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Park Hyatt Sydney Will Reopen March 1 at $855 a Night

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 7 Hickson Road, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000
January 20, 2012 at 11:46 AM | by | Comments (0)

We knew the big, big revamp of the Park Hyatt Sydney was going to be a big deal. But deal is not a word you're going to hear in any other capacity when it comes to this harbour-front icon.

Apparently the hotel is on track to re-open in mid-February but is taking reservations from March 1 onwards. And the starting rate for a night on March 1st? $AUD 855 a night.

Before you think, but hey, that's Aussie dollars. It's got to be cheaper when you convert it, right? --check out how strong that Aussie dollar is. The rate converts to $893 US dollars. Ouch.

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What It's Like in Paradise, The Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel in Australia

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 6 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 4217
November 22, 2011 at 4:29 PM | by | Comments (0)

Nothing beats a new hotel, especially when it is in a town called Surfers Paradise. Hilton's house got a little too tight and they had to build a whole new tower to attract new guests. The two-month old Orchid Tower of the Hilton's Surfers Paradise Hotel is not only designed beautifully on the outside, but boasts some of the best service and amenities on the Glitter Strip.

Hilton's new tower soars above one of the most iconic beaches in Australia, aptly named Surfers Paradise, and is just one block to the beach. This new tower is home to the Executive Rooms for the hotel and private residences. Celebrity chef, Luke Mangan, has also made this hotel a new outpost for his culinary delights with the first Salt Grill available in Oz. Not only does he offer his expertise, he has ventured to set the menu for all aspects dining in the entire hotel.

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Sydney Finally Gets a New 5-Star Hotel, and She's a Darling

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 80 Pyrmont Street [map], Pyrmont, NSW, United States, 2009
October 6, 2011 at 10:51 AM | by | Comments (0)

At last, there's some fancypants hotel action in Sydney! The city's most iconic hotel, The Park Hyatt Sydney, will soon emerge from an extensive makeover--and a brand new five-star hotel will open just around the corner. She's called The Darling, and she is part of the new-look Darling Harbour casino The Star (formerly known as Star City).

Apparently Sydney was feeling a little left out in the cold, with Melbourne's Crown stealing all the country's posh casino-hotel thunder. But the new Star will be home to a new spa and pool, new stores including Gucci and Bottega Veneta, and a bunch of new restaurants including one from David Chang—Momofuku Seiōbo, one that will be part of The Darling— Sokyo, and an outpost of one of our favorite restaurants in all of Sydney, Golden Century.

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The Park Hyatt Sydney Will Be More Luxe Than Ever When It Reopens Later This Year

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 7 Hickson Road, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, NSW 2000
September 23, 2011 at 3:15 PM | by | Comments (0)



Floor-to-ceiling windows GALORE at the newly-reopened Park Hyatt Sydney

Luxe travelers to the Land Down Under were dealt a blow when the iconic Park Hyatt Sydney closed its doors almost a year ago for an Extreme Hotel Makeover. After being stripped and redesigned nearly from scratch, the hotel is set to open later this year and promises to be more extravagant than ever. With all of the major nips and tucks it's received, you'd swear it doesn't look a day over its 21-years.

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Green Hotel Jobs: What It's Like Overseeing A 4,000-Acre Reserve In Australia

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2600 Wolgan Road, Wolgan Valley, NSW, Australia
August 17, 2011 at 9:34 AM | by | Comments (0)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be talking with the people who perform some of the coolest Green Hotel Jobs out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from breeding fish to teaching indigenous survival courses, and everything in between.

Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa in Australia’s picturesque Blue Mountains is the world’s first certified carbon neutral luxury resort, so naturally when we were thinking of the coolest Green Hotel Jobs out there, we thought we’d say g’day to the resort’s Senior Field Guide, Ben Boothby, whose job it is to basically oversee every living thing on the 4,000-acre reserve.

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Finding Free WiFi Just Got a Hell of a Lot Easier in France, Australia and Asia

April 29, 2011 at 8:47 AM | by | Comments (3)

Seen at the Novotel Gare du Lyon in Paris

UPDATE: We goofed. Accor Hotels has been providing free WiFi in all their hotels in France since July 1, 2010.

We'd like to think that this latest bit of news from Accor Hotels in France and Marriott Hotels in Australia and Asia had something to do with our Hotel WiFi Report which we released on Tuesday, but never matter, we're just happy that finding free WiFi at these hotels just got a hell of a lot easier.

First up, Accor Hotels has told HotelChatter that starting since July 1 of 2010, all their hotels (about 1,400 total) in France will offer free WiFi. This includes the brands Hotel F1, Ibis, All Seasons, Mercure Hotels, Novotel Hotels, Pullman Hotels and Sofitel Hotels. They also have plans to roll out free WiFi progressively at their hotels in Europe. Sadly, in America, you will still have to pay at Sofitel hotels.

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Splendor in the Treetops: Queensland’s Daintree Eco Lodge and Spa

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 20 Daintree Road, Daintree, Queensland, Australia, 4873
April 22, 2011 at 12:02 PM | by | Comments (0)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen lets us tag along as he explores the wild, far reaches of Australia, visiting some of the most untouched landscapes down under, and bringing you inside looks at some of the continent’s most distinctive hotel experiences.

For the final stop on what I’d decided to call my “Wild Australia Adventure,” I flew off to Queensland, not to spend a day diving the Reef (though I did that, too), but to explore a little-known corner of the state that is home to the world’s oldest living rainforest, and a truly unique hotel that sits among the treetops: the Daintree Eco Lodge and Spa.

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Wet 'n Wild at Australia's Wildman Wilderness Lodge

April 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM | by | Comments (0)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen lets us tag along as he explores the wild, far reaches of Australia, visiting some of the most untouched landscapes down under, and bringing you inside looks at some of the continent’s most distinctive hotel experiences.

So far, I’d been to a lush tropical island, a real-life sheep station, and the wildlife wonderland of Kangaroo Island. Next stop on my Australian perambulation was the lush billabong country of the Mary River Wetlands, about 90 minutes southwest of Darwin to live out my Crocodile Dundee fantasy at the all-new eco-luxe Wildman Wilderness Lodge.

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Hopping to Kangaroo Island: Southern Ocean Lodge

April 20, 2011 at 3:47 PM | by | Comments (2)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen lets us tag along as he explores the wild, far reaches of Australia, visiting some of the most untouched landscapes down under, and bringing you inside looks at some of the continent’s most distinctive hotel experiences.

Since I first read about the Southern Ocean Lodge opening in March 2008 and took a look at the gorgeous settings and fabulous rooms, it’s been at the top of my all-time list of fantasy, must-visit hotels.

Just a couple weeks ago, my wish came true when I was asked to visit on assignment for several travel publications. I flew from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island (about a 20-minute hop) and drove across the island via Seal Bay to the southern coast where the Hanson Bay reserve meets Flinders Chase National Park. There I found the 21-suite lodge perched dramatically along the cliffs among native bushland, and facing the Southern Ocean stretching across to Antarctica.

I’d arrived.

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Glamping in The Outback: Arkaba Station

April 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM | by | Comments (0)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen lets us tag along as he explores the wild, far reaches of Australia, visiting some of the most untouched landscapes down under, and bringing you inside looks at some of the continent’s most distinctive hotel experiences.

Though we’ve told you about Arkaba Station before in a previous installment of our Glamping Series, I actually got the chance to travel to the dramatic red hills and ancient rock landscape of South Australia’s Flinders Range and stay at the historical homestead myself…and the experience did not disappoint one bit.

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Wild Australia: Lord Howe Island’s Arajilla Retreat and Spa

April 18, 2011 at 1:57 PM | by | Comments (0)

All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen lets us tag along as he explores the wild, far reaches of Australia, visiting some of the most untouched landscapes down under, and bringing you inside looks at some of the continent’s most distinctive hotel experiences.

Before last month, I’d never even heard of Lord Howe Island, then there I was on a two-hour flight east of Sydney to the tiny, World Heritage-listed island (one of only four island groups in the world to achieve such a listing) watching the dramatic peak of Mount Gower come into view through the plane window.

As soon as the tiny plane arrived, friendly representatives from my hotel, the Arajilla Retreat and Spa, stepped forward to take the luggage in hand and drive me and my fellow guests to the hotel, a short way away (well, everything is a short distance on the flyspeck of an island) though it took a few minutes since the speed limit is just 25 kilometers per hour.

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Even Oprah Gets Excited About Hotel Bathrooms

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3006
April 14, 2011 at 12:46 PM | by | Comments (0)

You've heard us rave about fancy Hotel Bathrooms before. But it's not just us, you know. Even with all her millions, Oprah gets excited about hotel loos, too!

We caught the behind the scenes of O's Season 25 on OWN recently, and followed her December trip through Australia. In between pow-wows with her producers in her Crown Towers suite, she led the cameras to her favorite part of her digs ...

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