Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
We’ve started a new relationship - no, we’re not cheating on Mr Smith: we’re contributing to the slick travel blog at WeJetSet, an online store selling all the gizmos and gadgets a modern traveller could possible desire. (The Maharishi jackets, super-cool Lomo cameras and Krink laptop sleeves have already caught our eye as potential Christmas [...]
Kelly Wearstler is the interior designer behind a considerable number of Mr & Mrs Smith’s favourite luxury boutique hotels across the pond (including the Viceroy Santa Monica and Viceroy Palm Springs hotels in California, and Tides Riviera Maya in Mexico, to name just a few). As a result, she sailed effortlessly into second slot in [...]
In the first of what (we hope) will be a series of insider interviews with hoteliers, we caught up with Tim Haigh and Rupert Pendered – the boys behind Barnsley House – to find out what makes them tick and reveal some behind-the-scenes goings-on (warning: may contain bullwhips and sailors).
Barnsley House is one of [...]
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 [...]
It’s that magic time of the month again – we’ve just launched a whole host of luxurious boutique hotels in some of the furthest-flung corners of the world. It’s a mixed bag (in terms of geography, not quality, naturally), covering four continents, eight countries, and one very hefty air fare bill (carbon-offset, of course)
Most excitingly, [...]
Today we bring you more insights on superior coffee from NY-based coffee-oracle Oliver Schwaner-Albright. To distract ourselves from the Sisyphian nightmare that is trying to find a coffee good enough to make our daily commute tolerable (mission: impossible, unless you can make a lengthy detour to Monmouth, purveyor of the best coffee in London, according [...]
Mr Smith and I thought we knew a thing or two about fine dining – we’re often first in the queue when a new eaterie opens its doors – but when we met Oliver Schwaner-Albright last week, we realised that we still had a hell of a lot to learn about gourmet gastronomy. It’s lucky [...]
We’re very excited to announce the launch of our newly redesigned Mr & Mrs Smith homepage today, featuring an exciting new late availability board, where with just one click you can grab a last-minute getaway, and new top 10 hotels and destinations boards.
You can also keep up to date with the latest news from Smith, [...]
Smith’s very own Juliet Kinsman has been scribing for the Times’ website today, penning a piece on Brightonian ultra-celebs Zoë Ball and Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim), owners of the luxury yacht Barracuda.
Juliet spent time with the pair on board their boat shortly after they finished refurbishing it – it was a German spy vessel [...]
