a spiritual hinterland, Bali is all about rest and rejuvenation – backed by a huge number of luxury retreats. A quick search […]

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8 Overwater Villas Worth Booking a Plane Ticket For

At the world’s most impressive overwater villas, the accommodation is just as good, if not better, than the destination. There’s a specific kind of quiet that only happens over water. No road noise, no footsteps above, just the sound of the lagoon shifting beneath the floorboards. This, paired with luxuries like ocean-view bathtubs, butler service, […]

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Shores of Splendour: The Best Beachfront Resorts in Bali

If your next holiday looks like sandy feet, clifftop cocktails and sunsets by the sea, few places do beachfront escapes like Bali. Looking for calm waters for all ages, clifftop cocktails at sunset or a front-row seat to Bali’s beach-club scene? From the sheltered shores of Nusa Dua to Seminyak’s social energy and Jimbaran’s dramatic, […]

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Where, What & When: An Insider Guide to Hong Kong

Discover Hong Kong, where ancient teahouses rub shoulders with ultramodern coffee shops, open-air markets crowd beneath lofty designer malls and hiking forays lead into jungle-clad mountains. A city unafraid to embrace its own sheer verticality, Hong Kong seduces with rooftop bars, island-spanning ropeways and once-in-a-lifetime vantage points atop iconic summits. The city’s underground is just […]

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Where to Stay in Australia: The Best 5-Star Hotels by State

From Hobart’s waterfront to the Red Centre, a state-by-state guide to the best 5-star hotels in Australia. The best five-star hotels in Australia share one quality: they give you a reason to stay in as much as a reason to go out – whether that’s a rooftop bar in Melbourne’s laneways, a beachfront apartment in […]

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Take a Dip: Bali Villas & Suites with Private Pools

From rainforest-framed pools at Ayatara Resort Ubud to ocean-facing dips at The Apurva Kempinski Bali and secluded pool days at One Eleven Retreat – these are the best Bali pool villas and suites. From clifftop suites at The Apurva Kempinski Bali in Nusa Dua to rainforest villas at Ayatara Resort Ubud and adults-only pool stays […]

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Australia’s Most Romantic Hotels

Spa serenity, champagne dinners, heritage luxury or off-grid seclusion: these are Australia’s most romantic hotels, and they deliver in abundance. Australia’s most romantic hotels can deliver everything from five-star luxury, champagne breakfasts and poolside pampering to glorious solitude, unadulterated relaxation and windswept wonder. Whether you’re looking for a cosy sojourn to reconnect or an extra-special […]

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How One Family Flew to the Maldives for Half Price With Société

Société Rewards seats let members book Luxury Escapes’ Maldives flights service with Points. Here’s how you can do it and save thousands at the same time. Flights to the Maldives for half price sounds like the kind of offer that comes with an asterisk. This one does – but only a small one. A family […]