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Top 5 Hotels: Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific
 1. Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
The top choice Down Under, the Four Seasons Sydney scores points for locale — overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House — as well as thoughtful extras such as the home-style room-service menu for homesick travelers. Many high-profile events are held here, such as the recent Climate Change Summit. A room refresher now underway will be complete by September. (800) 819-5053 or 011-61-2-9238-0000, www.fourseasons.com/sydney
 2 Park Hyatt Sydney
The hotel Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban chose for their wedding night checks in at number two on the Platinum List. Its top two suites, recently redesigned by Tony Chi, now have flat-screen TVs with DVD/CD players and such tech-forward amenities as the Sony Vaio Notebook computer with photo printer and digital camera for snapping postcard-perfect shots of Sydney Harbour out your window. The top suite includes a stocked wine cellar. (800) 233-1234 or 011-61-2-9241-1234, www.sydney.park.hyatt.com
3. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa, French Polynesia
The over-water bungalows in this Polynesian paradise draw a global clientele of honeymooners, who can celebrate with a new couples spa treatment that ends with a bath of coconut milk and flowers. (800) 860-4095 or 011-689-60-4000, www.boraboralagoon.com
4. Westin Sydney
The hotel’s new 28th floor Executive Club offers private check-in, food and beverage service throughout the day, and garment pressing. The new Endota Spa dispenses blissful tranquility. (888) 625-5144 or 011-61-2-8223-1111, www.westin.com/sydney
5. Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
Paris Hilton recently visited the Hyde Park hotel’s top suite chock-full of the latest gadgets including plasma TVs, Bose sound, iPod docking stations, and DVD players. 011-61-2-9286-6000, www.sheraton.com/sydney
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