Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
Tradition, pah! Here at Smith, we take a rule and then we break it, and so do our hip hotels. The surreal and psychedelic Lacroix-designed interiors at Hôtel Notre Dame and Hôtel Le Bellechasse in Paris are a case in point, as are the floating beds at New Majestic Hotel in Singapore and the deliberately [...]
At the end of this month, things will be hotting up in the kitchens of Cotswold House as four chefs lock horns in the quest for culinary supremacy in Chipping Campden…
If you’re free on 30 April, hit the golden Cotswolds for a four-course bonanza fresh from the hands of some of the country’s big-gun chefs. [...]
Last night, a smug smattering of the Smith team headed off (via a lengthy, poorly SatNav’d cab ride right through Piccadilly Circus) for some canapés and cocktails at The Zetter in Clerkenwell, London. We sampled micro-sized magic from Bruno Loubet’s shiny new kitchen, and had such a super time, we’re making this East End warehouse [...]
Are you sitting comfortably? We know you love insider stories: so we’ve sourced a snippet from this month’s hottest new book, Discombobulated – Dispatches from the Wrong Side (£11.99, Headpress), for your travel-reading pleasure.
Author, journo, raconteur, die-hard party animal and self-styled ‘disco desperado’ Simon A Morrison takes readers from Las Vegas to New York via [...]
This month, we set off for the Americas and returned home armed not only with the knowledge that the world still isn’t flat, but that South America is a hotbed of happening new hotels…
After tangoing our way around the barrios of buzzing Buenos Aires, we decided we liked Home Hotel and Mansión Vitraux best. The [...]
On sale from 7 April, the May issue of ELLE Decoration includes a travel magazine researched and roadtested by Mr & Mrs Smith. The lovechild of chic interior design experts and sexy stay specialists? Pure travel porn.
It was a tough job – but somebody had to do it. Last month, photographer [...]
Spring is in the air, and it’s time to start plotting your barbecue backing music. Allow our TuneSmith, Rob Wood, the ears behind our sexy CD collection, to do the sound selecting for you…
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Fall of Spring by Lonely Drifter Karen
When? You want an international listening experience
Why? This music has been around the [...]
Chocolate eggs are nice and all that, but you can’t sleep in them can you?* With that (admittedly somewhat left-field) sentiment in mind, we proudly bring you our Easter Hotel of the Week: the Sanderson in London.
Style Starck contrasts, statement interiors
Setting Off-the-beaten-track Fitzrovia
Why this week? From now until the beginning of September, Smith members can [...]
Get a room – literally! We know how much you love boutique-hotel style, which is why we’re excited to announce our latest offering: HomeSmith, the DIY boutique hotel suite.
HomeSmith allows you to enjoy the same chic style you’ll find in all Smith-approved hotels, providing all the decadent decor details you need to recreate your favourite [...]
