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
Fancy some Mekong river weed? Super-hot chillies? Or the odd frog? Well, you’ve come to the right place if you hit Luang Prabang’s intriguing Morning Market, strung out daily between the Royal Palace Museum and Th Chao Phanya Kang street in the central old quarter. During a recent trip to this Unesco-listed town in northern Laos, we got up early to check out the [...]
When we decided it was time for an exclusively Antipodean guidebook to add to our ever-expanding library for stylish globetrotters, our first port of call was acclaimed Australian photographer Earl Carter (right). Melbourne-based Earl has roamed the world shooting hotel, food and interiors pictures for A-list magazines and books, so who better to quiz for [...]
Kate and Wills got the Seychelles, so we’re bagging Thailand. (*Flurry of puns-alert.*) We’d be sure to have a royally good time in kingly Koh Samui, and the crowning glory of our trip would be a stay in the ravishingly regal KC Resort & Over Water Villas, our latest hotel of the week – a [...]
To go with the generous boutique-hotel glut represented by our recent South-East Asia hotel guide, and the joyous bounty of new Asia-Pacific destinations made Smith by our office in Melbourne, we’ve resolved to bring you more news and views from the other side of the globe (or, from your side, if you’re reading this in [...]
Need a little sunshine on this cold and snowy day? Our latest guidebook, Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: South-East Asia, is out now, priced £19.95
Style seekers, we’ve come a long way since holidaying in south-east Asia either meant staying in a backpacker beach shack or hiding out in a could-be-anywhere five-star hotel [...]
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 [...]
Where better to fête the launch of our brand new south-east Asia hotel guide than one of south-east Asia’s newest hotels, the Alila Luang Prabang? Mr & Mrs Smith are currently tucked up at Laos’ latest luxe lovenest – so, hot on the heels of yesterday’s Postcard from Laos, here are their thoughts on their [...]
Our intrepid AsiaPac counterparts report back from their travels on the hotter side of the globe, with news just in from Laos, where Team Smith has just checked into the brand new Alila Luang Prabang to celebrate the launch of our new South-East Asia hotel guide…
Nothing says ‘making an entrance’ quite like a vintage Merc. [...]
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 [...]
