Luxury Travel Magazine | Issue 66

Welcome to this bumper issue, where we announce the results of our annual Gold List awards. Our reader-voted awards recognise the best luxury properties, operators and destinations in Australia and around the world. This year, we have introduced a luxury specialist agent panel. The panelists have nominated their own selections across the categories. We are presenting our readers with best-ofthe-best lists and luxury travel agents are a great independent source of information as they hear regular feedback from their clients. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. Remember to visit our website at our Gold List section to view more images of the worthy winning properties. Is you’re sharing Gold List results on social media, please remember to tag us using #Luxtravgoldlist – we’d love to hear your thoughts.

This month also includes our first-person stories from luxury journeys across the globe, including to Switzerland and the Maldives; and Travel the Way We Do itinerary stories through Ecuador and a safari in Tanzania. Of course, getting there is an important part of the luxury travel experience and so this issue, we have extended our regular High Flyer section to include detailed business and first class airport lounge reviews. Look out for these on our website under Getting There as we visit and review more lounges.

We also invite you to share your own luxury travel moments with us – you’ll find our social media handles for tagging, plus highlights of destinations and launches we’ve recently visited on the opposite page, 11. Stories from this issue can now be read online too – go to our website luxurytravel.com.au and click on the ‘In This Issue’ tab for digital versions with extended photo galleries.

Katrina Holden | Editor