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Back when we started the Smith Travel Blog, we would never have expected that six months later we’d be stood in a room with the cream of the travel-blogging community, having a thoroughgoing chin-wag about the state of social media in the travel sector, but life is full of surprises.
Yesterday, Tamara and I attended the [...]
The weekend after next sees one of our favourite events taking place in the Lake District – the World’s Biggest Liar contest – TONY NAYLOR brings you the lowdown on a thrilling event that narrowly missed making it into our European events calender, Smith 52. Watch this space for more insider info on idiosyncratic and [...]
There can be few things more irksome than being left out while an entire roomful of smug people simultaneously rave about something you’ve never tried (like a super-exclusive wine) or somewhere you’ve never been (like a favourite hotel) - and believe me, at Mr & Mrs Smith, it’s a regular occurrence. It’s like being back [...]
This year I’m a judge in the Sleep European Hotel Design Awards. The winners will be announced at the Sleep Awards 2008 ceremony is on 6 November at Sofitel, terminal 5, Heathrow.
The awards recognise the work of architects, designers, and developers across 18 different categories. They are judged by a panel of leading hotel [...]
To celebrate the launch of the Mr & Mrs Smith wedding pages, we’ve persuaded Brides magazine editor Deborah Joseph to divulge her Little White Book of wedding secrets – and trust us, what she doesn’t know about weddings and honeymoons probably ain’t worth knowing: Brides is the UK’s biggest-selling bridal magazine.
Here she reveals her [...]
And now, some shameless plugging…
The chaps at Tuddenham Mill in Suffolk (one of our most popular boutique hotels), are having a bit of a shindig next week and have asked us to spread the word via the medium of blog. And so we shall.
The fun kicks off beside the millpond at 6.30pm next Thursday, 4 [...]
After reading Lucy’s Flavorpill post on the blog yesterday, I started thinking about events I’ve been to recently, and the British festival season popped into my head. There’s not another country in the world in which wandering about in sheeting rain and eating food prepared by people with hands grubbier than a mole would be [...]
On-the-pulse online events calendar Flavorpill is a great site to browse if you’re looking for up-to-the-minute listings – from low-brow culture to high-brow classics, comedy to chamber music and everything in between – and it covers some of Mr & Mrs Smith’s favourite city destinations, including New York, Los Angeles, London and Miami. We talk [...]
If there’s one thing we love more than staying in luxury boutique hotels in fabulous European locations, it’s staying in luxury boutique hotels in fabulous European locations for free. Doubtless, you feel the same, or chances are you wouldn’t be reading this. It’s great news for all of us, then, that Mr & Mrs Smith’s [...]
