The latest innovations include voice-activated rooms and robotic butlers.

Kevin McIntyre checks in to a new hotel just off the main west coast road in Phuket.

A Japanese hotel fit for Marilyn Monroe is seeing signs of spending from foreign tourists starting to wane.

Xenia Taliotis stays at a Jacobean beauty in the southwest of England.

Victoria Clark stays at Sofitel Wellington, the capital city's first brand new hotel in 15 years, where the surrounds are luxuriously, romantically French.

Tess Nichol checks into grand digs at one of Canada's most famous ski resorts.

Tennessy Weir checks into a lakefront hotel with a beautiful garden.

Celebrate International Lighthouse Weekend at one of these beautiful beacons of light around the world.

Justine Tyerman reverts to childhood at a quaint settlement on New South Wales' Central Coast.

Sheltered behind the world famous Belize Barrier Reef, Coral Caye is a completely private island that can accommodate up to 12 people in its two wooden cottages. For further information see thefamilycoppolaresorts.com

Michelle Weir stays on a car-free private island where the noise of the ocean and people laughing are the only sounds to be heard.

Long before Airbnb and Couchsurfing, there were motels. Glorious motels with citrus-coloured bed sheets ...

Andrew Louis checks out a campground where you can have the tenting experience without having to pitch and pack away the tent.

Once you're inside this cross-border hotel, you can walk from one country to the other in seconds.

It's got hints of Hobbiton, but this whimsical hotel's a long way from Matamata.

The operator of a new low-rise development joined to a historic hotel predicts it will command New Zealand's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10,000 a night.

Ben Taylor checks in at a cool New South Wales classic.

Regional New Zealand gives travellers an "authentic" experience.

Thinking of renting out that spare room via AirBnB to earn a bit of spare cash? You might want to check with your insurer first.

Two resorts, 10 days, many highlights. Tessa Stockdale has one tough assignment.

Shandelle Battersby gets a taste of big city living in a contemporary London apartment.

Shandelle Battersby takes refuge from Raro's heat at a secluded beachfront spot.

Fathom is the one-ship Carnival experiment in "social-impact travel" for travelers who want to make a difference.

For travellers who miss their own pets when they head off on vacation, there are a number of places on offer that can help to numb the pain.

Tim Roxborogh stays at a former haunt of Somerset Maugham and James Michener.

International hotel operator Wyndham has announced plans for a new hotel in central Auckland

San Francisco has picked a fight with Airbnb that it probably can't win.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to Iririki Island Resort and Spa, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Airbnb could be ruining Europe's most treasured historic cities, it's been claimed.

The Executive Room is 27 sqm - a good size for a crash pad and the desk has decent space around it.