The revitalisation of NSW’s Central Coast and the Gosford CBD has been quietly chugging along for some time now, steady rather than spectacular. But this month’s opening of a premium Voco hotel in Gosford’s first skyscrapers feels like the moment the engine finally changed gears. It is the region’s most decisive game changer to date, effectively ushering in a new era for the city an hour north of Sydney that has long promised more than it delivered.
You cannot get much better than the Beacon Grand’s posse on the major thoroughfare of Powell Street. Here you’re within walking distance to Union Square, major stores, galleries, theatres, and the city’s fabled Chinatown, the oldest in America.
Scratch the surface of South Australia’s McLaren Vale wine region and you’ll just want to keep digging. This gorgeous area located on the Fleurieu Peninsula 45 minutes’ drive south of Adelaide is home to not only some of the country’s best wines, 60-plus cellar doors and 170 vineyards, but a swag of unique immersive experiences.
BRONWEN GORA joins Blancpain in Queensland’s glorious Whitsunday Islands as the Swiss watch house unveils its latest elite dive watch in conjunction with ocean conservation outfit Biopixel
The refurbished Admiral Hotel M Gallery Manila certainly makes the most of its lofty past. Built in 1939, the art deco structure was once Manila’s tallest building, a landmark for seafarers docking to Manila Bay and glittering golden-era hub for the Philippine capital’s elite.
Firstclassmagazine.co recently experienced Delta Airline’s elevated economy offering known as Delta Premium Select (DPS). We can happily report that despite still being quite a distance from the lie-flat, French champagne soaked luxury of business class, DPS is a giant leap forward from economy.
Sandwiched between Beverly Hills and Hollywood, West Hollywood has re-emerged as the hottest destination in La La Land.
Orange does so many things well. Wineries, restaurants, live music, cafes, gorgeous gardens, heritage accommodation and more, it’s everything a traveller to regional NSW wants. But can you do the Central Tableland’s town justice in just 48 hours?
From setting foot inside Emirate’s salubrious Business and First-Class passenger lounge in Sydney Airport to exiting the plush A-380 upper-deck business class cabin for the last time, I felt completely comfortable and well-cared for. And it made for one of, if not the, best flight of my life.
Located three hours by train from Zurich Airport in Switzerland’s Engadin Valley, St Moritz is the kind of place where the sole airport is reserved just for private planes and where accommodations include the European Alp’s largest selection of 5-star deluxe hotels.
