EVERYONE deserves to indulge in luxe accommodation, if only once.
Breakaway has handpicked a select group of high-end hotels and resorts that are just so hot right now.
Galaxy Macau, Macau
This five-star resort opened on the weekend, adding to the dynamic Asian destination’s rapidly growing luxury casino, retail and entertainment precinct, the Cotai Strip.
The palatial property features the world’s largest sky-top wave pool, a 350-tonne white sand beach, 50 food and beverage outlets, bars, lounges and retail boulevards, and 2200 rooms, suites and villas across three world-class hotels.
Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa, Vietnam
Luxury resort brand Anantara has just opened its first Vietnamese property, located amid swaying coconut palms about 200km north-east of Ho Chi Minh City on the south-east coast of Vietnam, next to the town of Phan Thiet in the province of Binh Thuan.
Guests can choose from rooms and suites ranging from 42sq m to the presidential suite of 178sq m, which offers different lagoon, pool and beach perspectives.
Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Fiji
This couples-only retreat was recently voted “Best Overseas Resort” for the second year running in the prestigious annual Luxury Travel magazine’s 2011 reader-voted Gold List, edging out hot competition from the likes of the Taj Exotica in Maldives and the Four Seasons Bora Bora.
Since opening in 2007, Likuliku has welcomed more than 70,000 guests arriving via helicopter, seaplane, private speedboat or catamaran.
The 45 over-water ‘bures’ suspended over the lagoon’s reef edge offer mesmerising views of the coral lagoon and ocean.
Matakauri Lodge, New Zealand
This gorgeous alpine getaway near Queenstown was recently named one of the “Hottest New Hotels in the World” in Conde Nast Traveller magazine Hotlist 2011.
There are just 11 luxurious suites set on the edge of Lake Wakatipu, gazing up at the peaks of the snow-capped Remarkables mountain range.