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We like to think we’ve got an eye for the finer things in life, and, having inspected some of the world’s most stylish interiors in our pursuit of dreamy design dens and hip hideaways for the ever-expanding Smith hotel collection, we know a Good Thing when we see it.
And last night in London, at Somerset [...]
If you’re anything like us, when the consumer countdown to Christmas began in, ooh, 1066, you just put your fingers in your ears and went ‘la la la, October is not nearly Christmas time’. But now you’ve suddenly realised that Hallowe’en has been and gone, that Thanksgiving has also, and that the big event is [...]
Former fashionista Elizabeth Kiester gave up a crazy-glam-hectic New York lifestyle (complete with full Sex and the City trappings, requisite high heels and sashimi-platter lunch dates) to give something back to the Khmer people she’d fallen in love with on a trip to Cambodia.
She sold her apartment, packed her bags and [...]
This week, a whistlestopping troupe of Alila executives whirled into London to tell all about this boutique super brand and its plans for design domination…
Dedicated users of this website will be familiar with hotel-of-the-week-scooping Alila Villas Uluwatu in Bali, where clifftop cabanas edge up to the Indian Ocean. The brand is also responsible for the [...]
Raquel Laneri, writer for Forbes and author of her own blog, Electric Warrior, packed an overnight back and grabbed her Mr Smith to blog for us from the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York
Exquisitely manicured, fantastically quiet and unusually secluded: Gramercy Park in New York City. You need a key to get in and [...]
Doubtless, news that Mr & Mrs Smith’s DIY boutique hotel suite was more spoof than truth will have disappointed, nay, devastated many. But those still keen to turn their house into a happy (boutique) home need look no further than Amara. The online luxury furnishings store has recently added Missoni Home’s 2010 range to its [...]
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 [...]
Nicole Campoy-Leffler is a born-and-bred Angeleno, a one-time student of ballet and opera, a connoisseur of underground arts movements, and a writer for Fine Arts LA – there can be few people more qualified to serve up an insider slice of LA’s cultural scene. The Smith Travel Blog asked Nicole what she thought were the [...]
It’s no secret that a judicious sprinkling of vintage fleamarket finds is de rigueur in any self-respecting interior these days, but we’re seeing more and more mid-century modern pieces cropping up in Smith’s collection of boutique hotels (and soon in some of our bloggistas’ boudoirs, thanks to the amazing design show we went to this [...]
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet?
Join the discussion, hotel lovers… See The New York Times’ T Magazine piece:
For the Moment | East vs. West
Pictured: Sukhothai, Bangkok, left; Miller’s Residence, London, below.
Adding their tuppence to the debate, from the Mr & Mrs Smith team, were:
Anthony Leyton, managing editor, [...]
