I loved visiting the Mandarin Oriental when I was in Bangkok.  The budget didn’t extend to an overnight stay, but it is a welcoming place to visit.   Their high tea is not to be missed and the river side cafe is lovely.  A walk through the old section is a fascinating look in...

The decor at W Brisbane makes it very difficult to find your way around the hotel and the rooms designs are not funtional.  Based on this I am not keen to stay in other W branded hotels.  

It’s good to see so many supportive comments here.  I too welcome these efforts to improve what has become a mediocre flying experience in business and economy classes.  On a recent trip from Adelaide to Brisbane my points upgrade to business did not go as planned.  After I r...

I had a dodgy business class seat on a nine hour red eye flight and wasn’t able to lie flat as the mechanism was broken.  It wasn’t what I was expecting but because I was able to “take advantage” of the other services in that part of the plane the airline refused to c...

So true!  In Australia where we’ve had flooding close to Byron Bay there were multiple news stories before Easter of Air BnB hosts turfing out guests in tourist areas that were affected by flooding.  This was because higher paying guests were due to arrive for the Easter holidays,...