Etihad Airways has officially opened its new First and Business Class Lounge at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport – the airline’s first in Australia and the newest addition to its collection of premium lounges worldwide. Located in the international terminal’s Pier C, adjacent to Gate 51, the new lounge offers guests a welcoming and relaxing
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Qantas customers travelling on the popular Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth route will soon be able to enjoy the world’s largest passenger aircraft on the world’s longest route, with an A380 replacing a B747 from September 2014. Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the new A380 service was the result of several scheduling changes designed to unlock more
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Qantas customers visiting the Spa in the Sydney and Melbourne First Lounge will experience a new range of luxury spa treatments and products by Australian-owned spa provider, Aurora Spa. Aurora Spa in the Qantas First Lounges will offer customers exclusive signature spa treatments, massages, facials and hand and foot therapies prior to their international flight.
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Boutique cruise line Azamara Club Cruises has announced that it will deploy Azamara Quest to Australian waters for the first time in early 2016. Award winning Azamara Club Cruises, which is owned by the same company as the world’s largest cruise line, Royal Caribbean International, is a luxury cruising brand that offers itineraries featuring longer and more
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He wears a snazzy uniform and many metaphorical hats, from greeter to weatherman, personal valet, information desk, and who knows what else. You’ll meet more than a few of these friendly faces in this issue of Virtuoso Life. When we asked Virtuoso travel advisors and hoteliers around the world for their recommendations for stand-out doormen, I
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Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach has launched a new luxury meeting package for conference and meeting planners to experience its exclusive ‘sky high’ meeting venue, twentythree, located on the hotel’s 23rd floor. Sofitel’s indulgent new day delegate package highlights level twentythree’s amazing views that stretch to the west over the Gold Coast hinterland. Priced from AUD140 per person, the package
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Carnival Cruise Lines is tapping into Australians’ thirst for quality craft beer with the launch of its own bespoke ale, available exclusively on its Sydney-based ships. Created in partnership with Sydney’s award-winning Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, the cruise line’s ground-breaking Thirsty Frog Summer Ale is a refreshing beer which captures the spirit of a holiday
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The world’s largest cruise line, Royal Caribbean International, will base the beautiful Legend of the Seas in Brisbane for the 2015/16 summer cruise season. Brisbane becomes the brand’s second Australian home port and takes the brand’s Australian fleet to an unprecedented four ships. The 2,000-guest Legend of Seas has been selected to homeport in Brisbane to meet the growing demand
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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has unveiled the new product and service offering on its Airbus A380 and Boeing B787 Dreamliner aircraft, including The Residence by Etihad™, the world’s most luxurious living space in the air, available only on the airline’s A380 aircraft. The Residence will be the breath-taking and
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Setting a new benchmark in luxury in the South Pacific, Nanuku Resort & Spa Fiji welcomed its first guests when it opened recently in Pacific Harbour Fiji, the only all inclusive “all-villa” boutique resort located in “Fiji’s Adventure Capital” on Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu in the South Pacific. Fiji’s newest resort to open