Baillie Lodges has launched a new initiative designed to offer mateship and connection to its regional community partners.

After almost four years in the planning, design and construction, Baillie Lodges flagship property Southern Ocean Lodge has today reopened on the south coast of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island. Southern Ocean Lodge’s original architect Max Pritchard and his team have led the recreation of the property and have included all the features guests loved best along with some considered extras, set for a new era of travel on Kangaroo Island.

Hersha Hospitality Trust in the United States, owner of luxury and lifestyle hotels in coastal gateway and resort markets, and KSL Capital Partners, LLC, the owner of Australia’s Baillie Lodges, have struck a definitive merger agreement to acquire Hersha Hospitality Trust in the USA.

New Zealand’s Huka Lodge at Taupō is set to lead a new era of luxury travel with plans for a significant renovation by new owners Baillie Lodges now revealed.

Baillie Lodges has confirmed the highly-anticipated reopening of Southern Ocean Lodge on 6 December 2023. The all-new ultra-luxury resort will debut just inside four years since it was leveled by bushfires in January 2020.

Baillie Lodges has flagged a potential opening of the reincarnated Southern Ocean Lodge before the end of 2023. As overseas demand for the luxury hospitality group’s Australia portfolio continues to grow from strength to strength, Chief Operating Officer Craig Bradbery has highlighted a number of key trends and challenges still facing Baillie Lodges, one year after the country’s international borders reopened to tourism following the pandemic.

Baillie Lodges’ reimagined The Louise has opened in the Barossa Valley following a $3 million makeover. Visitors staying at the property, or dining at The Louise’s restaurants – award-winning Appellation and the new Contour (formerly three75) – will appreciate a stylish and contemporary look and feel in line with the Baillie Lodges character.

Baillie Lodges is expanding its portfolio of boutique ultra-luxury properties to South America after acquiring a majority state in Chile’s Tierra Hotels.

Work is underway on Baillie Lodges’ redesign of acclaimed luxury lodge The Louise in South Australia’s Barossa Valley culinary country, with the reopening of the new-look property slated for 5 September, just in time for spring.

The rebuild of Baillie Lodges’ Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island, South Australia commenced on Friday [18 February 2022], with an official sod-turning ceremony. The original flagship property of the Baillie Lodges’ stable was destroyed by bushfires in January 2020.

A soil turning ceremony next week at the site of the former Southern Ocean Lodge will signify the official start of rebuilding the next iteration of one of Australia’s most acclaimed resorts.

The lowering of border restrictions to Queensland has driven increased demand from interstate markets for Baillie Lodges’ recently reopened Daintree-based luxury retreat.