Rooms at the ice hotel start from $200 (£148) a night, with an additional $18 (£15) fee for entry to the SnowVillage.
Check out the photos of the hotel here:
Hotels
It’s going to be a long, long winter, as most Game of Thrones fans have now accepted the saddening reality that the HBO show won’t be returning until 2019.
But fear not dragon lovers!
A Game of Thrones-themed hotel has opened in Finnish Lapland, built in collaboration with HBO.
The hotel is quite literally frozen, and will open be open until April 2018, lest it melt.
It is part of the Lapland Hotels SnowVillage and, according to the Telegraph UK, has been carved entirely out of ice and snow.
The hotel houses 14 themed rooms and 10 suites, as well as a dragon-shaped slide and of course a replica of the Iron Throne.
Rooms at the ice hotel start from $200 (£148) a night, with an additional $18 (£15) fee for entry to the SnowVillage.
Check out the photos of the hotel here:
Hotels
Though it may look like the interior of a space station from 2001: A Space Oddesy, the accompanying image is in fact the lobby of this swanky new addition.
Cruise
For your luxe clients who favour in-depth trips AND love a good cruise, Silversea has served its latest luxe offering.
Midweek Interview
This week we had a poolside chat with Meliá Phuket Mai Khao’s general manager, and by that, we mean we emailed her some questions and fell asleep at our local leisure centre.
Destinations
For clients eager to travel overseas again but wanting to avoid the summer disruptions, leave Greece or California for another time and head to South America.
Destinations
Events
Summer in Italy means sunshine, gelato, promenading after dinner, Aperols overlooking the ocean, hiking, cycling…and a jam-packed events calendar.
Aviation
If you were looking for a good chance to relisten to Led Zeppelin’s entire discography but can’t find the time, we recommend booking a flight to literally anywhere from Sydney or Melbourne airport this month.
Destinations
In response to this, the NSW government will be introducing an ice-cream tax, which has infuriated primary school kids across the state.
Destinations
Meanwhile, we’ve decided to keep mask-wearing optional in Travel Weekly’s office, mainly to protect us against the office dogs’ various… smells.
Travel Agents
Polish your dancing shoes because it’s industry events galore as the two peak bodies reveal the return of two much sought-after happenings.
Aviation
Breaking News
It’s a day of mixed emotions for Qantas and Jetstar staff today, with bouts of cheering and sobbing breaking out at an alarming rate.
Events
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Get your diaries out because Australia and New Zealand’s biggest annual Hawai‘i Roadshow, Aloha Down Under, is on from the 22nd to 29th August 2022.
Hotels
Marriott has launched its new home-rental collection while the Travel Weekly staff have decided to launch a Pokémon cards collection. It’s not quite as significant but at least it’s something.
Road & Rail
Got any clients looking to indulge in their midlife crisis without going the whole hog? We’ve got good news.
Travel Agents
We heard that the muppets will be there, but we have been watching a lot of Sesame Street lately so we could be getting confused.
Aviation
Don’t worry, the photo shows a white chemical foam used to put out the fire, not a random snowfall confined to a 30-metre area in Miami as you may assume from a first glance.
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