Designed by renowned British architect Sir Terry Farrell, this hotel and spa is perfect for luxury seekers. Your pillow may have graced the bed of a famous guest like Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez or Sting. You’ll feel like a celebrity yourself when staff greet you by name as you lounge beside the indoor heated lap pool, or arrive for your holistic hot stone massage at the spa. Each of the 74 rooms and suites in the hotel is bigger than the Perth average and all have a private balcony.

Insider Tip: Ask the staff for a gourmet picnic basket for a visit to Kings Park, only a short stroll away.

The hotel is one of two in the Crown Perth complex. It boasts Western Australia’s only 24-hour casino, 32 restaurants and bars, a nightclub, day spa and a 2,300 seat theatre. This is the ideal haunt for foodies as well, with options ranging from the budget-friendly family buffet restaurant Carvers to Neil Perry's steakhouse Rockpool, renowned French restaurant Bistro Guillaume, and Japanese restaurant Nobu – co-owned by Robert De Niro and Nobu Matshuhisa. Crown Metropol is a 15-minute drive from the airport and 10 minutes from the city centre.

Insider Tip: On Friday nights, Nobu serves free canapes from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, so grab a sake and settle in.

The Terrace Hotel is located in the increasingly trendy west end of Perth and nestled in an enclave of chic bars and eateries. It boasts its own humidified and temperature controlled wine vault and tasting room. While incorporating the heritage-listed St George’s House built in the late 1890s into the design, this is not a hotel that dwells in the past. Each room has an iPad for guest use with full Apple TV connectivity so you can access your own personal library of music, movies and business files. Perfect choice for the trendy and digitally inclined.

Insider Tip: The hotel employs its own driver who can pick you up from the airport for less than the cost of a taxi ride.

The newly refreshed Rendezvous Grand Hotel Perth Scarborough is a breath of fresh air. Located on picturesque Scarborough Beach 30 minutes from the airport, the hotel has been revamped with a whopping AU$60 million dollar price tag. The decor and soft furnishings are inspired by the original modern Australian artwork selected for each room. With its 24 meeting and event rooms, the hotel draws a heavy business crowd during the week, but the European-inspired beach club Matisse downstairs and a smattering of increasingly popular eateries bring in locals and leisure travellers on the weekends.

Insider Tip: If you’re here for the ocean views, pay the extra for clubroom access.