The long-awaited opening of The Langham Gold Coast this year set the stage for a new wave of ultra-luxe experiences on the Queensland strip.
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The Langham Gold Coast is the first luxe beachfront hotel to appear on this famed stretch in more than 30 years. The Langham and Jewel Residences – 170 serviced apartments that form part of the hotel’s 339-room inventory – occupy the central tower in a trio of shimmering structures rising from the shore between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.
The $1.4 billion hotel’s opening in June, achieved amid the turmoil of the pandemic and other buffeting global forces, heralds a promising new era of high-end tourism for the region. While there have been rumblings