Good hotels are the building blocks of a memorable holiday. The best are an experience in their own right, a destination in themselves, as well as merely places to eat and sleep.

We've selected our favourites in a number of different categories so you can pick your accommodation not only according to location, but to match your particular interests, too.

Australia

Location, location, location...just take your pick from tropical islands, vineyards, city centres, ocean front, outback, rainforest or million acre cattle stations. Australia has them all. What is particularly remarkable is the level of luxury that can so often be found in some of the country's most remote properties, places that you might imagine would find it a logistical nightmare even to provide the most basic of services, let alone full blown pampering. 

New Zealand

Although its unique collection of charming Lodges are New Zealand's best known brand of accommodation, we also offer a wide choice of alternative and interesting places to stay. Among them are a number of small but extremely upmarket bed and breakfasts, run with great flair by their individual owners who are always on hand to pass on insider tips to their guests, such as interesting but lesser known places to see as well as good restaurants on their respective doorsteps. We also feature a number of private beach houses which take the concept of 'self catering' to the highest levels of both comfort and style. 

Canada

Whether you favour the chic and contemporary or the more traditional and grand, the remote wilderness lodge or the comfy country hideaway, Canada's stock of accommodation will meet all expectations. 

Asia

Whether you are staying in a city or at the coast, on an island or in the tropical interior, Asia offers some of the finest hotels in the world. As well as some of the leading names in hospitality, such as Mandarin, Shangri-La, Banyan Tree and Aman, you'll find independently -owned boutique properties, traditional inns and eco lodges. No matter where you stay, you'll be impressed by Asian standards of service and the friendliness of the welcome. 

Africa

Our hand-picked collection of hotels, distinctive safari lodges and beach retreats offer the combination of individuality and warm personal service in exceptional settings.

South Pacific

Barely detectable on the globe, the islands of the South Pacific Islands lie scattered like confetti in the biggest, emptiest and least explored of its oceans. With their pearl-white beaches, thick matting of vegetation and seas that cover the entire repertoire of blues, from pale chalky peppermint to Waterman’s blue black, nowhere in the world comes closer to fulfilling our dreams of island paradise.