25hours Hotel The Olympia: A lifestyle hotel designed for Paddington posers
25hours Hotel the Olympia is one of the new genre of hotels: all about design and nothing about hospitality.
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Surry Hills is getting a free (weekly) laneway pizza party led by Sydney’s best chefs
As Ace Hotel Sydney’s first-ever culinary director, Isobel Whelan-Little has already heightened the hotel’s hold on the local community. First, the hip-by-design property overhauled its rooftop restaurant. moving on from Mitch Orr’s work spearheading Kiln to welcome ex-Noma chef Beau Clugston to the fold. Now, she’s introducing Sunday Arvos as a new form of daytime
Chinatown just scored a colourful new boutique hotel
When it comes to Sydney, big hotel openings are usually clustered around the CBD and tourist magnets like Darling Harbour and Circular Quay. This trend has changed in recent years, with strong examples being The Eve Hotel, tugging at the seams of Redfern and Surry Hills, and the forthcoming 25Hours Hotel the Olympia, due to
Is hotel dining finally having a moment in Sydney?
Hotel dining has never really been a thing in Sydney. Even some of our most luxurious properties could never quite nail their signature restaurants, and the only exceptions for many years were Gowings at QT Sydney and The Gantry (now PIER Dining) at Pier One Sydney Harbour. And yet, that’s all changed drastically in the
Paddington’s new luxury hotel will be the largest and priciest on Oxford Street
In 2021, it was announced that the long-vacant space on Oxford Street, formerly home to the West Olympia Theatre and later the Grand Pacific Blue Room, would be transformed into Australia’s first 25hours Hotel. True to its cinematic history, it will be named 25 Hours Olympia, an ode to the former theatre.
Australia’s 10 best city hotels have been revealed and five are in Sydney – these are the top places to stay
Ever wondered where are the best hotels in Sydney? Here’s your answer, for 2025 anyway, as five of Australia’s top 10 city hotels are here in the Harbour City — and so is the best hotel pool and spa.
Parramatta climbs towards the luxury market with its first five-star hotel (and there’s more to come)
We’ve known that the ever-reliable QT Hotels & Resorts have earmarked their third Sydney property for the Second CBD of Parramatta for years now. And that’s still well underway. Plus, IHG hotels recently revealed plans for an InterContinental. Now another major brand is racing for Parramatta’s rising profile, with Marriott planning to open the 279-bed,
8 Best Hotel Near Sydney Airport Options for 2026
Staying in a Sydney airport hotel is ideal for visitors travelling in and out of the city by air, with options ranging from budget to luxury. Sydney Travel Guide’s editorial team has visited several of the best hotels near Sydney Airport in order to put together an expert guide on where to stay before or
Is The EVE Hotel an instant classic for Sydney’s hotel scene?
As a talented team of synchronised swimmers splash around Sydney’s newest rooftop pool to the tune of Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe,’ I forget that I’m standing on the border of Redfern and Surry Hills. I’m in West Hollywood at one point, but when the searing red lights bounce off the frame of pink sunloungers,
Is this the most beautiful hotel in Australia? The experts think so
The old Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific was reflagged as Manly Pacific Hotel Sydney – MGallery Collection after a swift $30 million transformation in 2023. It was a necessary facelift for a dated hotel with a coastal design language aligned perfectly with the famous beach sitting opposite. But was it enough to make it one of
