Ponant’s luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, made its first-ever voyage to the Oceania region this week, with the 240-passenger French-flagged ship docking in Lyttelton on Sunday. Le Commandant Charcot arrived into Christchurch’s cruise port following a 3.5-week half circumnavigation of Antarctica from Ushuaia, Argentina sailing through Marie Byrd Land and the Ross Sea.

The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Hobart has unveiled its new suites, designed to showcase the hotel’s captivating architectural narrative.

La Vie Hotels & Resorts has acquired The Islington Hotel Hobart, an award-winning five-star boutique hotel located in South Hobart. The Tasmanian property is a member of Virtuoso Preferred.

A brand new luxury hotel in Tasmania and a fully overhauled five-star lodge in Queensland’s Daintree were identified in Travel + Leisure’s (T+L’s) ‘It List’ of the best luxury hotels for 2022.

Bookings have now opened for The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Hobart, for arrivals starting 1 December 2021. The 152-key hotel, located at the redeveloped Parliament Square in the Tasmanian capital, marks the entry of Marriott’s five-star The Luxury Collection brand in Australia. It will be the first luxury hotel in Hobart since the MACq 1 debuted in 2017 on the city’s waterfront.

Marriott International has reaffirmed its intent to debut The Luxury Collection brand in Australia by the end of 2021, some three years after initially slated.

Abercrombie & Kent have released an air safari that encompasses South Australia and Tasmania’s finest epicurean, cultural, artistic and scenic highlights on a limited-edition itinerary.

Australians keen to take to the air and travel again have been quick to book luxury touring company Constellation Journeys’ first domestic air tour.

The Australian and Tasmanian Governments will bankroll the relaunch of nonstop international flights to Hobart from January 2021.

Here are the brand new Crystal Adventures in Australia available for Crystal Serenity’s World Voyage in early 2019. More than 300 captivating experiences ashore will draw travellers into the heart of Africa, Australia, Hawaii and the Mediterranean.

Each of the boutique hotel’s 52 rooms and four suites have received a generous upgrade, including new carpet, plaster and paint, windows and shutters, lighting, tiling, giant TVs, super-king beds, gas fireplaces, a range of hard and soft furnishings and much more, totalling $1.7 million spent over two years.