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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Our latest glamorous guidebook Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: Australia/New Zealand is poised to hit the shelves: and it’s our boldest expression of wanderlust yet. From the lush wet plains of Australia’s Top End, via the iconic beaches and islands of the east coast, right through to the Middle Earth peaks of New Zealand’s [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Melbourne, New Zealand, Sydney, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Our latest glamorous guidebook Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: Australia/New Zealand is poised to hit the shops: it is officially out 25 November (£19.95), but you can order an advance copy now.
As you know, romantic and stylish is our shtick – and finally we’ve officially spread the love to the southern hemisphere. Barefoot-luxury lodges, [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Eating & drinking, Independent reviews, Melbourne, New Zealand, News, Smith & Kids, Sydney, Uncategorized, spa hotels | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
It’s going to take a little more than the washout weather and another Brit-free Wimbledon final (22 years now, and counting) to stop the hotel-hungry Smith team celebrating the best of British. And so homegrown is the flavour this month. For good measure, we’ve also introduced some Mallorcan delights with praiseworthy pools, a holiday haven [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Edinburgh, Europe, Mallorca, Melbourne, New York, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States | No Comments »
Like a particularly bountiful windfall from the indigenous black sapote tree, the fruits of our recent trip to Australia to launch Mr & Mrs Smith down under have been falling thick and fast onto the blog. We’ve already tapped Hilary Doling of Luxury Travel & Style Magazine and Gourmet Traveller editor-at-large Leo Schofield for their [...]
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Posted in Eating & drinking, Melbourne, Smith Trips | 4 Comments »
Following on from last Friday’s interview with Hilary Doling, editor-in-chief of Luxury Travel & Style Magazine, here’s the second of our insiders’ guides to what’s hot in Australia (and we’re not just talking about thermometer-bothering regions such as Kimberley and Top End). Just to recap, I was in Sydney (left) and Melbourne last week to [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Destinations, Eating & drinking, Melbourne, News, Press, Sydney, Worth getting out of bed for | 3 Comments »