Luxury Charter Portofino has introduced Two Gulfs Experience — Surrounding Portofino, a new private boat tour experience. The voyage connects the Gulf of Tigullio and the Gulf of Paradiso and brings together five destinations, secluded bays, and the maritime heritage of the Italian Riviera. At the heart of Two Gulfs Experience is Captain Luca, whose […]
Emirates Wolgan Valley, a Ritz-Carlton Lodge, has appointed hospitality leader Keith Massey as general manager. Massey has spent more than a decade with Marriott International and brings extensive experience in luxury resort operations, team leadership and property transformation to the role. His appointment comes ahead of the property’s opening, scheduled for 2027. Massey has held […]
Heavens Portfolio Australia hosted an exclusive Travelcall famil to Cambodia, taking top luxury advisors from Phnom Penh to the Cardamom Mountains. The journey combined luxury, adventure and conservation, centred on a stay at Shinta Mani Wild – one of Southeast Asia’s most lauded wilderness camps. Led by Heavens Portfolio Australia managing director Chrissy Lincoln, […]
Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group (AKTG) has unveiled ambitious global expansion plans, including new luxury lodges in Bolivia and Rwanda, as the Australian relaunch of Cox & Kings delivers stronger-than-expected results. Speaking at AKTG’s annual Sydney showcase, An Endless Pursuit of Discovery, held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Thursday 22 October, […]
Executive assistants are fast becoming one of luxury travel’s most promising new talent pools, and Sydney-based Mercedes Martin is among the latest to make the move. After more than 17 years supporting C-suite leaders across engineering, infrastructure, finance, technology and media, Mercedes launched Vantage Travel in April 2026, operating as an independent agent of 360 […]
Chiefs Tented Camps has completed the largest luxury camp ever built inside Mongena Private Game Reserve, a Big Five reserve. Chiefs Tented Camps created the camp to host the All Blacks’ recent South African tour, Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry. The camp saw 485 tents, including 320 en-suite Cottage Suites, erected on a completely undeveloped site at […]
Travel Weekly’s Luxury Roadshow will return to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in February 2027, with just five of the 10 available travel brand partner positions remaining. Following two successful years, the Luxury Roadshow will once again bring global travel brands together with some of Australia’s leading luxury travel advisors across three exclusive events. Designed to […]
Brain health has become one of wellness travel’s fastest-growing conversations. Koh Samui’s Kamalaya is answering it with a program that pairs neurofeedback, light therapy and hyperbaric oxygen with centuries-old Eastern healing. Brain fog. Broken sleep. A mind that won’t switch off. For a growing number of travellers, these are the new symptoms of modern life. […]
Anantara has unveiled its first in African safari property, a 13-key property that sits on the Kafue River in Zambia’s largest national park, in the same year it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Anantara Tented Camp Kafue River is set on rosewood platforms to protect essential wildlife corridors, with private river frontage offering uninterrupted views of […]
A restaurant, WADE by chef Wade Fordham, has opened at the new luxury Wineglass Bay Estate on Tasmania’s East Coast. The restaurant sits on the shores of Moulting Lagoon at the gateway to Freycinet National Park. Its menu centres on Tasmanian produce, seasonality and cooking over fire, and is designed for sharing. An open-fire asado […]