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By: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #5 Apples in vases and other silly design ‘trends’ - Cool Travel Guide » Cool Travel Guide

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:01:12 +0000

[...] takes hotels as seriously as we do. Take a look at this post on the Mr and Mrs Smith blog about what makes a boutique hotel. The Martini test is one we like to apply ourselves! ShareTweetCHECK OUT THESE RELATED POSTS:10 [...]

By: Europe Tour

Europe Tour — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:59:27 +0000

[...] break the rules and go beyond the call of duty if they have to? As Mr and Mrs Smith inquired in a recent post on what makes a boutique hotel: would they fix me a bite to eat if I arrived after hours? (Disappointingly, we recently found that [...]

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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:15:09 +0000

[...] Mrs Smith shared on their blog recently the qualities that define a good boutique hotel for them in What makes a Smith hotel? The ‘wow’ factor is high on their list, but also other components, from a sensational [...]

By: How Mr & Mrs Smith find boutique hotels | Travel Blog - Mr & Mrs Smith Boutique & Luxury Hotels

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:55:53 +0000

[...] asked us recently how we went about finding the wow-inducing boutique hotels in our collection. Juliet has been blogging about what checkboxes a hotel has to tick before it gets into the Smith collection (and a darned [...]

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:20:57 +0000

Really glad you did this post. There are quite many self proclaimed boutique hotels that just fall short for one reason or another. My biggest bug bears are things like boxy, small rooms and style over function – example no plug sockets because it interferes with the “clean lines”!

By: Aya

Aya — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:10 +0000

Why so few African hotels/lodges/camps? Stunning views, personal service, romantic, small, and many of the (East African hotels) within 12 hours travel of Heathrow. Perfect for a long weekend and not a conference centre in sight!

By: Ilse Crawford

Ilse Crawford — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:21:26 +0000

[...] leads us nicely onto our next question: one of Smith’s criteria for picking hotels is that guests should know where they are in the world, and not feel lost in a one-size-fits-all [...]

By: Smith reviews: the Oberoi in Mauritius

Smith reviews: the Oberoi in Mauritius — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:02:59 +0000

[...] Read the rest of the Oberoi hotel review here. Every time we publish a new hotel write-up from one of our panel of independent reviewers at Mr & Mrs Smith, we’ll let you know here on the Smith Travel Blog. We visit every property in our hand-picked hotel collection, and get it reviewed by a real-life couple to make sure it meets our ridiculously high hotel standards. [...]

By: Smith

Smith — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:50:36 +0000

[...] of the most important criteria when we’re deciding whether a hotel will make it into the Smith collection is, quite simply, [...]

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