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When business comes to dine: Fin Dining & Wine launches at Bennelong
The Financial Review’s first restaurant guide features 50 of the best business lunches across Australia, helmed by Jill Dupleix with wine tips from Max Allen.
- Matthew Drummond
This luxury spa in India costs $17k for five nights. Is it worth it?
We road-test celebrity magnet Ananda Spa in the Himalayas.
- Fiona Carruthers
Cult tailor Patrick Johnson opens stupendous new Sydney showroom
Ballroom blitz: A grand building, and a touch of dirty pink, has resulted in a suitably spiffy new CBD space.
- Benjamen Judd
Byron Bay’s Lane family open doors to luxury equine estate
The line between Tom and Emma Lane’s passions – luxury estates and horses – are exhilaratingly blurred at their latest lavish retreat, Copperstone.
- Eugenie Kelly
How to host a business lunch
The lowdown on what to do – and what not to do – from three hosts who are legends in their own business lunch times.
- Jill Dupleix
This Month
The 10 best private dining rooms in Australia
Whether it’s for a corporate event, a birthday, or just because, these venues take a lot of beating for excellent food, top wines and exclusive service.
- Jill Dupleix
Brisbane’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
Where to dine for business in Canberra, Darwin, Hobart and Launceston
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
‘New York polish, Ballarat work ethic’: the designer creating an empire
Other Australian brands are struggling. So what’s Rebecca Vallance doing right?
- Lauren Sams
Perth’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Max Veenhuyzen
Adelaide’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Nigel Hopkins
Melbourne’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
‘I found my mob’: The collector who quit accounting to follow a passion
A soft spot for timepieces from an early age grew into something more meaningful for this watch enthusiast.
- Bani McSpedden
Sydney’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
Introducing the Financial Review’s new restaurant guide, Fin Dining & Wine
Fifty Australian restaurants at the top of their food game that also understand the particular needs of those doing business over lunch.
- Jill Dupleix
March
‘A chook shed at the end of the universe’: at home with Bill Henson
Artists Bill Henson and Louise Hearman have turned the building that houses their studios and living quarters into an intriguing sanctuary.
- Stephen Todd
A bucket-worthy holiday destination for the person who has everything
It’s been 50 years since Bhutan opened to foreign travellers. Now the Himalayan kingdom is adding to its catalogue of luxury resorts.
- Matthew Drummond
Gen Z doesn’t care where diamonds are from – even if it’s a lab
Luxury brands may be turning up their noses but many jewellers – and their clientele – are embracing lab-grown gems.
- Glynis Traill-Nash
- Opinion
- Fin! Magazine
Lotus targets Porsche in latest electric sedan play
The once-ailing car maker with the sports pedigree is teasing a new electric model, as its luxury SUV arrives in Australia in a matter of weeks.
- Tony Davis
This fashion founder’s send-off will be a funeral pyre and limericks
With a strong affinity to India, Jac Hunt, the co-founder of Jac+Jack, would incorporate Hindu traditions into her last hurrah.
- Matthew Drummond
What this top chef loved eating – and sipping – in Mexico City
Arkhé’s Jake Kellie is enthralled by the tastes, bars and markets of the city at the top of his bucket list, from the tacos and tamales to the mole and mezcal.
- Jill Dupleix
New York’s best new hotel is in its coolest neighbourhood
The family behind Firmdale Hotels have followed a whimsical pattern of success, opening their third boutique hotel in the Big Apple.
- Kate Maxwell
Five hot New Zealand designers to add to your wardrobe
These fashion creatives from across the ditch are redefining Antipodean cool.
- Lauren Sams
French superstar designer Pierre Yovanovitch is heading to Melbourne
The Paris-based furniture designer will make his Australian debut with a showcase of his haute couture aesthetic.
- Stephen Todd
‘Balletcore’ fashion takes centre stage – and not just for women
This season, designers are taking their cues from the stage and injecting collections with hyperfeminine looks that wouldn’t be out of place at the barre.
- Lauren Sams