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It doesn’t take a genius to work out that an economy-conscious climate means a demand for value. But what even the sharpest travelers don’t always realise is that the price tag isn’t the only consideration.
This piece for New York Times’ T magazine blog weighs up the part the following play on determining hotel-rate value: price [...]
We rather love The New York Times’ T magazine over here in Smith HQ. So I was honoured when they asked me to write some posts for their blog, The Moment. In the first post, I chew over that beloved of Mr & Mrs Smith boutique-travel topics, weekending – which to us, is boutique travel [...]
It’s time to re-assess the wardrobe when the waitresses at the bar I’m in are wearing better outfits than me. OK, these weren’t just any old waitresses. In fact, I don’t think we’re even allowed to call them waitresses, they’re way too cool for that. These were glowing, silk-sheathed ‘hostesses’ serving Manhattan’s best martinis [...]
The French may be busy fermenting grapes and bringing out the Beaujolais, but while they’re up to their elbows in viticulture, we’ve brought in a harvest of our own: the cream of France’s boutique-hotel crop…
Washed up on the shores of southern Brittany, we found Le Lodge Kerisper, a cosy portside cabin in the sailing [...]
Q: What did Madonna, Jude Law, Daphne Guinness and Lindsay Lohan have in common one Saturday evening in New York last month? A: They were all hanging out on the 18th floor of the Standard NY in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in honour of new Seventies-inspired dream den, QT…
And now this exclusive penthouse in the skies [...]
We’ve turned our backs on the so-last-week minimalist Miami masterpiece and resisted the eastern allure of the A’jia Hotel, laying our love instead upon Ian Schrager’s fabulous, favoured-by-starlets Gramercy Park Hotel in New York…
Style A bohemian rhapsody
Setting East Side storeys
Why this week? Sightseeing in the city becomes bearable once more, as Manhattan’s car bonnets start [...]
To be fashionable these days, it seems you need to be in pop-up format. Walls, foundations and just plain standing still have become deeply uncool, due to a recent flurry of fold-away activity, from eateries to bars, boutiques to parties. Smith HQ jumped on the (unstable) bandwagon a while ago – we’ve lusted after vintage [...]
It’s that time again when we reveal the new hotel debutantes we’re inaugurating into Smith society. We’ve combed the beaches of San Sebastián, searched the coastal charms of Empordà and scoured the heavenly excesses of the Hamptons to bring you the very best of the boutique-hotel world this August…
It’s a familiar dilemma for Mrs Smiths everywhere: you’ve booked a romantic city break but on planning your vacation wardrobe, find it somewhat lacking in luxury boutique-hotel finesse. We think we’ve found the solution – meet Girl Meets Dress (GMD), a website offering designer threads for hire, with fresh frocks in stock weekly.
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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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