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Luxury hotel openings, hidden treasure destinations, new itineraries and more. The latest in first class travel news appears in these pages to keep you up to date on the exclusive and the hot list.

Luxury hotel openings, hidden treasure destinations, new itineraries and more. The latest in first class travel news appears in these pages to keep you up to date on the exclusive and the hot list.

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Hold on to your hieroglyphics, Ramses II is here with his cat

Hold on to your hieroglyphics, Ramses II is here with his cat at the Australian Museum.

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Film Review – Retribution starring Liam Neeson

Retribution would have to be the easiest acting gig Liam Neeson has ever had – he spends almost the entire 90 minutes of the fast-paced action film in the driver’s seat of a car (a Mercedes SUV to be precise, in unmistaken and repetitive product placement). 

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Wicked offers an enchanted evening

Wicked the musical offers a spell-binding back story about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. Sheridan Adams plays Elphaba in the new rendition of Wicked now showing at Sydney’s Lyric theatre.

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St Siandra: Blessed with a Middle Harbour location

St Siandra has launched on middle harbour. At first thought one might think that Siandra might be the patron saint of Seven Spice Calamari or Spring Bay Mussels with green pepper salsa verde but no.

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Ramses and the gold of the pharaohs in Sydney

The Australian Museum, in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and World Heritage Exhibitions/Neon Global, is proud to present the blockbuster Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs, which will be the largest cultural exhibition to visit Australia in over a decade when it opens in Sydney on 18 November this year.

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Film Review – Past Lives, starring Greta Lee

Past Lives is a deep, meditative study tracking the lives of two childhood friends from Seoul and the junctures where they reunite, to unexpected results. 

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Bhutan’s Royal Highland Festival

Bhutan’s Royal Highland Festival , which is held at 4,000m above sea level, aims to celebrate, promote and preserve the life and culture of the nomadic highland people of Bhutan, support their economy, exhibit the beauty and wonders of the highlands, and laud their resilience.

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Pelorus Private island joins Northern Escape Collection

Pelorus Private Island is the latest jewel in the Northern Escape Collection crown, offering travellers an utterly secluded and indulgent hideaway amongst the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

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Banyan Tree Group Expands Sustainable Food Journey

Banyan Tree Group  has long been committed to its ethos of “Embracing the Environment, Empowering People” and actively implementing sustainability practices ever since its founding. 

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Modernist, Private Members’ Club at Four Seasons Mumbai

Evolved from the property’s popular membership hub, – ‘The Club’, Modernist is Four Seasons Mumbai’s future-forward playground of a coveted network of influential individuals.  

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Four Seasons Private Jet Itineraries

The 2025 Four Seasons Private Jet calendar begins with African Wonders (December 29, 2024 – January 10, 2025), a shorter itinerary with minimal travel across time zones perfect for families travelling with kids and equally enriching for couples and individuals.

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Oracle: a mythical journey through the zodiac

Oracle blends dance, circus, acrobatics, cabaret, and burlesque to a soundtrack of music by the likes of Lady Gaga and Adele.