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Viceroy Bali: hotel of the week 23 Aug 2013 | 11:37 am
We were scowling a little as we considered where in the world we’d rather be today (Friday blues, dontcha know), and then it hit us: the Valley of the Kings in eye-bogglingly beautiful Bali. The very ...
Last call for summer: American Labor Day escapes 22 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
Summer was breezing right along until we realised that August is already more than half over and Labor Day – the American long weekend holiday that signals the end of summer (this year August 31–Septe...
Mr & Mrs Smith – At Home: introducing our new paint collection 20 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
There’s excitement in the air at Smith HQ, as we launch our new range of Smith paints for your home… Ever wanted to bring home a taste of your travels after a holiday? No, we’re not talking saltwater...
Maine stays: best boutique hotels in Vacationland 19 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
If granted unlimited holiday allowance, we’d spend summer’s final weeks feasting on plump lobster rolls, paddling through glassy rivers and posing in front of weathered lighthouses. The spot to indulg...
Aviator: hotel of the week 16 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
This week we flit up to the emerald airfields of Hampshire to eat our fill of dinky scones, cakes and finger-sized sandwiches, with jet-set boutique bolthole the Aviator‘s new afternoon tea. If we wer...
Top 10 hotels for swingers 15 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
Ooh, you dirty little things! We don’t mean that, we mean this! Our friends over at Concrete Playground were feeling a bit ropey, so we went and wrote them a round-up of our top 10 hotels with swings....
Spirit of Spain – sip, shop and sleep in style 12 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
From Andalucia to Barcelona, we guide you to beautiful places you won’t want to leave – although since Spain has many things to see, taste and do, our tips will soon coax you out and about along this ...
Raffles Singapore: hotel of the week 9 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
This week, Keith Oswin (Smith’s member-relations mainstay) took his Moleskine notebook and favourite fountain pen to Raffles Singapore – one of the world’s most renowned luxury hotels – where the door...
Postcard from the Zetter Townhouse: a Clerkenwell to-do list 8 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Clerkenwell may be one of the capital’s quieter enclaves, replete with cobbles, idiosyncratic 13th-century and ultra-modern architecture and industrial-chic warehouse conversions; but it’s also home t...
New for August: Smith hotels in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Somerset and more… 6 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
We’ve been all over the place this month, from cities to seas. Our Euro adventures began with a trio of très belles Parisians: minimalist foodie masterpiece Hôtel de Nell, knowingly cool design hub Hô...