Bridget De Maine

4 weeks ago | qantas.com | Bridget De Maine

Business doesn't mean boring. These Hobart hotels – including a 19th-century sandstone mansion and one replete with a speakeasy-style bar – offer the serenity needed after a hard day's work, with added flair. Islington, South Hobart The heritage feel here isn’t just down to the visible 19th-century sandstone bones. The 11-room stay sits in a secluded garden, its rooms furnished with antiques and warmed by a fireplace or underfloor heating.

1 month ago | qantas.com | Bridget De Maine

If a work trip to Thailand's colourful capital is on the calendar, consider your stay sorted. Discover our selection of Bangkok's best hotels for business travellers below. Capella Bangkok, Charoenkrung A stay at this riverside stunner offers a soft landing. The 101 cream-coloured guestrooms are a salve for weary travellers, with Egyptian cotton linens, soaking tubs and a glass of bubbly on arrival.

2 months ago | qantas.com | Sophie Cunningham |Bridget De Maine

San Francisco has been welcoming visitors since the Gold Rush of 1849, through the countercultural 1960s and ’70s to the present day. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong here. It’s a small city that has always punched well above its weight as a centre of both business and leisure. These days it’s a financial capital, home to major global companies and thousands of start-ups and local businesses. The city is well-versed in hosting conferences and other big events.

2 months ago | qantas.com | Bridget De Maine

Skip to content April 01, 2025By Bridget de Maine | Photography by Marion Payr In the sand forests of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, what you see is only half the tale. A brief snarl. Then a sharp snap like a dry stick splintering underfoot. I can’t see the pride of lions but, boy, can I hear them. “They’re crunching on the bones,” says guide Josie Romer-Lee, a bit too loudly for my comfort. A foggy dusk and an impenetrable thicket shields us from the scene.

Mar 1, 2025 | qantas.com | Bridget De Maine

You could stack your schedule with meetings and never have to leave the 40th floor at Conrad Osaka, a three-minute walk from Watanabebashi train station. Up here, above the 164 rooms and suites, there are excellent places to dine: begin with coffee and a video call at Atmos Dining; roll into lunch with colleagues at steakhouse C Grill; then entertain clients over dinner at one of the three eight-seater teppanyaki bars at Kura. Later, retire to the onsite spa for a massage – it’s open until 10pm.