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Assouline Launches Luxury Collection Destination Guides

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Holiday Guides, Books

Luxe publisher Assouline has come out with a passport to the prestigious Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts in the form of limited edition set of guidebooks. The Luxury Collection Destination Guides unlocks the charms of six destinations – Italy, Greece, Argentina, India, Spain, and the United States. The Luxury Collection's world-renowned concierges act as your personal guide, offering an insider view of each locale's most unique restaurants, boutiques, and cultural sites. Each book features a passage and recipe from a celebrated chef including Mario Batali for Italy, Francis Mallmann for Argentina, José Andrés for Spain, and Charlie Palmer for the U.S. Curated by Assouline, the collection is beautifully photographed by the Luxury Collection's Global Explorer Andréa Fazzari and packaged in a vintage inspired travel box. The guides will be exclusively offered as a complete set at Assouline Boutiques in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York, as well as www.shopassouline.com and other major retail stores for $140.

Tags: Argentina, Assouline, books, Charlie Palmer, Greece, guidebook, India, Italy, Luxury Collection, Mario Batali, restaurants, Spain, The Luxury Collection, travel

Custom Hg2 Travel Guides from Tumi

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Books

Chic luggage and travel accessories company Tumi has partnered with Hg2, the Hedonist series of travel guides, on a distinctive, stylized set of guidebooks in a bespoke case. Eight customized Hg2 guides – for Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Buenos Aires and Dubai – come sheathed in Tumi's signature ballistic nylon.

To evoke the theme of travel, the open case has a handle and luggage tag. Infused with the Tumi lifestyle, the colorful customized guides, known for their lavish photography, contain original content and serve as a passport to the best each city has to offer.

Each chapter is segmented with sections dedicated to, Work, Rest and Play. For the complete immersion in a particular destination, the guides include a comprehensive address book of key contacts for everything from gyms and hair stylists to florists and more.

With a retail value of $125 as an added bonus each purchase will be accompanied by a complimentary one-year membership to Hg2.com with updates and extras.

[via JustLuxe]

Tags: guidebook, Hg2, luggage, travel guide, TravelGuide, Tumi