Welcome to LUXE's home town, Hong Kong This mile-a-minute metropolis still reigns supreme as Asia's predominant shopping, dining and style destination, where excess, success and 24 hr party times are always on the menu. What we don't know about HK ain't worth jack. Walk this way... In a city stacke[...]
From the Romans and Moors to today's global traveller, the world, it seems, can't get enough of Barcelona. This blue-skied bombshell has more razzle dazzle than a De Beers heiress, from her glittering Med sea, stunning archi marvels and museums, to her culinary fireworks and sparkling wines. She's b[...]
Iconic, majestic, grand, kitsch, the tops, the bottoms, the kit and the kaboodle, NY is one huge and mercurial melting pot. Fashion forward, status conscious, food and culture epicentric, exasperating, exhilarating and never out of vogue; welcome to the fabulous Wintour Wonderland. *Want the very be[...]
Walkable and amazingly compact, Paris is divided into twenty districts, all spiralling out like an escargot from central 1st. The Seine river bisects the city, with the "right bank" being north and the "left bank" being south. And that's really all you need to know... *Want the very best of Paris in[...]
With the Pantheon in Centro Storico as your centre, North is shopping central Tridente and Via Veneto. To the East is upcomer Monti, South is Ancient Rome, home to the Colosseum and Forum. To the West across the Tiber is atmossy Trastevere, North of which lies the Vatican City, and that's all you re[...]
he Resplendent Isle, Serendib, Ceylon, Sri Lanka... whatever you call it, Sri Lanka is spangled with exquisitely designed luxury villas, gorgeously renovated classic old hotels, amazing shops and bespoke services erupting all over the South. So, why not slip into something floaty, and let LUXE lead [...]
At the China Ball, Hong Kong was always the belle, Shanghai the ambitious hussy and Beijing the ugly sister who got stuck in traffic. Today, if the Olympics had a designer label race, Beijing would win platinum. But while she s in full development overdrive, and careening down the expressway to cosm[...]
Home to two World Heritage Sites - the magnificent Angkor Temple complex and the beautiful town of Luang Prabang, Cambodia and Laos have emerged as must-see destinations on the Wonders of the World List. Despite the fact that Siem Reap is fast becoming the Kingdom of Coachloads and 'hospitality' as [...]
Big, buzzy and oh-so-cosmopolitan, Sao Paulo is large and in charge both in the style stakes and in sheer scale. Vertiginous rooftop bars carve out their place in the ever changing skyline, design-led hotels and celebrity chefs continue to crop up in droves, and the thriving creative community needs[...]