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TROPIC • COVER STORY
CREATIVE
VISION
COVER STORY Celebrating originality, curiosity and to be built from the ground up in its
creativity, Bailey has arrived. Rising entirety, and the first-of-its-kind
Crystalbrook Collection 12-storeys into the skyline in the in Cairns for two decades. Much
is opening the doors heart of the Cairns Cultural Precinct, like its character, Bailey’s design
to Tropical North this is Crystalbrook Collection’s arty, is edgy and innovative, inspired by
Queensland’s first hotel thoughtful sibling to the group’s Riley the spectacular curtain fig trees
which grow abundantly in the local
and Flynn properties.
inspired by the arts. In a prime spot on the corner of Wet Tropics world heritage-listed
Abbott and Aplin Sts, construction rainforest. The building’s exterior
Words Renee Cluff began two years ago and the vision features cascading green screens
has now come to fruition. “We’re which allow dappled light to filter
very, very excited to open our doors,” into the 217 hotel rooms. Downstairs
said General Manager Carl Taranto. in the foyer, broad timber-lined
“We can’t wait to welcome locals and spaces and waterfalls blur the lines
tourists alike.” between the indoors and outdoors,
It may be the middle child in creating an active, energetic and
Crystalbrook Collection’s $600 million welcoming space.
Cairns hotel trilogy but it’s the first Artworks adorn the interior, with
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