Vueling partners with Save the Children to help refugee children

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Customers booking flights on Vueling.com may donate 1€ to improve the lot of these children in the current emergency.

 Vueling, joins a campaign by the “Save the Children” relief organisation to help refugee children. A platform on the airline’s website will enable customers to voluntarily donate 1€ on completion of the ticket booking process. The campaign, which will continue for the next several months, is in keeping with Vueling’s corporate social responsibility policies which prioritise the needs of children. A large number of children are among the estimated 3.5 people displaced by war in the Middle East, many of them now struggling to reach safety in Europe. The airline’s chairman and CEO Alex Cruz said, “This fundraising campaign will give our customers and employees the opportunity to help bring some relief to the refugee children facing this delicate situation.” In addition to the website platform launched to encourage its customers to contribute, Vueling is also facilitating donations from its own employees with a similar platform on the company intranet.

The airline cooperates with a number of other initiatives and institutions to help needy children, including medical facilities and research.

The Peninsula Hotels announce the return of the SnowPage

A designer makeover for SnowPage by Papinee, plus luxury prizes, timeless traditions and festive dining create indelible memories for guests to share at The Peninsula Hotels.

 The Peninsula Hotels shares the festive spirit during the holiday season with the stylish return of the lovable holiday ambassador SnowPage, and the chance to win the ultimate Peninsula experience with “Golden Tickets” offering glamorous prizes for all the family. Having raised more than USD 1.5 million since its launch in 2003, The Peninsula Hotels’ holiday fundraising campaign takes on a designer makeover this year as partnering with luxury toy-art collective Papinee, The Peninsula’s iconic holiday mascot SnowPage dresses to impress, with a percentage of proceeds from each SnowPage donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Hand-made with luxurious fabrics and detailed embroidery, the desirable limited-edition SnowPages also include the chance to win the experience of a lifetime with surprise seasonal gifts. In each Peninsula Hotel around the world, hidden inside a large number of the boxes are “Golden Tickets” for bespoke Peninsula adventures specially designed to create lasting memories for all the family ! Lucky guests have the chance to win grand prizes of a two-night stay for four in the hotels’ top suites, a fun dinner for four, daily breakfast plus exciting Peninsula Academy family experiences icluding exclusive picnics, making and flying kites, learning how to prepare dim sum and more…

Specialised in creating magnificent toys showcasing beautiful embroidery and detailed craftsmanship, toy-art collective Papinee has designed 10 exclusive limited edition SnowPage toys inspired by the arts, culture and architecture of each Peninsula destination, with just 300 SnowPages created for each city.

www.peninsula.com

Luxe Mall opens its doors to luxury brands

Luxe-Mall-14 On the e-commerce era, the French start-up e-Koncept has launched the incredible challenge to bring all major luxury brands into a single entity – a 3D virtual mall. By means of intuitive ergonomics, Luxe Mall facilitates access to brands in interest on their own image, while facilitating consumer’s purchases.

Since some years now, E-commerce has evolved into an essential concept, from which this ambitious project has taken shape. This collaborative consumption is at its peak with a 60% of Internet users consuming direct sales in 2015. Innovative 3D technology, navigation are, here, taken into another dimension. eKoncept society represents, at this moment, the most realistic and intuitive way to facilitate access to major retailers. We have made possible for the user to consult a catalog containing a panel of upmarket brands through a single website. Ergonomics Site Luxe Mall provides to the user a simple and comfortable navigation. With intuitive direction buttons on either side of the screen, the shopper can move throughout the aisles of the hyperrealist mall.
Central Square, corridors on two floors, aquarium, green areas; everything that would be expected in a real mall is included in Luxe Mall. With a fictional character, the user can move forward, turn, as well as move upwards and downwards. Once arrived at the storefront where you want to access, then a single click is needed to access all brand products.

Luxury Mall has been designed to accommodate 572 stores. Here, the principal goal is to guarantee the user with the same services to those granted in a real mall. The virtual mall will approach luxuries stores, this niche is its guideline. Luxe Mall then acts as a lessor providing different leases based on requests. Indeed, it is possible for the brand to choose different formats such as the number of windows in the store, its place and even its size.

www.luxe-mall.com

Phytoquant continues its policy of lower prices

Nicola Frassanito, CEO PhytoQuant and Solavie

The Phytoquant company is considered innovative and original, due not ony to the performance of its products (well known nutritional supplements) but also its unique philosophy. Since its creation in 2004, the Phytoquant company which has shown steady growth each year has decided to lower its price in order to make their products more accessible to a larger audience. Nicola Frassanito, founder and current General Director explains, “Today our products are 16.5% less expensive per unit than in 2004. So the price of Quantaflore, for example, which treats digestive problems was 24.50 Euro whereas today, it is 20.50 Euro. In terms of purchasing products in bulk, the price per unit goes down about 25%, not including free shipping which provides an additional discount.”

At a time when the economic crisis strongly impacted businesses, our policies remained the same. “First and foremost, it is customer loyalty that has allowed me to follow through with my philosophy.”  explains Nicola Frassanito. “The success of our products and consistent sales growth has allowed me to give back to the customers. Lowering the price is one way to say thanks for their loyalty but also to give others the possibility to more easily access our products.”  With a customer satisfaction rate of nearly 70%, the Phytoquant products have maintained their quality over the years. However, there is no mystery surrounding its development. The manufacturing process is described in a documentary that anyone can vivew on their website www.phytoquant.fr. This success is not a coincidence and it has allowed Nicole Frassanito to follow his own philosophies. “I am convinced of the theraputic power of  nutritional supplements.”  He concludes. “Since the creation of Phytoquant, my objective is to remain ethical. In terms of my professional success, providing a way for people who are suffering to benefit from our products is the biggest satisfication in my life.”

Oenofolie n°9 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion

LHB-Photo-BrèveV5Emilie Gervoson, daughter of the owners of the French winery Château Larrivet Haut-Brion, invites the famous calligrapher Lassaâd Metoui for an artistic live performance, for the 9th Oenofolie. The artist will give life to Château Larrivet Haut-Brion’s notes of wine tasting through his calligraphic interpretations. An inspiring reference to the collection of exclusive cases which he designed for this high-quality wine of Pessac-Léognan.

Oenofolie 9 – Thurday November 3rd, 2015 starting from 19 pm – A fully free event by simple registration on : www.larrivethautbrion.fr and on : facebook.com/larrivethautbrion