• News

    This Just In: Airbnb Is Banning Hosts From Making Guests Wash the Dishes and Take Out the Bins

    No more stripping beds or scrubbing toilets before checkout, the short-term stay giant is changing its global house rules to make holiday exits easier.

  • Hotel

    Frasers House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Singapore

    80 Middle Road, Singapore

    Singapore's past takes centre stage at this elegant hotel, where Peranakan influences meet contemporary luxury and a few unexpected indulgences.

  • Feature

    The Best New Venues in Uluwatu in 2026

    Bali's surfing hotspot is increasingly becoming the go-to for tourists and expats alike, with the culinary offering expanding rapidly alongside Uluwatu's growth.

  • News

    Drifter's Hotel-Hostels Are Landing in Wellington and Auckland, Then Its Melbourne Stay Is Becoming the Brand's Biggest Yet

    The hostel brand will open two more New Zealand properties in 2027, before its existing Melbourne CBD location gets a huge revamp.

  • Feature

    A Southern Edge Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Ambling Foodie Adventure in Tasmania's South

    "While I love a scenic road trip with good company as much as the next person, this road trip truly rivalled almost every journey I can recall."

  • News

    Six Tassie Restaurants Championing Paddock-to-Plate Dining For if You Like Eating Straight from the Source

    Tasmania is home to some of the finest produce grown anywhere in Australia — here's where to sample it straight from the source.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Island

    The South Australian island's wineries, beaches, oyster farms and accommodation are as beautiful as ever.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Queensland's Bundaberg Region

    Watch baby turtles hatch, swim at the Southern Great Barrier Reef, then sample award-winning local gin and rum.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide To Bowral and the Southern Highlands

    Stay at a country estate, taste locally produced wine and whisky, peruse a whole heap of art and feast at a hatted restaurant — all in just one weekend.

  • News

    The Essential Spring Long Weekender's Guide to Hobart

    For New Zealanders in search of epic adventures, incredible scenery, delicious gastronomy and damn good wine, you don't have to travel far.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Wanaka

    Soak up the very best of 'God's Country'.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Hotels in Brisbane

    From resort-style pools and design-led suites to heritage stays and boutique hideaways, these hotels prove that a great stay in Brisbane can be as much about atmosphere as it is about location.

  • Guide

    The Best Boutique and Luxury Hotels in Melbourne

    Rooftop pools, pillow menus, hatted restaurants and interiors by Australia's top design studios — these are Melbourne's dreamiest check-ins.

  • News

    The Best Glamping Sites Around Australia

    Stay in luxury tents scattered among remote deserts, lush rainforests and tropical islands at these Australian glamping sites.

  • News

    Ten of the Most-Unique and Relaxing Stays You Can Book Around Auckland

    From sprawling rainforest escapes to chic inner-city lofts, Auckland's Airbnb game is set to impress.

  • News

    The Best Places to Go Glamping in New Zealand

    Choose from seaside glamping spots, campsites in the mountains and tents scattered about countryside farms full of roaming sheep.

  • News

    The Most Romantic Places to Stay in Bali When Proposals and Honeymoons Come Calling

    Perfect for those looking to honeymoon or just run away with their special someone.

Travel

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  • Travel & Leisure

    Highlights of an Unmapped Roadtrip of NSW

    Five highlights from an Unmapped Road Trip around New South Wales.

  • Design & Style

    Five of the World’s Weirdest Hotels

    These hotels will ensure that the destination will be just as exciting as the journey on your next holiday.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Sceptic Kiwi Heading to New South Wales

    Nominated to be one of five international bloggers, I promise to be entertaining and represent New Zealand responsibly. If that is possible?

  • Design & Style

    Sweden’s Treehouse Hotel

    The hotel has five different rooms, all of which are themed differently and offer much more than your standard bed and complementary chocolate.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Japan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers

    At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.

  • Design & Style

    First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016

    Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    21 of the World’s Most Stunning Holiday Destinations

    Some of the places that truly capture the imagination around the globe.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience

    Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.