Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Aug 31st – Sept 6th

Fashion, shopping, beauty and design fuse into one fabulous extravaganza at this year’s Spring Fashion Week.

August 31^st to September 6^th marks Melbourne’s Spring Fashion Week, and at Quest on Chapel we’re marking the occasion with a variety of hot accommodation deals.

Aside from celebrating the festival’s 15^th anniversary, the upcoming week is set to showcase the hottest labels, styles and designers behind Melbourne’s fashion and retail scene.

With a variety of workshops, exhibitions, tours and parties to attend, the 2009 Melbourne Spring Fashion Week has sent fashionista’s scrambling for fashionable, fully serviced apartment accommodation in South Yarra.

For more information visit www.questonchapel.com.au, or www.questsxy.com.au.

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South Yarra’s Serviced Apartment Revolution

Let’s face it; moving interstate or to a new country is a hassle, especially when you’re trying to juggle the realities of a new job and a new city.

To start with, there’s that unnerving feeling of not knowing where anything is. Then there’s the absurd difficulty in accessing basic facilities such as the internet, or a supermarket, which can make the first weeks of relocation a complete nightmare. Fortunately, there is now a perfectly civilised solution; a serviced apartment.

Over the past few years, Melbourne’s serviced apartments have surpassed hotels as the most convenient accommodation choice for relocating executives and their families.

Unlike a conventional hotel which generally caters for sort stays of one or two nights, serviced apartments have long-term accommodation facilities which are ideal for extended stays of three or six months.

Many serviced apartments in Melbourne have been specifically developed for residential purposes. This means that there’s lots of natural light, and the interiors are set up to create a home-away-from-home atmosphere. What’s more, most serviced apartments have generous alfresco areas which augment the living area and provide a great place for entertaining guests.

Some of Melbourne’s leading serviced apartments also incorporate a range of business technologies and services which effectively transform a serviced apartment into a business communication hub. This is ideal for hosting small business meetings or product display sessions.

Finally, the smaller staff base, and boutique ambience of serviced apartment accommodation provides corporate travellers with a much needed sense of security. When you’re in a new city it’s important to know that people know you by name, which generally doesn’t happen in a large hotel complex.

For more information of serviced apartment accommodation in Melbourne, visit www.questsxysouthyarra.com.au or www.affectmedia.com.au

Safety First

The excitement of travelling interstate or internationally for work is often dampened by concerns of what type of accommodation is going to be provided by your employer, particularly in a time of economic slowdown and budget cuts.

 Not only is there the uncertainty of getting from A to B in an unfamiliar city, but for some people, particularly women, there is the fear of being offered accommodation somewhere that feels uncomfortable or unsafe.

 The rise of corporate accommodation bookings in serviced apartments instead of traditional hotel accommodation is not so much reflective of pricing or quality, but more importantly, a focus on security, familiarity, and safety.

 Corporate travel bookers realise the importance of booking employees into smaller accommodation venues centrally located to the place of employment that feel like a home away from home.

 Four and a half star rated serviced apartments like Quest on Chapel and Quest SXY South Yarra, offer all the style and quality of a hotel combined with familiar faces each visit, less transit, lock up apartments and a 24-hour night manager.

 Located in the busy South Yarra precinct, it is no wonder that staff from famous fashion houses like SABA, Sabatini, Country Road and Ojay, are choosing to stay in the safety and comfort of serviced apartments when they travel for work.

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A little bit of SXY for you

Go on, admit it, you’re wondering what the SXY stands for… While South Yarra has often been considered Melbourne’s most fashionable suburb, there’s a much more interesting story behind they sxy name.

 

SXY is actually a building, and it occupies  a delicious slice of Melbourne’s history; the former Tetley Tea Company and its factory! With the closure of the factory in 2003, the area underwent a significant redevelopment which gave rise to a range of residential properties, serviced apartments, offices, shops, and show rooms, which became known as SXY.

 

So what does the ‘X’ in between ‘South’ and ‘Yarra’ actually stand for? Well, that depends on who you ask.  The property developers say that this wonderful new development encapsulates all that is eXciting, eXtraordinary, and eXclusive about contemporary South Yarra living.

 

The locals who work and play in the area, have a different story. They say the X represents the eXhilarating and eXuberant ‘eXpresso’ culture and nightlife.  While  we prefer to think of the SXY building as a gateway to eXplore and eXperience Melbourne’s magnificent cultures and attractions.

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We’re here to celebrate all that is fabulous about South Yarra. From fine food and beverages, through to fashion shows, movies, exhibitions, and accommodation, this blog will keep you up to date with what’s going on in Melbourne’s most stunning suburb.