HotelChatter - Stories about Qualia

Australia's Gone Mad for Oprah, Now How Long Before Hotel Rates Follow?

MsRebecca — 2010-12-15T08:45:54-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Oprah_InterCon.jpg" class="top">Oprah on the balcony of the InterContinental Sydney.Thanks to Hugh Jackman <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3m4gz94Gyw&feature=player_embedded">banging his face up</a> while zip-lining onto Oprah's Sydney Opera House stage, people of all nations--not just the O-mad Aussies--know that Ms. Winfrey is in the house. But which hotels has Oprah been shacking up in while down under--and what does this mean for their futures? We already suspected she would head to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/local/742">Qualia</a> on Hamilton Island, but even we're impressed with the number of high-end hotels and resorts Oprah and her team have managed to hit up in less than a week. After Qualia, there was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Longitude+131/local/250">Longitude 131</a> in the Northern Territory and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CROWN+TOWERS/local/1778">Crown Towers</a> in Melbourne. Meanwhile, her 300-strong entourage that

Hamilton Island: Is Oprah About To Get Her Qualia On Down Under?

MsRebecca — 2010-12-01T09:20:46-05:00

This could be Oprah.

No, that headline is not a euphemism. Did you catch that episode of Oprah where she told her audience of screaming middle-aged women that they were all going to Australia? (If not, here it is.) Well, the big trip is finally taking place next week but as the Sydney Morning Herald reports, O's visit is cloaked in secrecy. Except for the rumors that she has made a rezzie at Hamilton Island resort Qualia, that is.

This is still unconfirmed, like almost everything else about the three episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show being filmed down under--not even guest Hugh Jackman has been told what's going on!

Hamilton Island: Qualia Does Spa Treatments for the Typical Aussie Bloke

amandak — 2009-06-27T02:14:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/QUALIASHOT1.jpg" class="top"> The idyllic Hamilton Island resort off the Queensland coast Down Under, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/ian/261614">qualia</a>, is ramping up the Aussie factor. Of course, it's been Aussie all along, but they're now cashing in on it with a bunch of Australian-themed spa packages at the Spa qualia.Since spa treatments are really a pretty new thing to Australia, none of the offerings are truly Australian in any way, but at least some of them sound authentically Aussie. For example, there's the It's A Man's World spa menu which, they say, is "inspired by the Australian man, particularly the type who is likely to spend time sailing or playing golf" you can get some "individual guy time" and a steam scrub

Hamilton Island: Hamilton Island's Lower-Cased qualia Turns One

amandak — 2009-01-08T09:45:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Qualia_Bedroom.jpg" class="top"> The luxury <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/local/742">qualia</a> resort on Australia's Hamilton Island is not afraid to bring attention to its birthdays. A while back they reported in on the success of their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/18/7477/44830/hotels/Happy_Half_Birthday_to_Hamilton_Island_s_Qualia">first six months</a> and recently they started distributing press releases wishing themselves a happy first birthday.But as far as new kids on the resort block go, qualia--and yes, that's qualia with a small Q, because the lowercasing shows "the relaxed, understated nature of the property"--must have reasonably proud parents. In the second half of qualia's first year of life, a few cracks have been showing on this resort that we used to think was perfect.More recent <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g255085-d736746-Reviews-Qualia-Hamilton_Island_Whitsunday_Islands_Great_Barrier_Reef_Queensland.html">TripAdvisor</a> comments point to plenty of lapses in service quality,

Hamilton Island: Happy Half-Birthday to Hamilton Island's Qualia

amandak — 2008-04-18T09:30:01-05:00

At the top of the list for our must-visits in northern Australia is the Qualia resort on Hamilton Island, off the Queensland coast. Qualia has just celebrated its six month anniversary and the resort has proudly reported back a few statistics from its first half year in business.

Even though the resort isn't entirely complete, what they have there already is running at a 60% occupancy rate, and in such a short time, they're already seeing 10% of their guests returning for a second go.