JOHN ROZENTALS thoroughly enjoys some fine dining on a luxurious Jurassic stage.
I’ve just finished a hearty breakfast — based on an omelette starring a filling including goat fetta, mixed mushrooms, sun-died tomato and pine nuts —at Lord Howe Island’s expensive and super-exclusive Capella Lodge (www.baillielodges.com.au), and I’m watching the island’s two main landmarks, Mt Gower and Mt Lidgbird, through my suite’s floor-length picture window, against the clearest of skies. … Continue Reading
• JOHN ROZENTALS revisits Griffith and thoroughly enjoys a new Italian taste adventure — one with a major fresh award hung in its restaurant.
• JOHN ROZENTALS recalls a chilling visit to Tasmania’s wild West Coast and suggests you head there before Queenstown becomes more like Strahan.
InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay has been named Singapore’s Leading Lifestyle Hotel 2019 at the 26th annual World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony held in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, on 12 October 2019, further cementing the Hotel’s position among the leading luxury lifestyle hotels worldwide. 
Amadeus today announces that Sylvain Roy has been appointed SVP of Technology, Platforms Engineering at Amadeus (TPE) and will also join the company’s Executive Committee. 
At the recent SPAN 2019 design conference held in New York, Trip.com was awarded a Google Material Design Award for its application (app) design. 
In line with celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, S. Pellegrino gives its personnel and the local community the “Factory of the Future”, an innovatively designed creation that promotes the territory and improves the quality of the produce. 
The annual Oaks Day hosted by harbourside restaurant 360Q is winning trifecta regardless of which of the three year old fillies pass the post in first, second or third place at Flemington on ‘Ladies Day’ November 7 
More than 120 participants will gather in Oslo for AECO’s Arctic Cruise Conference, organized for the 16th year in a row. The program of this year’s event will contain a comprehensive range of topics including marine preparedness and search and rescue, as well as destination updates from Svalbard, Greenland, Canada, Russia, Iceland and Antarctica. 
Bali is brilliant at any time, but even better when it is experienced as part of ecruising’s 20-night Australia & Bali Escape cruise package. 
After travelling around the world for more than 45 years I am often asked, ‘Where is your favourite place, a place where you like to have a real holiday’. My answer has always been Lord Howe Island. 
The Shanghai EDITION’s premier club and VIP lounge, Electric Circus, celebrates its first anniversary on 11th October with a series of shindigs, with Nick Monaco, co-founder of Unisex Records, leading the charge with a Golddust Disco-themed show. 
Following a very successful first year, QT Perth’s Santini Bar & Grill has been awarded Restaurant of the Year at this year’s West Australian Good Food Guide Awards. 
W Bali – Seminyak’s AWAY® Spa has once again proven to be one of the best in Indonesia by getting the Best Destination Spa for industrial category and the Best Senior Spa Therapist for professional category awards at the Spa & Wellness Tourism Awards 2019. 
The ideal package for a family that’s been daydreaming of the perfect getaway. Whether you live for adrenaline and excitement or you’re at the resort relaxing poolside, Daydream Island’s 4 Night Wonders of the Whitsunday Family Package will cover all the essentials of the island retreat you and your little ones have been searching for. 
The simple gesture of offering a warm DoubleTree Cookie to guests upon check-in has become synonymous with the warm welcome and CARE (Creating A Rewarding Experience) service culture of DoubleTree by Hilton. 
Central Otago’s most exciting luxury offering is on final countdown to opening. 
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok will re-open its River Wing on 11 November 2019, concluding the most extensive restoration in the hotel’s 143-year history. 
After nineteen years in the travel industry, the last seven of them with TravelManagers, personal travel manager (PTM) Melanie Whyte from Devonport, TAS, is thrilled to have been named as one of five finalists in the prestigious 2019 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship. 
Taking a privately charter heritage train to NSW wineries, museums and a secret mountain retreat has proved a huge success for Australia’s exclusive rail themed tour operator, Railway Adventures. 
Wyndham Destinations the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, today became the first timeshare company to sign the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct with ECPAT-USA. 
As Executive Chef on board Scenic Eclipse, Tom Goetter has set himself the challenge to reinvent dining on the high seas, and that means ensuring his guests can enjoy an ever-changing selection of flavours throughout their cruise. 
From Europe to Canada, to a white Christmas of another kind in Antarctica on board Scenic Eclipse, an exotic Christmas traversing the waterways of South East Asia, or exploring the wonders of Egypt, Scenic has the holiday season well and truly covered. 
Paul Kelly, arguably the finest Australian singer-songwriter, once recorded the memorable line: “Ah, you know and I know that love never runs on time”. 
