Mike Hosking

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Full Show Podcast: 17 September 2026 · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

Geography is not really a thing. voice-verified

It's what you bring to the job. voice-verified

That's why people, for example, take jobs overseas and then come home, all that sort of stuff, a la Christopher Luxem. voice-verified

Can I just congratulate Hooker Lodge, which is very close to my heart because I got married there, and it's a beautiful place. voice-verified

It's a wonderfully esteemed and historic place. voice-verified

Anyway, it's in the top 100 list. voice-verified

hotels of the world and it's the only new zealand hotel in the top 100 list it comes in at 82nd best hotel in the world is the rosewood in hong kong which won the best hotel in the world last year and the rosewood is a very very beautiful hotel are debatable as to whether it's better than any of the other ones that are right up there the atlantis the royal and dubai is up there the capella bangkok the capella by the way uh sydney voice-verified

which is accessible to us in this part of the world geographically, is in the top 100. voice-verified

And that's the only Australian hotel in the top 50. voice-verified

So we've got one. voice-verified

Australia's got one. voice-verified

Claridge's is at 13. voice-verified

I did see a video the other day of a place called Pasalacqua, which is in Como. voice-verified

Guy I follow was staying in Como. voice-verified

He was there for the F1 and he was up around Pasalacqua. voice-verified

And that looked to be a, in fact, I think the Beckins were staying there the other day, parked their boat. voice-verified

They got a boat and they parked that and stayed there. voice-verified

And that's very nice. voice-verified

But anyway, Hooker Lodge, best, I suppose, by saying you're in the only New Zealand hotel in the top 100 in the world that makes you the best hotel in the country. voice-verified

Nine away from nine. voice-verified

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