The dust has finally settled on the new year – the parties are over and hangovers are a distant memory – and many of us have probably resolved to give our poor livers a rest. To help us keep this resolution going as long as possible, Booking.com has...
Royal weddings are always big news. If you’ve turned on the TV, opened a paper, swiped through Facebook or come in contact with a carrier pigeon at all in the last few days, chances are you’ve heard the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s...
Hold onto your hats, folks. The Jetsons vision of the future has finally arrived. Hotel Jen has become the first international hotel brand to debut autonomous Relay robots in Asia, with not one but two Singapore properties welcoming high-tech robo...
Driving holidays are one of the greatest ways to get to the heart of a destination, especially when you’re driving a classic car that hums, purrs and roars in all the right places. That’s exactly what featured in The Peninsula Tokyo...
In news that has us chomping at the bit for a trip to Melbourne, Art Series Hotel Group has announced the name and opening date of its eighth art-inspired hotel – The Chen. Set to open this November, The Chen is named after and inspired by...
If you’ve followed Repeat Traveller for a while, you’ll know we have a slight obsession with street art – always keeping a lookout for that unexpected masterpiece whenever we travel. One news item we’ve heard today has us seriously considering a...
The Maldives has long been a dream destination for the rich, famous, in love and newly married, but it’s now starting to attract a new breed of intrepid travellers – surfers. Though you’d be right in thinking beach breaks are pretty limited, with...
Expectations can be both a blessing and a curse when travelling. They can either create a hopeful benchmark for an experience – and a reason for an internal happy dance when exceeded – or they can set an impossibly high bar that will simply never be...
If you’ve been following Repeat Traveller for a while, you’ll have noticed we have a bit of a soft spot for the Minor Hotels brand (Anantara, AVANI). We’re slightly addicted. So far we’ve stayed at four of their Anantara properties, two of which you...
When Maureen and Tony Wheeler created the first Lonely Planet guide – Asia on the Cheap – in the 1970’s, they probably didn’t realise the travel revolution they would start. Years later, their publication continues to...
Chris Ashton
