Over 3,000 luxury hotels, resorts and private retreats worldwide — reserved through official Preferred Partner programmes, for guests at home in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the neighbouring countries. The hotel’s official rate stays exactly as it is.
As an independent luxury hospitality specialist, we arrange only Preferred Partner reservations — with the leading hotel brands and with independent collections of hotels around the world.
Since 2013, our guests have received benefits that only official Preferred Partner programmes can provide. The hotel rate open to the public does not change, and neither does the full recognition of every loyalty programme, status benefit and elite entitlement of the hotel brand concerned.
Three principles that distinguish every reservation made through LVXVS from an ordinary booking.
You always pay the official hotel rate, as publicly available. Nothing more.
What your reservation includes depends on the hotel and the Preferred Partner programme. It may cover, among other things:
Each hotel sets its own privileges.
Participating hotel brands handle your reservation exactly as they would a direct booking. So you go on earning:
Your status and points stay with you. Breakfast, upgrade and credit come on top.
These partnerships open over 3,000 leading luxury hotels worldwide to our guests — the hotel rate is unchanged, and every benefit of the relevant loyalty programme is recognised in full.
Alongside the Preferred Partner programmes, LVXVS develops editorial frameworks of its own that help travellers make better-informed choices — guided by experience rather than hierarchy.
Aman and Cheval Blanc, Oberoi and Belmond, Singita and Soneva — each hotel name has an operator behind it, with its own business model, its own style and its own notion of the guest it serves. The Library, written in German, profiles them individually: portfolio, philosophy, competitors — and an honest note on whom a brand is not intended for. No rankings, no stars, no paid listings. The volumes follow the operating model, so that comparisons remain fair.
We do not classify hotels. Our task is to help people choose the luxury experience that is right for them. The Collection System sets aside stars, rankings and brands and arranges luxury hospitality by experience instead — every collection represents its own philosophy of hospitality. Part I explains the principles. A hotel may sit in more than one collection, because travellers perceive hotels through several layers of meaning at once.
A curated collection of the most beautiful places in the world to live — from private villas and historic estates to penthouses and presidential suites, safari lodges, desert retreats and legendary trains. Nine collections, one philosophy: Private Space, Private Pace, Private Belonging. Welcome home.
A curated collection of original films on the natural character of destinations — the wildlife, birds, marine life, beaches, islands, deserts and landscapes that make a place unlike any other. Every location has been visited, assessed and filmed in person by our specialists — never stock footage. Begin with the experience. Then choose the destination, the season and where to stay around it.
A curated set of Destination Portraits. These are editorial portraits, not travel guides, of places with character, identity and atmosphere. Each one starts by asking what gives a place its distinctive Sense of Place. Vienna and Zurich, Kyoto, the Maldives, the Basque coast — and for many destinations there is a dedicated YouTube channel.
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Lifestyle Hotels
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Private Island Resorts
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