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Much as I love Smith HQ, it’s always exciting to jet off (or, in my case, get on the First Great Western train) from London, in order to meet some of our properties in the flesh, as it were. So, when the chance arose to visit one of our newest Cotswolds acquisitions, the beautifully styled [...]
While our love for hotels knows no bounds, our feelings about getting from A to (boutique) B are slightly less rosy. When flying is involved, the prospect of lengthy waits, over-zealous security personnel and sinister-looking plane food can slightly dampen the hopes of even the most optimistic traveller. So, as everyone else jets off to [...]
Tradition, pah! Here at Smith, we take a rule and then we break it, and so do our hip hotels. The surreal and psychedelic Lacroix-designed interiors at Hôtel Notre Dame and Hôtel Le Bellechasse in Paris are a case in point, as are the floating beds at New Majestic Hotel in Singapore and the deliberately [...]
At the end of this month, things will be hotting up in the kitchens of Cotswold House as four chefs lock horns in the quest for culinary supremacy in Chipping Campden… If you’re free on 30 April, hit the golden Cotswolds for a four-course bonanza fresh from the hands of some of the country’s big-gun [...]
New Year has come and gone, and we feel a little older, not really much wiser, a lot fatter and just a little bit more desperate to get away. It’s lucky then, that so many of our stylish self-catering stays have decided to slice their prices. Like the sound of an elegant country house set [...]
You know what you like to buy and you’re no sucker for marketing… Do you shun the red sale stickers on discounted produce at the supermarket? Do you laugh in the face of Bogof offers in Boots, resisting the urge to hoard toothpaste for the sake of a pound or so? Well, this is one [...]
It all began with a fabulous Portuguese farmhouse back in July. We’ve since raved about an A-list friendly LA villa, a cosy Norfolk cottage and a traditional Thames-side inn. But we just can’t keep our hotel-loving minds still and now we’re excited about — drum roll, please — a boutique guesthouse in the Cotswolds’ capital, [...]
There’s animal magic in the air at Mr & Mrs Smith this week, so prick your ears and wag your tails for our brand new selection of pet-friendly hotels. In the past, we’ve picked out dream wedding venues, family getaways, budget boutiques and safari stays – and now we’ve rounded up 133 luxury retreats, all of [...]
We’re only six days in and it’s already been an exciting month indeed. Not only did we manage to amuse/confuse/annoy hundreds of people with our boutique bendy bus April Fool ruse, but we’ve also just introduced some of the most exciting hotels and self-catering stays in the world to our hand-picked selection. Our Smith & [...]
It might seem a little tenuous linking a recipe to a stylish self-catering stay in the Cotswolds. But not only is Nigel Stengard-Green one half of the husband-and-wife team behind the latest addition to our Smith & Friends collection, the Old Surgery, the owner of this chic Tetbury retreat has also written a series of [...]
