In the cover story of the new summer edition of Luxury Travel magazine, we explore some of the world's best five-star hotel conversions, delving into their past lives as industrial warehouses, coal cranes and jails and detailing their rebirth as history-rich hotels. In this issue we also launch our new family section; Gather, where our writers experience self-contained luxury rentals in Bali and child friendly hotels in London.

This 202-page issue also features: 

• Our pick of the most anticipated new hotel openings for 2018
• Destination Patagonia: Lucy Jones takes a journey through this trekking mecca
• An island hopping Malaysian getaway with Matt Shea
• Your luxury guide to Chicago by Rob McGovern
• A gastronomic journey through Douro Valley on board the Presidential Train with Tiago Pais
• Belinda Luksic tries her hand at fly fishing at Poronui Lodge in New Zealand's North Island while Craig Tansley checks in for a golfing holiday at Cape Kidnappers, just two hours south west.
• Lucy Jones explores philanthropic travel with Abercrombie & Kent
• Your guide to Gorilla Tracking in Uganda and Rwanda with Grace Smith
• Deborah Dickson-Smith dives into ocean conservation for the Great Barrier Reef and beyond
• Madagascar's first luxury safari lodge with Mary Morton
• An expert guide to the new luxury offerings at the Australian Open by Linda Pearce
• Katie Milton visits the world's meditation heartland, with a stay at Ananda in the Himalayas
• Kelly Allen trains her brain during her Brain Enhancement Program at Amatara in Phuket.
• Renowned designers Blainey North and Kit Kemp talk five-star interiors with Katie Milton
• Chef Josean Alija's foodie guide to Bilabo
• We peek behind the scenes of a luxury hotel with the Chief Concierge at The Langham Melbourne

Plus all our regular sections including Suite Life, the latest luxury hotel openings, refurbishments and luxury travel products in Dispatches; High Flyer reviews; and what's new in the luxury world of rail, cruise, airlines, health and wellness, and food and wine.

Our writers also review luxury properties in Fiji, India, the Northern Territory, Vietnam, New Zealand, Amsterdam and Tokyo.

Luxury Travel magazine is Australia's only stand alone publication solely dedicated to luxury leisure travel. The quarterly print publication is produced in Sydney by Luxury Travel Media and will have a new editorial team for 2018, with the appointment of Lee Tulloch to the role of Editor-At-Large and Christine Kane as Editor.

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