Europe tour via London and Milan

Europe is a good travel option for late October as you can still benefit of good weather, warm temperatures and discover gorgeous autumnal landscapes ; moreover all capitals and main european cities are easily available by train or plane through shorthaul. So on this basis and upon readers’ requests, we decided to visit London – let’s say our first “traveling” home…
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Take a break at Grand Hotel Bordeaux & Spa

Bordeaux is a wonderful place to spend romantic time and have a good overview of French heritage – architecture, wine, fashion – just few steps from Paris ; you can refer to our Travels section for more details. To plan a luxury trip there, The Luxe Insider would definitely recommend to stay at the Grand Hotel Bordeaux & Spa where we enjoyed…
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Pleasant stay at Armani Dubai

Dubai is a vibrant city in a constant land extension – 15% increase by year –  with a population highly interested by luxury goods and hotels. Indeed you can find five-star hotels and palaces everywhere, from small jewels like Bab Al Shams Desert resort to huge complex like Atlantis The Palm, so the choice of a place to stay might…
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Peaceful night in Emirates Business Class

The Emirates miles loyalty program is good enough to allow you a free upgrade from Economy to Business after only one Economy return from Europe to Dubai, that’s why we took the occasion during our 2013 Middle-East Tour to flight from Dubai to Malé (Maldives) in Business with the few miles we had. First when you arrive at the airport you find…
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Middle-East tour

For my first time in United Arab Emirates, I chose to take a 3 days stopover in Dubai before going to Maldives ; flying with Emirates you can find many interesting offers, especially including stopover. I was very worried about what to do in Dubai but finally it was ok, there are lot of great things to discover such as…
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Air France meets excellence in A380 First Class

Sometimes you don’t know what to do with your miles ; some complimentary Economy flights in Europe ? a round-trip Business flight between Paris and New York ? No, with Air France it definitely doesn’t worth it… In my view Air France miles are good only for complimentary A380 First Class tickets – maybe B777 too – or upgrades from…
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Zen atmosphere at New Otani Tokyo

I booked my stay at the very last-minute (2 days before arrival) and was a bit afraid about this property. Indeed, the “Cherry Blossom” event is very famous in Japan and all luxury hotels were full since a long time… New Otani was the only one with available room and usually it is quite a bad omen ! However I…
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