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Victoria’s Royal Mail Hotel seduces with refreshed standalone cottage accommodation

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Cottage Yard. Image: Emma Mash

The Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld is welcoming reservations for its refurbished Deluxe Mount Sturgeon One Bedroom Cottages, offering a secluded, highly immersive nature experience in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park and access to the hotel’s multi-award-winning food and wine offering.

Find out more at royalmail.com.au

Small Luxury Hotels of the World partners with La Vie for bespoke services in APAC

Islington Hotel Interior
The Islington Hotel in Hobart is the first La Vie property to join Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

Small Luxury Hotels of the World has entered a strategic brand partnership with Australian-based La Vie Hotels and Resorts to provide tailor-made hotel management services for independent luxury hotels across the Asia-Pacific region, complementing La Vie’s bespoke solutions for independent luxury boutique hotels with global distribution, sales and marketing support as members of the SLH portfolio.

Find out more at slh.com

Experience wellness and lifestyle programs and amenities at Accor

Pullman Bunker Bay Resort
Pullman Bunker Bay Resort in Margaret River, WA.

A Global Wellness Institute’s Wellness Tourism Initiative survey, presented recently at Australia’s first Wellness Tourism Summit held at Mantra on Salt Beach Kingscliff has named Australia as the world’s number-one wellness destination. Travellers can explore wellness with Accor at the likes of Peppers Salt Resort & Spa, Mantra on Salt Beach, Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort, Pullman Bunker Bay Resort and SO/ Auckland, which offer experiences, amenities and programs that promote wellbeing.

Find out more at all.com

Virtuoso adds 120 new properties to its world’s best Hotels & Resorts program

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Artist render of Atlantis The Royal hotel and residences.

Global luxury travel network Virtuoso has welcomed 110 partner hotels, resorts, spas and private villas around the world to its 2022 Hotels & Resorts with another 10 properties still to open, including the ground-breaking Atlantis The Royal Dubai, slated to open in November 2022. These new additions join a collection of more than 1,500 of the world’s most stunning and sought-after hotels. Virtuoso data reveals that luxury travellers are leading leisure travel sales, particularly for cruises.

Find out more at virtuoso.com/travel/luxury-hotels

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