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Lara Dunston asked us recently how we went about finding the wow-inducing boutique hotels in our collection. Juliet has been blogging about what checkboxes a hotel has to tick before it gets into the Smith collection (and a darned fine job she did too), but that doesn’t explain how we’ve got to the front desk [...]
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 [...]
29 April 2008
Juliet
SO we’ve both been busy bees… where have you been in the last fortnight?
4:50pmAline
I’ve been in Greece exporing and researching for Smith
first started in Athens which was amazing and not at all what I expected
4:51pmJuliet
exporing, huh? is that a beauty treatment?
4:52pmAline
Ha ha - told you I can’t type fast. Butterfingers. Anyhoo Amber and [...]
