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.

South Australian luxury touring arm of The Tailor, The Tailor Touring Co. has partnered with gourmet food and wine producers on the Fleurieu Peninsula to introduce an exclusive truffling luxury small group tour. Two departure dates are scheduled for July and August.

South Australia will welcome its biggest cruise season ever in 2022/23, with 20 more departures than prior to the pandemic.

A new 12-storey luxury hotel set among vineyards in South Australia’s Barossa has been granted planning approval for development.

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.

Partnerships are proving to be a powerful asset for the freshly minted Sequoia Lodge in the Adelaide Hills. A number of local, regional, national and global alliances have already been bedded down, including a partnership with luxury travel network Virtuoso, and others are in the pipeline.

South Australia’s long-awaited luxury lodge, Sequoia, has officially opened in the Adelaide Hills this week.

Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions’ The Ghan resumed operation this week between Adelaide and Darwin after travel restrictions between South Australia and the Northern Territory were eased.

Abercrombie & Kent have released an air safari that encompasses South Australia and Tasmania’s finest epicurean, cultural, artistic and scenic highlights on a limited-edition itinerary.

For Australians eager to explore their own backyard, Ponant has revealed the return of two of its fleet of small luxury expedition ships, Le Lapérouse and Le Soléal, to Australian waters in 2021, with a collection of eight new immersive itineraries along the coastline of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.

Mount Lofty House in the Adelaide Hills has revised the official opening date of its six-star luxury addition, Sequoia, to November 2020.

Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco has been named the top winery in the world for the second successive year by the aptly named World’s Best Vineyards, which this week unveiled its Top 50 wine tourism destinations.