Luxury Link Unveils New "Inspire Me" Function as First of its Kind in Online Travel to Encourage Travelers to Try New Properties and Destinations

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating its 15^th anniversary, leading luxury vacation website Luxury Link (www.luxurylink.com) unveils a newly designed website accompanied by an alternative browsing  function, the "Inspire Me" button. The restyled website features more than 250 new luxury hotels and resorts with enhanced functionality, clean aesthetics and additional photography. The site also includes an improved luxury travel community, the "Luxury Lounge" to support travelers planning for and sharing memories of their luxury vacations.

For years, travelers have turned to Luxury Link to find inspiration and research properties at amazing destinations. The new "Inspire Me" feature captures the essence of that inspiration by highlighting the world's top-rated hotels and resorts at destinations a traveler may have never before considered. It is a browsing option for travelers who are looking for ideas and guidance while dreaming about where they might travel to next. The "Inspire Me" function provides recommendations by Luxury Link's travel experts for thousands of world-class properties at destinations ranging from Montana to the Maldives and Boston to Bali.

"For the past 15 years, inspiring travelers with amazing hotels and incredible prices has been the mission of Luxury Link," said Luxury Link President, Diane McDavitt. "The new design and functional upgrades to our website embody a true luxury travel experience – from our hand-picked collection of hotels, resorts, villas and cruises to the luxury extras we include in each vacation. Each step of the way, we are committed to travelers getting more for their money while enjoying a truly extraordinary experience from start to finish."

Luxury Link has added new functionality to its online community forum, the largest and most active community of luxury travelers on the web. The "Luxury Lounge" is a forum where travelers can discuss everything from destinations to hotels while sharing ideas, opinions and answering questions. The Luxury Lounge features enhanced forum functionality and social sharing capabilities. Travelers can keep a running travelogue of their adventures and escapes through personal blogs and photo galleries.

Luxury Link features vacations at more than 1,200 luxury properties in 60 countries from independent hotel partners, boutique hotels, luxury villas at prices up to 65% off. The site also offers vacations at luxury resort collections including Dorchester Collection, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, The Ritz-Carlton, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Orient-Express Hotels & Resorts, Auberge Resorts, Destination Hotels & Resorts, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and Preferred Hotel Group.

About Luxury Link

Founded in 1997, Luxury Link (www.luxurylink.com) is a leading luxury travel website offering value-added, unique travel experiences at five-star accommodations around the world, at exclusively low prices, up to 65 percent off best-available rates. Luxury Link has established relationships with more than 1,200 luxury and five-star properties around the world. The vacation experiences created by Luxury Link encompass sought-after destinations like Kenya or Bora Bora and luxury properties ranging from boutique spa hotels to expansive luxury resorts with special included extras like spa treatments, champagne in the guest's room, daily breakfast, resort credits or others.

SOURCE Luxury Link