HeyJaredAnna McCooe
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- Sep 18, 2026
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The world’s best airlines of the year, as voted by you (opens the original)
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In a year of airstrikes that reshaped flight maps and drove up seat fares, the aviation world has named a new champion: Singapore Airlines. The title of World’s Best Airline at the 2026 World Airline Awards comes slightly ahead of schedule for SIA, which is slated to roll out its next-generation first- and business-class cabins in early 2027. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Australia gets a nod as Asia dominates World’s Best 50 Hotels list (opens the original)
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Beneath the black-tie glamour at the Les Salles du Carrousel in Paris, the centre of the grand hotel universe shifted, as Asian hotels dominated the latest global hotel rankings at the expense of traditional powerhouse Europe. The top three spots on the World’s 50 Best Hotels list for 2026 all belong to the East: Rosewood Hong Kong took top honours, followed by Capella Bangkok in second place and Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River in third. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month
Suspended doctor trades scalpels for seaplanes (opens the original)
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An aviator-chic de Havilland Beaver seaplane is bobbing on the harbour at Rose Bay on the kind of sultry Sydney day that justifies the city’s craziness. Jerry Schwartz, a suspended doctor who owns 15 hotels, including the Sofitel Darling Harbour, is sitting in the sun to discuss his move to take outright ownership of Sydney Seaplanes. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
The ‘young, dumb and lucky’ jackaroo who became a global hotel deal maker (opens the original)
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Jonathan Breene was standing at the edge of a well, deciding whether to climb down, when his trajectory was etched. It was 1989. He was a young jackaroo on a station near Mitchell in western Queensland, responding to a distress call with his boss. A neighbouring farmer had collapsed at the bottom while tending to a malfunctioning pump. It took them 30 minutes to cross the properties to reach the well – and seconds for Breene, then in his early 20s, to realise he would be useless if his older, wi
How much business class is too much? I flew this route to find out (opens the original)
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Sydney (SYD) to Toronto (YYZ) to Rome (FCO) | Boeing 777-200LR and Boeing 777-300ER | Departing 9.20am, arriving 4.30pm, then 10.20am + 1 | Duration 36 hours Best for: an affordable business class fare to Europe that avoids the Middle East. I received zero sympathy when I informed family and colleagues that I’d be taking the long route to Europe for work. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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