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If you enjoy movies, music, an uplifting plot and a charming, old-world theatre, go check out As it is in heaven at the Orpheum Theatre in Cremorne while it's still playing.

Brilliant movie.

It's not Rockefeller Plaza in New York, surrounded by fairy lights and with snow gently falling, but it's outdoors, it's in Sydney and it's back! Yeah!

EQ Outdoor Skating Rink

The Presidential Suite at the Park Hyatt, Tokyo

I am a person for whom staying in a nice hotel is something of an irresistible temptation. I've waxed lyrical in several blog posts in the past about it. Among the things that make a work-related stay in an unfamiliar city a little more memorable is someone opening your door when you pull up in a cab... having your breath taken away when you walk into the lobby... sliding between clean, crisp sheets... plush bathrooms... toiletries that are thoughtful and useable... room service provided with a tablecloth... okay, must not get carried away here.

I don't have that many vices, but I think I'd happily forgo all other birthday, Christmas, anniversary and congratulatory gifts of any kind to stay in each of the hotels listed in this article.

One can dream.