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Any eco-warrior worth their salt would rather eat their beach towel than stay in an environmentally unfriendly bolthole. After all, how can you kick back and relax if you’re worrying about whether the light bulbs are energy-efficient, if there’s a recycling program or whether your dazzlingly clean bath has been scrubbed with hostile cleaning products? [...]
A new eco deco company paints London green, just in time for World Environment Day
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 [...]
Mmm, a yoga holiday in Grenada. And loads of chocolate. No, I’ve not eaten one too many liqueur chocolates, I’m at Laluna.
It’s all very well treating ourselves to a few days in a stylish boutique hotel in the Caribbean that’ll have us looking and feeling our best. But how many holidays also do good for [...]
As I pointed out on the Smith Travel Blog not long ago, we’ve spent the past few weeks conducting a wee survey into what people plan to do about their holidays now that the banks have turned our gold into straw. Well, more than 500 entries and one lucky winner of £500 in Smith hotel [...]
Last week, we caught up with one of the team members behind director Francis Ford Coppola’s luxury eco-escape, Blancaneaux Lodge, a collection of cabanas in the majestic jungle-clad mountains. Here you can go on jaguar-tracking treks, spy hummingbirds hovering over rare orchids, explore the extensive Mayan ruins or play spot the Apocalypse Now prop – [...]
