Take a bite into the Big Mango
Imagine kicking back at the Metropolitan Bangkok, temple of cool for the style set, in ultra-simple elegance of dark woods, stone and glass. Well, one lucky lady is going to do just that. Ms Indra Waty from Indonesia has won our fabulous competition with COMO Hotels and Resorts and will be spending three nights in Bangkok, treated to star Thai eats from David Thompson at nahm, and pampered with a 90-min spa sesh at COMO Shambhala Urban Escape Spa. All that plus a LUXE City Guide to Bangkok, of course, so she’ll be strolling Sukhumvit like a local and steering well clear of the tourist rubbish. Lesson one: Mah Ha Sah Han (how fabulously amazing)!
Missed out on the grand prize this time? Not to worry, we’ve got a bevy of swag and hotel goodies coming your way soon, so keep your eyes peeled on luxecityguides.com, LUXEtasy, Facebook and Twitter. Santa doesn’t just come at Christmas you know.
A temple of cool for the style set
Forget the Big Apple. This March we’re taking a bite into the Big Mango – Bangkok, baby! We’ve teamed up with COMO Hotels and Resorts to give away a 3-night stay for two at the super stylish Metropolitan Bangkok. And that’s not all – there’s a dinner for two at spice temple nahm, brought to you by star chef David Thompson, and we threw in an extra 90-minute massage at COMO Shambhala Urban Escape spa as well. For the cherry on top to really spoil you silly, you get a LUXE City Guide to Bangkok so you’re strolling Sukhumvit like a local and steering well clear of the tourist rubbish. Lesson one: Mah Ha Sah Han (how fabulously amazing)!
Entering our competition is easy as pie, just click over to our Facebook here. Good luck, lovelies!
Taxi! [Photo: Phuong Trinh, an entry into our NYFW LUXE Hearts New York Facebook photo competition. Keep them coming! See below]
It’s been a week since we started our LUXE Hearts New York photo competition on the LUXE City Guides Facebook page, and my, what amazing photos we’ve been getting from you, dear camera-toting jetsetters!
Keep posting your best shots of New York on our Facebook wall for your chance to win a LUXE New York guide, and don’t forget to “Like” the ones that inspire you. TTFN!
Beverage anyone?
In celebration of New York Fashion Week, we’ve got a treat for you, dear readers. Didn’t get those coveted front row seats? Console yourself with a dose of Upper East Side glam – you could win 2 nights at the iconic, beautifully revamped The Surrey!
Travel Inspiration from the LUXE Team – New York, New York & NYFW Facebook Competition!
BY The LUXE Editors
Whatta skyline! [Photo: Ed Page, an entry into our NYFW Facebook photo competition. See below for more.]
TGIF dear readers! Time for another spot of travel inspiration from us at LUXE City Guides and a decade on from 9-11, we salute you New York for your grace, dignity, spirit and downright fabulosity.
So New York, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways… Wait, there are too many, especially in September with Fashion Week fun, frippery and um, fashion. At once painfully edgy, surprisingly laid back and traditional with a capital T, depending on the ‘hood’, it’s simply got everything for everyone. Wanna tickle your pickle at old school deli Katz’s? Wanna catch Woody Allen jamming at The Carlyle on his clarinet? Wanna hang out with the seriously A-list at the top of The Standard? Or simply people watch in Nolita and pick up custom-concoted fragrances at Le Labo? It’s all there and more… You can’t get enough of this concrete jungle, and neither can we.
We’re kicking off New York Fashion week with a tribute to the iconic and majestic city. Share your best shots of New York on our Facebook wall for a chance to win a LUXE New York guide! TTFN!
Gentleman's Essentials
Congrats to Manon St Pierre and Joshua Peck, the 2 lucky winners of our Gentleman’s Hamper competition. Manon and Joshua each get a fabulous hamper filled with these manly treats:
A pocket-sized, easy to use Flip video camera to shoot and share the moment.
An Otis Batterbee olive ‘Waxed Grand Tour’ washbag to keep gents fresh on the go.
Coffee Mint Invigorating Body Wash by cult label Wash with Joe, so you can wake up and smell the coffee before you drink it.
A Babassu and Bergamot Shaving Kit by dapper Mayfair barbers Gentlemen’s Tonic, containing foaming cleanser, shave cream and aftershave.
The LUXE City Guides World Grand Tour Box covering 12 destinations. Let us be your beacon of light around the globe.
Be sure to keep checking in with us for a chance to get your hands on fabulous hotel stays and other goodies. We just love to spoil our dear readers.
LUXE and Grantourismo Grand Tour Competition – Congratulations to All the Winners
BY The LUXE Editors
Who knew judging was such hard work! Time to kick back and relax
Was it really a month ago that we kick-started our Grand Tour Competition with the darlings at Grantourismo? You know what they say about time when you’re having fun. Every week, we asked you to tell us your dream Grand Tour itinerary to be in with a chance to win one of LUXE‘s fabulous box sets, and boy, did you poppets deliver! You made our Monday mornings a little sweeter with your fantastic entries, and had us wanting to hop on a plane straight away. Well, good things like giveaways don’t last forever, and to round up our month-long competition, we put our fiery, 12-city guide LUXE World Grand Tour Box up for grabs. After much deliberation, we’d like to send our congratulations to Ben of @DisarmDoors who takes home first place with the box set. Not only did he win us over with his LUXE picks, but even mapped it out for all to see. What a smarty pants. In second place is Natalie of @nearafar who will receive two guides, and in third place is Daniel of @deeseebeaucoup, who will receive one pocket rocket guide. And because it’s the last week, we’re going to be generous and give Marcy of @marcygordon a guide too for being the competition’s biggest fan. Congrats!
Thank you to all of you twitter lovelies for sending us your wanderlust entries, and congratulations to all the winners of the past month. We’d also like to send our thanks and virtual mwah-mwahs to Lara and Terence of Grantourismo for co-hosting this cracker of a competition. Now, let’s pop some corks and raise a glass to all the gran turistas!
Don’t forget to follow @LUXEguides and @gran_tourismo for more travel tips, news and inspiration.
New York, New York
All good things come to and end, and alas, so must our month-long Grand Tour Competition with Grantourismo as we enter our fourth and final week. We loved the foodcentric entries this week, and after much back-and-forth debate at LUXE HQ, we’d like to send a big round of virtual congratulatory applause to Sandra of @romebuongiorno, who won our beautiful firecracker red LUXE Asian Grand Tour Box. In second place is Tom of @waegook_tom, who will receive two of our pocket rocket guides, and in third place with one guide is Lila of @lila_fox.
Louvre Love [Photo by Grufnik/Flickr]
A big round of digital applause to all the leggy lovelies who entered the first round of the LUXE City Guides and Grantourismo Grand Tour Competition! With a sip-sational round the world beverage tour, Forest of @52 Martinis has won a dapper LUXE Bespoke Blue Velvet Box containing eight guides of his choice. In second place is Naïla of @nichetravels, who will receive two guides, and Jeannie of @whereisjeannie, who came in third and will be getting one triff guide.
Missed the 1st week of the Grand Tour Competition? Fret not, week 2 is here! The rules are the same – simply create a Grand Tour using five destinations covered by our guides and tell Grantourismo for your chance to win one of our fantastic box sets.
Venice awaits...
Ever dreamed of a round-the-world trip? Crikey, you might already have planned it out. Here’s your chance tell us all about it, and win some beautiful boxes of LUXE guides on the way. LUXE has partnered with our friends at Grantourismo for The Grand Tour Competition, which could see you taking home one of LUXE’s fabulous box sets. From today till July 31st, we’ll be giving out one box each week, plus two guides for second place, and one to third place.
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