This hot new airport hotel in Australia ticks all the boxes
The property's wellness centre is next-level!
The launch of Novotel & ibis Styles Melbourne Airport - one of the country's biggest hotel openings of this year - is music to our ears.
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Located just a short walk or easy shuttle bus to the domestic and international terminals, the L-shaped building - comprising the 216-room ibis Styles and the 248-room Novotel hotels - offers a convenient base if you want to spend a night near the airport before you embark on a long-haul flight or when you return from a exhausting overseas journey. An attractive price point (from $239 per night) sweetens the deal.
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The property boasts excellent onsite facilities from a co-working space to Boccata Restaurant (pictured), where you can feast on hearty Italian fare. But it is the hotel's two-level health club, Higher State, that steals the show. In addition to an indoor heated swimming pool, infrared sauna and a state-of-the-art fitness centre, it also features a swanky spa where you can sign up for a relaxing massage and dial up the Zen factor. all.accor.com
Akash is the Deputy Travel Editor for Australian Community Media. He has lived and worked in four cities around the world – Sydney, London, New Delhi and New York – and, at last count, travelled to 42 countries.
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