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Adam Rugel is the travel-industry dynamo behind online portal Trazzler, where the Twitter world goes to share its real-experience-inspired travel microblogs (Mr & Mrs Smith have been known to post insights on their favourite away-from-home moments there, too). We spent a few minutes catching up with this globetrotting web guru, and quizzed him on travel [...]
Champagne corks are popping at Smith HQ (metaphorically speaking, but we do have the kettle on). Not only are the phones ringing like an explosion in a bell foundry thanks to the Telegraph’s 2-for-1 hotel offer (more on that later), but our travel-blogging team are engaged in some vigorous backslapping now that we’ve been nominated [...]
Many happy returns to London Fashion Week: the industry’s coolest catwalk collection celebrates 25 years of fabulousness, starting today.
Designers might go to New York to make money and Paris to show off … but London is where the most creative and crazy fashion moments happen (ok, as a London-based fashion ed I might be a [...]
Luxury lifestyle blogger Ronda Carman is a woman after our own hearts: her blog All the Best takes her on a tireless search dedicated to discovering the finest things in life, scouring the globe for everything from the world’s best hotel rooms, champagne and fashion photographers to hot new artists and interior-design trends. We caught [...]
It’s high time we introduced you to a couple of new faces on our blog: the lovely Toni Jones, a globetrotting fashion editor, writer and stylist; and travel guru Simon Westcott, our new Asia-Pacific office head honcho, formerly a major cog in the Lonely Planet machine and Mr & Mrs Smith’s newest recruit. Simon will [...]
Few companies keep their fingers on the cultural pulse of web technology, design and trend development quite as firmly as PSFK, the online consultancy that began as two friends sharing their observations on cultural and consumer trends and ballooned into an international innovation company with offices across the globe and an inspiring blog. We caught [...]
Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday this year – and romantic hotels are filling up fast… so we’ve brought you our insider guide to the perfect weekend-away hotels that will wow your wooer, knock their socks off and generally tick all the right boxes - and crucially, they still have some availability (although, obviously, it [...]
As promised, here’s the first of three posts on budget boutique hotels - this one focuses on Europe, where, despite the euro’s strength, there are still many bargains to be had, and where the good life is easier to come by for less, if you know where to look…
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01 Château les Merles
DORDOGNE, FRANCE
Style [...]
Former Wall Street stockbroker Ricky Sitomer (below) is CEO of Blue Star Jets, which claims to be the world’s most comprehensive and efficient private-jet brokerage company. Soon to open its first London office, and with access to more than 4,000 executive private jets, the US-based firm arranges charter of private aircraft for flights to any [...]
Credit crunch, schmedit crunch… what we all need during January’s bleaker moments is a bit of holiday escapism. So we quizzed editor of Luxury Travel magazine Alyson Cook about the highs and lows of luxury, and asked her for some luxe-for-less tips to make your budget go further…
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Define ‘luxury’…
Luxury for me is the chance to [...]
