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PHOTOGRAPHY PANTELIS CHADOULIS (NATURE ECO RESIDENCES SANTORINI), RUPERT PEACE (ONE&ONLY) & VISIT VICTORIA (WINE DOWN POP-UP).Clockwise
from left: a
suite at Nature
Eco Residences
Santorini;
One&Only
Desaru Coast’s
infinity pool; Wine
Down Pop-Up.HOTEL NEWS
THE LATEST IN LUXURY HOTELS, VILLAS AND LODGESLOCAL HAPPENINGS
Cairns has welcomed Flynn, a
vibrant five-star hotel complete with
311 rooms. As the third opening in
the Crystalbrook Collection’s hotel
portfolio in Cairns ( joining hotels
Riley and Bailey), Flynn will include a
spa set within a lush tropical garden,
a dramatic glass-walled pool, plus
three different dining options.
crystalbrookcollection.com/flynn
Further south, innovative
temporary hotel the Wine Down
Pop-Up, will be stopping off at
Montalto in the Mornington Peninsula.
The temporary retreat will be open
for bookings from 3 April to 2 May.Guests will enjoy uninterrupted
vineyard views from the boutique
hotel rooms, which are fashioned
from disused shipping containers
and are fully solar powered. Guests
can explore the region in an electric
BMW i3, or take some time out
by relaxing in the hotel’s private
hot tub. contained.com.au/hotel
Back in Melbourne’s CBD the
Lancemore Crossley St will open
in mid-April, following a $10 million
facelift for the 113-room property,
overseen by award-winning
architecture and design firm Carr.
lancemore.com.au/crossley-stINTERNATIONAL OPENINGS
Dreaming of a European summer
getaway? Bookmark the Nature
Eco Residences Santorini, which
is set to open in May. The newest
member of the Design Hotels
stable will have 15 luxe suites, plus
a restaurant with sophisticated
regional cuisine, an infinity pool
and in-house yoga and meditation.
naturesantorini.com
One&Only Desaru Coast is set
to open on the south-west coast
of Malaysia. The beachfront resort
is also home to the Ember Beach
Club, where chef Andrew Walsh (of
Singapore’s Butcher Boy) is behind
a menu that heroes locally caught
seafood cooked over open flames.
oneandonlyresorts.com/desaru-coast