ACCOMMODATION

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With design inspired by local craft, culture and nature, the Pullman Khao Lak resort is set to debut its inviting hospitality featuring southern Thai traditions. The 253-guestroom hotel is modelled on a merchant’s house, and features a series of courtyards, pond, and lagoon areas. The accommodations is highlighted by six beachfront villas with private pools, 50 family suites, two presidential suites and 170 deluxe rooms.

InterContinental Hotels Group has opened its first Holiday Inn Express airport hotel in Australia, Holiday Inn Express Sydney Airport. The newbuild hotel is located on the doorstep of the Airport’s domestic terminal, and minutes away from the international terminal. Including 247 rooms, the eight-storey hotel features aeronautically-themed motifs throughout, starting at the lobby, which features two large vintage propellers.

Paragon 700 Boutique Hotel & SPA, which has recently finished its restoration, is billed as a “tranquil oasis in the heart of Puglia’s White City Ostuni”. Returned to its former 17th-century glory, the building had remained empty for 40 years, before owner and interior designer Pascale Lauber worked with conservationists over three years to come up with an 11-bedroom “eclectic combination of traditional handcrafted techniques and contemporary flair”.