Award-winning boutique cruise line, Windstar Cruises will be returning to Alaska next year with lots of bucket list experiences. Voyages ensure there is ample time for scenic cruising in both Canada’s and Alaska’s famed inside passages, home of orcas, bears, and bald eagles. Star Legend will sail Misty Fjords National Monument and Kenai Fjords National Park, […]
Walk through historic New Orleans and you are likely to see musicians playing on one corner, a busker on the other and if you are lucky a jazz band parading along the street. New Orleans is the home of fabulous music and great food with a few surprises thrown in.It’s the type of place that […]
Art lovers will enjoy a new package on offer from Melbourne’s eclectic Blackman Hotel. The hot package is a venture between the Art Series Hotel and the Heide Museum of Modern Art. Guests can experience the ethereal works of Charles Blackman Schoolgirls exhibition that is showing at Heide until June 18 2017. The package includes two tickets […]
Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas has unveiled its one-of-a-kind three-bedroom Beach Pool Residence. Secluded in a green cocoon of island lushness, the Residence was specially designed to host fantasy-filled holiday escapes in a private sanctuary for families and intimate groups. The villa offers a world apart to enjoy together, with an impressive 1,050 square metres of […]
Chiva-Som, Thailand’s pioneering and acclaimed health and wellness resort, has a new look. Its newly renovated ocean rooms and suites in the north, central and south wings of the resort are now Thai-contemporary and more spacious, presenting the ultimate in aesthetic and eco-friendly serenity. Situated in Hua Hin, 185 km south of Bangkok, the improvements provide an […]
Northern Territory’s iconic Larapinta Trail is set to bloom this season with a stunning array of wildflowers – thanks to heavy rain. There are plenty of reasons to visit the Larapinta Trail this year, with World Expeditions launching five niche trips as well as its other five trail options. The new trips include a women’s […]
Ruby red, mellow yellow, hot pink, cobalt blue, lime green or sunburnt orange – the choice is just too hard when it comes to selecting a vintage car for a city tour of Havana. I’m staring at a lollipop array of shiny American convertibles fitted with more make shift parts than the number of Cuban […]
The Book of Mormon premiered in Melbourne in February with an A List of celebrities in attendance. The Finer Things in Travel was thrilled to be invited. As for the show? It’s irreverent, it’s politically incorrect and it pokes fun at just about everything from sex to green frogs – but it’s great entertainment. The […]
Fashion royalty Iris Apfel will join Cunard’s line-up of fashion icons set to sail on Queen Mary 2 for the cruise line’s second annual Transatlantic Fashion Week. At 95, Iris is a jet-setting celebrity known for her individual style and joyful flair. Featured in cutting-edge style campaigns for Macy’s, MAC, Kate Spade, Swarovski and other big-name […]
The beautiful Belmond Royal Scotsman now has a spa on board. The Bamford Haybarn Spa is the first spa carriage to feature aboard Belmond’s portfolio of luxury trains and features bespoke Bamford treatments for passengers travelling on overnight rail journeys throughout Scotland and Great Britain. British wellness brand Bamford was established in 2006 and is […]
Lady Gaga is the new face of Tiffany & Co ‘s HardWear collection. She will represent the Tiffany brand in its latest Legendary Style campaign, launching the new fashion jewellery collection, Tiffany HardWear. The campaign will premiere in a 60-second film to air during Super Bowl LI on Sunday, February 5, a first for the […]
Casa Angelina on Italy’s Amalfi Coast has exclusive offers for Australian guests planning to stay during the European Spring and Autumn. The stunning boutique hotel overlooks expanses of the Mediterranean Sea from a cliff-edge perch in the quiet and picturesque Campania village of Praiano, which is only a 10-minute drive from Positano and 15 minutes from […]