That's Beauty and Living: Panier D'amour - Send A Box Of Love This Valentine...

That's Beauty and Living: Panier D'amour - Send A Box Of Love This Valentine...: Hand selected, the sensuelle range is aimed at couples looking to spend some loving and romantic time together, with sensual massage and bat...

When love is in the air.....choose the perfect Romantic Getaway!

 

When compiling features on gift or travel ideas for Valentines Day, why not consider Ragdale Hall’s Romantic Getaway Break, The Cupid’s Couples Day or anything else this cosy, welcoming, luxurious English country house may have to offer.

If you’re planning on whisking him/her away for a romantic break this Valentines Day you MUST have a look at The Romantic Getaway at Ragdale Hall. A perfect setting with luxury and pampering included where all you need to do is worry about yourselves….we’ll do the rest.

Or what about the Cupid’s Couples Day to share with that someone special……spend a whole day together...just relax, be pampered, eat well and then let cupid work his magic!

For a Valentines gift they’ll really thank you for this year, why not purchase a Ragdale Hall Spa Day voucher? Ragdale Hall day spa provides a haven for complete relaxation - savour our Thermal Spa, sumptuous lounges and stunning grounds, with a pampering treatment or two thrown in and some delicious but healthy food…perfect for those who enjoy a little me-time!

Indulge the one you love, buy them a Ragdale Hall Spa Break voucher….with tastefully decorated bedrooms, breakfast in bed, the relaxing Candle Pool and plenty of opportunities for a quiet snooze….this romantic Valentines gift really is a must for that someone special!

If your partner is a Ragdale lover already, Ragdale Hall have many accessories and luxury treats, including treatment vouchers, that are guaranteed to put a smile on someone’s face and start the romance flowing

Ragdale Hall Health Hydro & Thermal Spa, Ragdale Village, Nr. Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3PB.
Tel: 01664 434831 www.ragdalehall.co.uk

H.Samuel launches iPhone app

H.Samuel the jeweller has now launched an iPhone app, that's free to download and has a number of features and benefits that shoppers can use when they’re on the go.

Customers can shop the full range of watches, jewellery, diamonds, wedding rings, engagement rings, gifts and collectibles all from the iPhone app.

The features of the free mobile phone app are easy to use when out and about. Customers can shop by categories such as gift finder, price, gifts for him or her and they can share favourite items on Facebook and even create a wish list of products. 

Customers can shop all ranges including jewellery and diamonds, watch brands and the sales and offers category. Alternatively customers can use the store finder function on the free app to find out where their nearest H.Samuel store is to the nearest mile. Perfect for the customer who is out shopping and needs to talk their purchase through with sales assistant.

By launching the free H.Samuel iPhone app the nation's favourite jeweller is offering customers a convenient shopping journey. Customers can shop by price, helping them stick to a budget or by recipient, occasion such as Christmas or product category. Customers shopping for themselves can have fun creating a wish list to send to friends and family. Ultimately the iPhone app has made the customer shopping experience easier and more engaging.

H.Samuel has heritage, quality and service. As a leading jewellery retailer, the brand has expert in-store staff, a range of informative online buyer's guides including a watch buyer's guide, wedding guide, diamond buyer's guide, metal buyer’s guide, collectible buyer's guide and birthstone guide. Customers can now rate and review products online, use the web chat service and now shop with the iPhone app. H.Samuel understands the importance of introducing new services and new brands, not only to stay on trend with the market but to attract potential new customers. The list of brands at H.Samuel now includes Chamilia, Rotary, Hot Diamonds, Ice Watch, Guess and Swarovski.

H.Samuel is the nation's favourite High Street Jeweller with over 330 stores and a retail website at www.hsamuel.co.uk. Featuring an incredible range of branded watches, H.Samuel also has a stunning range of jewellery, diamonds, collectibles and gifts for all occasions, offering something for every taste and style. H.Samuel is part of the Signet Group, the world's largest specialty retail jeweller in the US and UK.

Pure Entertainment Group unwraps 8 luxury travel experiences this Valentine’s Day

From Brazilian sunrises, the Eiffel tower of Paris to Arabian nights in Marrakech, bespoke concierge company Pure Entertainment Group presents a selection of eight Valentine’s Day packages that may surprise your honey…Find the recipe that works in 2012.

Think outside the box of chocolates and offer the one you love an enchanting moment in time this Valentine’s Day 2012. Bespoke luxury travel concierge Pure Entertainment Group has teamed up with cupid this year to bring discerning travelers some of the most romantic and exclusive Valentine’s Day vacations:

1) For the Classical Music Lovers
This Valentine’s Day, jet off on a whirlwind trip to lovely Vienna, Austria. A 2-night stay at the 5-star Hotel Imperial quickly becomes a romantic escapade, complete with a private 3-hr visit of Vienna, a special Valentine’s Day dinner for two, daily breakfast, and the Opera lover’s dream: first class tickets to Verdi’s romantic tragedy, La Traviata at the Viennese Volksopera.
Prices: Starting at €2,400 per couple

2) For the Beach Lovers
Spend 2 nights in a spacious bungalow at Brazil’s most exclusive resort, Ponta dos Ganchos, and rekindle your romance like the first time. With a pampering couple’s massage, a relaxing bath for two prepared with flowers, a special Valentine’s Day dinner, daily frolics hand in hand along the beach, and romantic surprises along the way, guests may never want to go home.
Prices: Starting at $3,580 per couple

3) For the Parisian Chic
When a box of chocolates simply won’t do, there is always the magic of Paris, France! Wake up to the glorious view of the Eiffel Tower from your Eiffel Premier Room and opt for an in-room massage pour deux. Think outside of the box with a 2-hour chocolate tour to visit the world’s leading chocolatiers, then end the day with a special Valentine’s Day dinner at Restaurant L’Abeille.
Prices: Starting at €3,950 per couple

4) For the Winter Lovers
Seize the cold, Canadian winter by whisking your snow bunny away to Mont Tremblant, Quebec for a romantic winter wonderland. Spend two nights at the ski resort destination, enjoying a choice of a 2hr private guided tour by snowmobile or a half-day guided dog sledding tour. A couple’s massage awaits the lovebirds, along with a special Valentine’s Day dinner at La Quintessence right after. Snuggle closer after all it’s Valentine’s Day.
Prices: Starting at $2,700 per couple

5) For the Arabian Nights
Uncover a whole new world with 3 exotic nights at the 5-star La Mamounia hotel in Marrakech. Discover a dazzling place you never knew on a guided tour of Marrakech with a professional photographer, enjoy a picnic for two in a romantic location, soar to new heights with a dazzling helicopter ride above the Atlas mountains, and indulge in a hammam ritual treatment in a private hammam. For Valentine’s Day, there will be a surprise at every turn in Morocco – no magic carpet required!
Prices: Starting at $5,950 per couple

6) For the intimate couple
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in the private paradise called the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay in Hawaii where an experience of a lifetime awaits lovers. Sleep in a gorgeous ocean view room. The next day, discover a magnificent bay to swim, enjoy a two-tank dive with your lover to see the stunning underwater world, receive a tropical bliss massage for great energy balance, mind and body tranquility and finish it off with a private intimate Valentine’s Day dinner.
Prices: Starting at $5,150 per couple

7) For the Art enthusiasts and foodies
Embark on a mesmerizing Valentine’s Day escapade in New York and taste life to the fullest at the James Soho Hotel. Meet with an art curator for a private walking tour as well as recommendations, then return to hotel and continue with a 50-mn revitalizing hot stone massage at deux. Later on, go wine and dine at David Burke Kitchen along with a privately guided tour of David Burke Kitchen with the Executive Chef. If life isn’t beautiful, let us know!
Prices: Starting at $3,940 per couple

8) For the Single Ladies
Jet set to the beautiful island of St Barthelémy with two of your friends, and celebrate being single at the luxurious Hotel Le Guanahani & Spa for 3 nights: white sandy beaches, fine dining cuisine, water sports such as windsurfing, scuba-diving, snorkeling as well as partying await you. Who said Valentine’s Day is not for single ladies?
Prices: Starting at €3,600 for three people

To book or to inquire further about these exquisite 2012 Valentine’s Day packages or any other travel arrangements, please contact your luxury concierge, Pure Entertainment Group: email: concierge@purentonline.com or call +1 (514) 764-9693

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Pure Entertainment Group is a bespoke event management and luxury concierge company based in Montreal, Canada. Steve Edo, CEO and Founder, launched the company in 2006 to become THE luxury concierge service for discerning clientele in North America and worldwide. Pure Entertainment Group delivers the finest lifestyle experiences to its clients and members by offering personalized and customized experiences designed to suit their preferences. Whether a private jet trip around the world, luxuries yacht in the French Riviera or a trip into space, the sky is the limit! Pure Entertainment Group’s management model is to listen to their clients’ needs, and to provide exactly that.

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Italian bikes - Exquisite not exclusive!

Looks and performance, at an affordable price ...it’s possibDo you always have to compromise your new bikes aesthetics v it’s function, shouldn’t all bikes be as attractive to look at as they are functional to ride - it’s a tough one - Should bikes that look stunning automatically perform at a similar level?

Do you have to accept someone else’s interpretation of a great paint scheme, just because your budget is limited and you want the very best fit and durability? All of these are questions that anyone looking to buy a decent road bike will ask themselves a thousand times.

Grupetto Italia have some very positive answers with a NEW range of bikes that look as good as they ride. Grupetto Italia have launched 3 beautiful new models for 2012 all with head turning custom finishes that wrap around some of the classiest frames you’ll see on the road today. Aimed at the Race and Sportive rider that wants to stand out from the masses, the bikes mix classic Italian styling and design references with the very best components and materials available today.

Two carbon models the Mottarone SL and Mergozzo CL line up alongside the columbus tubed CS Maggiore to offer the sort of bespoke bikes you would think you’d have to pay Saville Row prices for, infact, nothing could be further from the truth. At a time when spending £3,000+ on a race bike can be seen as pretty standard, Grupettos range starts at half that figure (£1,500) for bikes that offer exclusivee looks and exquisite performance, at a non exclusive price point.

Grupetto’s Nat Rizzi says “To get a half decent looking frame usually means paying a fortune or compromising quality for a badly ‘retro styled’ far eastern import. We’ve noticed with the growth in sportives and cycling in general that riders are often unhappy with the ‘image’ of their bikes but because of budget concerns they forgo this for perceived performance values from some of the bigger more obvious brands - how a bike looks and makes its owner feel is often grossly undervalued”

Well now thanks to Grupetto you can have it all - Style and Performance in equal amounts, no compromises, and because Grupetto build there bikes to your exact specification you will get outstanding value that fits your budget bracket.

Working alongside some of Italy’s finest independent frame builders they have produced a sensational range that will simply out perform similar priced bikes on both specification and finish. With a small showroom in Amersham, Bucks. and direct sales via their website www.grupettoitalia.co.uk they offer clients the comfort of knowing that the bike they buy is created for their exact cycling needs, not to shoehorn you onto something mediocre.

Nat continues “What the pro’s call form’ on your bike, is seriously lacking in so many riders we see on the road today. We ensure our customers have the perfect combination of fit and function maximizing their performance at whatever level they ride at or are aiming for. We offer a FREE fitting service either remotely or in person, that utilizes traditional bike measuring and set up methods to achieve the simple task of making sure you look and feel right on the bike” If you get it right you get so much more from your cycling experience, whether racing local criteriums or riding a Gran Fondo or the Etape.”

Italians are masters at getting this balance right, from a pair of Berluti shoes to a Riva speedboat ‘The look” is as important as the performance with the ultimate goal of having the very best you can produce. Grupetto’s artisan frame building team are based in Italy’s cycling heartland near Bergamo and all the frames take their names from legendary cycling landmarks in the area. If you want an iconic bike that will not disappoint in comfort or performance in the colours you’ve always wanted, talk to Grupetto Italia.

For further information call: 01494 432 984 or visit: www.grupettoitalia.co.uk

(EDITOR: Looking for something to spend your Christmas money on? That's Christmas has found the perfect opportunity for you!)

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Shutl unveils data from Christmas 2011 holiday period: bigger, later, faster, more male and more mobile!

Shutl, the internet start-up that delivers what you want, when you want it, today unveils delivery data collected over the 2011 holiday period.

Shutl offers online and in-store shoppers the ability to receive their orders in as little as 90 minutes or within a one-hour window of their choice, same day or any day. Shutl serves retailers across all product categories, with clients ranging from Argos to Laithwaites Wine and Karen Millen.

Shoppers shutl’d late this Christmas…
- 51% of all peak pre-Christmas shutling happened over a 10-day period (from 14th to 23rd December), with 24% occurring over a frantic 4-day window (from 19th to 22nd December).
- Shoppers bought 2 hours later in the day versus 2010, with a seven-fold increase in the number of insomniacs placing online orders between midnight and 3am.

What separates men and women?
- Pre-peak, men accounted for only 36% of Shutl orders on average, however 38 of the 40 days leading up to Christmas saw a higher proportion of men using the service. Saturday 17th December saw the first (and only) time male users outnumbered female! Men seemingly have higher expectations than women - or at least they don’t value their time as highly! Feedback left by female shoppers over the period consistently ranked the Shutl service 4% higher than their male counterparts, scoring it a whopping 96% combined across ‘value for money’, ‘ease of use’, ‘speed of delivery’ and the ‘delivery person’. The greatest variance was for ‘value for money’, although male perception improved by as much as a 150% in the build-up to Christmas.

Kindle beats iPad in battle, but Apple is winning the war
- 55% of top 100 products shutl’d were consumer electronics.
- Amazon’s Kindle was the top seller, representing 1.6% of all items shutl’d over the period and outselling iPads by almost 2:1.
- When including iPods, Apple narrowly pips Amazon to the post, accounting for 1.7% of all items shutl’d.

2011 in numbers: bigger, faster, cheaper and more mobile
- This year saw a 155% increase in the availability of Shutl (600k shoppers were offered Shutl delivery). This is the combined result of more retailers offering the service and the successful completion of company’s first phase of expansion beyond London.
- 2,570% more shoppers chose to shutl versus 2010, driven by increased availability, greater awareness and better pricing.
- The fastest delivery was an order placed at Oasis on 16th November 2011, delivered in 17mins : 24secs of checking out. This was 41% faster than last year’s quickest (29mins : 24secs), though still some way off Shutl’s 14mins : 59secs world record set in March 2011.
- A 4,385% surge in the number of people using the Shutl service via a mobile device, with iPads proving to be the most popular (accounting for a whopping 77% of all mobile traffic).
- The average price paid for Shutl delivery over the holiday period was £5.64, with over 40% of customers receiving their delivery for free!

“It has been a merry Christmas for Shutl, the retailers we serve and our courier partners. We take it as an encouraging sign for 2012 that so many people preferred to end 2011 shopping rather than sleeping!” comments Tom Allason, Founder and CEO of Shutl.

“We’re already working hard to make Shutl available to as many shoppers as possible in time for Christmas 2012.”

Shutl is a UK start-up that promises to bring delivery up to speed by letting shoppers get what they want, when they want it. The service connects retailers to local same-day courier companies, enabling delivery to both online and in-store customers within as little as 90 minutes (‘Now’) or within a one-hour delivery window of their choice (‘Later’).

Shutl currently holds the record for the world’s fastest e-commerce delivery; a shopper taking receipt of their goods within 15 minutes of checking out online. Shutl was founded by veteran entrepreneur Tom Allason, also known for founding eCourier.co.uk. The company has been operating since March ’10 and counts Argos, Aurora Fashions, B&Q Tradepoint, Karen Millen and Laithwaites Wine amongst its customers.