"The InterContinental brand encompasses an enormous variety of hotels, from urban skyscrapers to seaside classics to this, a high-end contemporary interpretation of a classic Queensland estate. The InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort is a part of the greater Sanctuary Cove development, a country club, shopping center, and residential neighborhood on Hope Island, roughly a third of the way from Gold Coast to Brisbane. This is where seemingly all of Australia goes on holiday, and the appeal of a place like the InterContinental is the way it feels, despite its substantial scale, like something of a private enclave." - Tablet Hotels