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Archive for November, 2010

Last weekend, some of the core Smith crew set up stall at Kensington Olympia for the Condé Nast Traveller Luxury Travel Fair, where the great and the good gather to woo new travel audiences. As well as shouting about our fantastic new hotel guidebooks (France and South-East Asia), it was a great chance to remind [...]

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We took to our Vespas this month and whizzed around Italy’s sun-baked shores, sparkling lagoons and historic cities to bring you some hot new Italian hotels. Elsewhere, we took detours both near and far-flung to France, Spain, Laos and Australia, all in the name of good hotel hunting…
In Venice, we went to check out Palazzina [...]

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Start spreading the news… Mr & Mrs Smith has an office on Broadway!
A stumble from a few of our favourite hotels, The Mercer and The Crosby Street Hotel, and half a block north of the flagship for that most delicious of delis Dean & DeLuca (also our bedfellows [...]

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Hotel of the week: the Crab & Lobster

Friday, November 5th, 2010

We like crab; we like lobster – but we love the Crab & Lobster, our latest hotel of the week. In these cold, dark and downright gloomy winter days, heaven is a cosy inn, with crackling fires, local ales, hearty gastropub fare, and snooze-inducing beds: the Crab & Lobster in West Sussex fits the bill [...]

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Smith-prized London hotel the Baglioni kicks off its final fine-dining event of 2010 at the glamorous Brunello bar & restaurant tonight, with a three-night kitchen takeover by three-Michelin-star restaurant Don Alfonso 1890.
Closing a sensational season of Italian gourmet guest appearances at the esteemed London establishment, the kitchen crew from renowned Sorrentine restaurant Don Alfonso 1890 [...]

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It’s All Soul Day for Smith’s resident musical maestro Rob Wood. Here are this month’s picks…
ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Good Things by Aloe Blacc
When? This ole world is getting you down
Why? It’s a new soul voice on a mission to uplift
Tough times breed good music, and here’s a case in point. Born [...]

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