Archive for the 'New Zealand' Category
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Our reviewers for our new guidebook were, as ever, a panel of people we admire and respect, all of whom have impeccable taste, and who we trusted to report back to us on Smith hotels with total honesty. The only thing we asked of them? That they visited each hotel anonymously with a partner and, [...]
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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 »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Have you ever noticed how actresses about to receive a necklace on screen are always bare-necked before their suitor rocks up with a jewellery gift? If you, too, know that naked feeling when you’re in your hotel room, getting ready for a fabulous night out – get your partner to channel Richard Gere in Pretty [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Destinations, Features, Indian Ocean, Los Angeles, Mauritius, Miami, New Zealand, Portugal, Shopping, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
This month, we took to the autoroutes of fabulous France on our bicycles to cherry-pick the best boutique hotels this land can offer. We also called in on Australia and New Zealand for a hefty-mileaged detour…
In Paris, we unearthed Hidden Hotel, an organic-only hideaway where mattresses are made from coconuts and synthetic fibres are nowhere [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, France, Languedoc-Roussillon, New Zealand, Paris, Travel tips, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Planning a boutique hotel break is not just about finding the right place to stay. Even when you’ve pinned down your perfect location, how to hone down our threads to hand-luggage proportions?
Isabella Oliver – best known for its sartorial ways with baby bumps – now stocks a 365 collection of no-pregnancy-required womenswear. Dresses, tops, [...]
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Posted in Birmingham, Cape Town, Destinations, Features, New Zealand, Shopping, South Africa, Spain, Travel tips, Uncategorized, United States, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | 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 »