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Australia Hotels
Score a Million-Dollar Suite for $350 in Australia's Blue Mountains
October 6, 2008 at 9:19 AM | 0 Comments
Only a hotel with a few interesting or odd facts surrounding it gets its own Wikipedia entry, but the Hydro Majestic Hotel in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney certainly qualifies. This hotel's had such a colorful history it's hard to know where to start.
We'll try in the present: it's hit the headlines recently over rumors that the Malaysian owners want to sell up, complaints that it needs an urgent renovation and that the staff needs some improvement.
But there's so much more going on that we are still keen to visit.
Hotel News
Australia's Best Boutique Hotel in the Blue Mountains
October 8, 2007 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments
Spring has sprung Down Under, and with the summer season coming into view, hotels and resorts are getting busy. The Australian Hotels Association awards were recently announced to kick the season off, and the 2007 winner for the Best Boutique Hotel is the Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort and Spa near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, an hour west of Sydney. It's a scenic location as you can see from the photo of the view from a Lilianfels room.
