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"The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.\nName: LuxeInACity\nQuick Pitch: LuxeInACity is a social luxury city guide. \nGenius Idea: An exclusive invitation-only social network for members to interact with each other and their favorite luxe companies. \nIf you travel often, spend three times as much on luxury goods than the average person and \u2014 oh wait \u2014 earn a starting salary of $150,000 or more, you may just be invited to LuxeInACity, your online private concierge.\nLuxeInACity is an exclusive invitation-only social luxury city guide that lets members interact with each other and top luxe companies. For its opulent members, the social guide features a wealth of luxury and travel-related information for 125 cities around the world and 50,000 luxury companies.\nThe site provides luxury information and sights to see for all of its featured locations, including Anguilla, Paris, Cayman Islands, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Sydney, and many more. \n\"We wanted to create a one-stop resource for luxury information,\" Roxanne G\u00E9nier, founder of LuxeInACity, told Mashable. \"Every day we add luxury news, videos, blogs, etc., just to inform our members on what is going on in the luxury world.\"\n\n\n \nLuxeInACity also provides information for its featured categories which includes arts &amp; culture, automobile, jewelry, restaurants, nightlife, boating, service, fashion, wine &amp; spirits and villas. If members are searching for car dealerships for example, they can click on the \"automobiles\" category to find dealerships in a specific city. \nAlong with the options to create a personalized profile and communicate with other members via private messages, LuxeInACity members also get free access to the following:\n\nLuxe Events: International where to go and when to go calendar. Users can also post events and invite friends to attend.\nLuxe Forums: Exclusive forum for members to discuss interesting topics.\nLuxe News: Daily news from numerous international sources.\nLuxe Videos: Entertaining videos from YouTube.\nLuxe Blog: Engaging luxe blog written by the luxe team.\nFor $595 a year, LuxeInACity offers an enhanced profile on the site for luxury companies. The profile allows them to  gain more visibility, upload unlimited pictures and videos and interact with members. Companies also get access to the private company area on the site, invitation rights to luxe social and get their company logo displayed in the Featured Company sections. \nLuxeInACity is self-funded, currently has 150 exclusive members and will publicly launch in late February. \nImage courtesy of LuxeInACity\nSeries Supported by Microsoft BizSpark\n\n\nThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark, a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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