Tips & deals

The spa

Just open at New York hotel The Carlyle, a spa called Sense. This indulgent addition to the Art Deco landmark on the Upper East Side will offer a comprehensive menu of treatments using Sisley beauty products. For details, go to thecarlyle.com.

The website

Also on the Big Apple, web users are being encouraged to get online and give their recommendations on how to get the best out of the city and its "twin", London, on a new community website launched by British Airways. Go to metrotwin.com.

The recommendation

Rough Guides is calling for budding travel writers to review lesser-known UK attractions for the second edition of its guide to 'Accessible Britain'. Five will appear in the new guide and there's a prize, too. Go to accessible guide.co.uk by 7 November.

The bargain

Get seven nights' all-inclusive at LaSource Hotel in Grenada for £1,399 per person. The price, based on two sharing, is valid for certain departures in January and includes return flights from Gatwick, transfers, spa treatments and dives. Go to tropicalsky.co.uk.