By Catriona Rowntree
Join us this week for part two of Ask the Concierge: Revisiting Asia, where we are revisiting 10 of our favourite Asian destinations. We ask the concierge where they take their own guests, what the best places are for night-time entertainment, what key phrases visitors should learn, what their best keep secrets are and many more tips you need to know when travelling through Asia!
Dipa, the 22-year-old Balinese concierge at Bloomfield Hotel in Bali, loves his island home. When Dipa has a day off, he goes trekking to Mount Batur or hangs out at the local Banjur Hot Springs, with his friends. He says he also loves knowing that guests who stay at his hotel love his island. What a ...
Interview with Sally Bloomfield: "Bali, for obvious reasons, is one of my favourite places. It is the home of my business, Bloomfield Hotel, and I have had many happy times and memories with my family here. It is also my island sanctuary. I have been coming to Bali since the early 80s, so I have ...
How’s your week going? Madness? Same, same? A centre of calm? I’m kinda mental as I prepare for my biggest "Getaway" trip of the year: Three weeks venturing to The Arctic Circle. I’m assured it’s summer there, but I feel cold just chatting to you about it. I promise to provide lots of travel tales, if you ...
Until she revisited Bali with her husband and two kids, Guest Traveller Andrea Swain loved it as a place for getting away for a parents' retreat to warm up during the winter months. In Part II of her story about this year's trip, this Melbourne-based model and mum shares what she came across on the south side of the island. Suffice to say, ...
Join Catriona Rowntree for the first-ever Journeys to Come virtual forum bringing Australia’s travel sector together to welcome people back to travel.
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