Fashion and comedy festivals, the Grand Prix and a smattering of Taylor Swift tour dates within the space of a month have propelled Melbourne into the headlines for all the right reasons of late.
Home to a cooler, more creative crowd than Sydney, its high streets are packed with eateries and boutiques, galleries, bars and, inevitably, coffee, for which Australia’s second city has rightly made its name. No wonder, then, that new hotels have begun moving in at pace: including the country’s second Ritz-Carlton, towering 80 stories above the city.
