WELL TRAVELLED
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Our publisher Clare E. Urwin and friends enjoy a stay in the new penthouse at the Emporium South Bank.
IT WAS AN OFFER I couldn’t refuse. Go and stay in the new Parklands Suite at the Emporium South Bank, Brisbane. Take your husband Bryan, and some friends, and let us know what you think … Weren’t we lucky? Our home away from home for the night would be in one of the largest luxury hotel penthouses in Australia. Living on the Gold Coast, we all frequently visit Brisbane whether for business or pleasure. It’s a great road and continually being improved, so outside of the rush hour it’s an easy trip there and back. Therefore, the opportunity of actually staying in a hotel in our capital city doesn’t happen very often.
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Or, perhaps it’s not even thought about, especially prior to COVID? After our visit, Bryan and I, and our mates, are going to make it happen far more often. The Emporium’s Parklands Suite is massive. Occupying a large chunk of the 21st floor, the penthouse is also sky high in style, elegance and sheer class. Inside, the 786 square metres are divided into four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a powder room, three separate dining areas, two lounge rooms and an executive study. Outside, there is a huge wraparound terrace, complete with outdoor dining facilities, sunbeds and, of course, your own 15 metre infinity pool with its Italian mosaic pearl pool tiles.
The views are absolutely stunning. North East facing, you overlook the Brisbane River, the CBD, South Bank, West End and far beyond. Between us, we had lots of recent and upcoming ‘occasions’ to celebrate during our stay together in the Parklands Suite. There was an 85th and 70th birthday, as well as a 50th and 48th wedding anniversary, but as we don’t normally‘need’ a reason to get together anyway, we all looked forward to experiencing our 24 hours of indulgent luxury. When Julie, our lovely ‘ambassador’ met us on arrival and ushered us into the Belle Époque for a luscious high tea, complete with never ending flutes of Mumm, we knew we were going to enjoy it.
