Getting sick of the summer heat? Our travel contributor picks five of her favourite Small Luxury Hotels Australian resorts, each with a promise of a unique experience and holiday you won't forget.

If you're visiting Singapore for the first time, we trust that Park Hotel Clarke Quay, given its central location in between the bustling Robertson Quay and Clarke Quay itself, will be most ideal with its food and entertainment scene just at its doorstep.

The second Pan Pacific Serviced Suites in Singapore opens 7 May 2013, with 180 rooms and an ideal location on Beach Road, perfect for both business and leisure travellers staying on a long term basis.

Princess Cruises' very own Sapphire Princess will be making its debut four-month roundtrip season from fall 2014 to spring 2015 to Singapore, in response to the growing interest in cruising around Southeast Asia.

Meritus Hotels & Resorts has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Funtasy Island Development Pte Ltd for the management of Funtasy Island -- a deluxe resort development comprising of 200-room condotel, a 230-room hotel and an aggregate of 413-unit villas.

KLM joins in on the bandwagon to provide a brand-new atmosphere with luxe furnishings and style in its new World Business Class.

In our latest series of top five luxury hotels in cities across Asia and beyond, we bring you the best hotels the town has to offer (in no particular order). Following Bangkok's edition , we check out Singapore this week, with some long-time running as well as relatively new entries in our list of top five.