I’m extremely fortunate that my first time flying to Japan, and thus my maiden experience with Japan Airlines, is up the front in the Sky Suite cabin. Japan Airlines (JAL) has three iterations of its Sky Suite and this is version one. Scheduled to depart Sydney at 8:15 am, it’s a 9 hour and 50 minute service to Tokyo, ample time to immerse myself in all the product has to offer.

LATTE travelled to Los Cabos, Mexico as a guest of Los Cabos Tourism, joining a group of luxury travel advisors from Australia. We stayed at Chileno Bay Resort & Residences for 2 nights in August.

LATTE travelled to Los Cabos, Mexico as a guest of Los Cabos Tourism, joining a group of luxury travel advisors from Australia. We stayed at Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve for 2 nights in August.

Last month, I had the envious opportunity of trialling American Airlines’ business class product on the non-stop Sydney-Los Angeles route. This was my first time flying American across the Pacific, currently operated by its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The oneworld aviation alliance member has been flying to Sydney for about eight years in partnership with Qantas, excluding a six-month pause last year due to aircraft availability issues, and a still recovering COVID market.

Hotel restaurants are sometimes an afterthought when booking your travel, however when Europe’s destination hotels attract some of the world’s best chefs it’s well worth considering to add an unbeatable experience to your trip.

LATTE is just back from five days aboard Viking Mars having cruised from Cairns to Darwin on this still-mint condition, 930-passenger ship that was launched in May 2022.