Mr & Mrs Smith

Congratulations to One Aldwych Hotel in London on becoming a certified B Corporation 🎉 At Smith we know it takes hard work and a commitment to becoming a force for good in the industry and obtain this hard won certification. Well done to all the team at One Aldwych - in particular Gavin Couper , Janine Marshall and Alexandra Bew MIH Thank you for your partnership with us, for looking after our members so well, for hosting our teams one working days and for all your generous hospitality. Welcome to the B Corp community! #BCorp #boutiquehotels #sustainability #forceforgood

You might have noticed we’re looking a little bit different – perhaps a little younger? Maybe a touch more bright around the eyes? 😊 We’ll admit it – you’re right; we’ve had some work done. After 21 years, the Mr & Mrs Smith brand has finally had a facelift. Back at the beginning, we designed our logo and branding exclusively for print; that distinctive signature logo was developed for our first book – a nod to the saucy, pseudonymous couple signing into a hotel’s guestbook 😉 . We never imagined it would carry our brand for over two decades. In those days, there was no need for a logo to be sized up and down to suit the whims of someone’s fingers, and your typeface choices were confined to a relatively narrow selection Times New Roman and Wingdings. Things have changed, however, and it’s time for the signature to, well, sign off.  We’re very proud to unveil a new identity for Mr & Mrs Smith, with branding inspired by classic design icons such as Vogue, honouring the greats while retaining our own personality. Muchísimas gracias to our collaborators, Réplica Design Studio; Camilo Andrés Roa Ruiz and Emily Simms, the design team at Smith Leonardo Santamaría Zárate and of course James Lohan MBE, for bringing our new branding into being. ❤️ We hope you love it as much as we do. ❤️ #branding #design #thankyou

What’s slender, rather sexy, and always a delight to wake up to on Christmas morning? Not that! We’re talking about the Mr & Mrs Smith Gift Card –  if you ask us, quite simply one of the best inventions in the history in travel. So, if you’re looking to slip something very special into a stocking this year (oh, stop it, you), here’s why a Smith Gift Card may be just the ticket. 🌍 You can use them to book a stay at any of the 2,000+ hotels on the Smith site, from the dinkiest country pub to the grandest of dames. 💚 They’re crafted from recycled materials and  beautifully illustrated by the ever elegant stationery supremos Scribble & Daub. 💙 Every gift card purchased also makes a contribution to the conservation projects of our charity partners – the World Land Trust and the Blue Marine Foundation. It’s the thought that counts. And when the thought is ‘You deserve to go somewhere amazing’, it counts even more. And if you’re the type who likes to live on the edge and leave it to the last minute, there’s always the e-gift card, Mr & Mrs Smith’s handy insta-gift, especially designed for 11th-hour panic. Sold? Buy now online. Link below 👇 #travel #boutiquehotels #giftcard #xmas

What’s slender, rather sexy, and always a delight to wake up to on Christmas morning? Not that! We’re talking about the Mr & Mrs Smith Gift Card –  if you ask us, quite simply one of the best inventions in the history in travel. So, if you’re looking to slip something very special into a stocking this year (oh, stop it, you), here’s why a Smith Gift Card may be just the ticket. 🌍 You can use them to book a stay at any of the 2,000+ hotels on the Smith site, from the dinkiest country pub to the grandest of dames. 💚 They’re crafted from recycled materials and  beautifully illustrated by the ever elegant stationery supremos Scribble & Daub. 💙 Every gift card purchased also makes a contribution to the conservation projects of our charity partners – the World Land Trust and the Blue Marine Foundation. It’s the thought that counts. And when the thought is ‘You deserve to go somewhere amazing’, it counts even more. And if you’re the type who likes to live on the edge and leave it to the last minute, there’s always the e-gift card, Mr & Mrs Smith’s handy insta-gift, especially designed for 11th-hour panic. Sold? Buy now online. Link below 👇 #travel #boutiquehotels #giftcard #xmas

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The Further East travel event kicked off today in Bali - a four-day festival of events that brings together the best of Asia-Pacific's travel and hospitality industry. Business on the beach? Ocean-side networking. Sounds amazing! Our very own Charlotte Heyman was on stage on a panel with friends from the industry talking about "The Future of Travel in The World". She was joined by GABRIELA CARRARO of Luxperts, Tina Liadis of Geographic Expeditions (GeoEx), and Gaurav Sharma of Luxury Living. Topics covered the state of travel across different countries, tastes, cultural factors and generations and how all these play a factor in the evolving landscape of travel in Asia Pacific and the world. #FurtherEast2024 #LuxuryTravel #AsiaPacific

We love supporting other B Corp companies and in particular this partnership with Rosanna Wollenberg and Christie Wollenberg from OTIUMBERG. Their pieces are built for layering and crafted from responsible materials. The best bit? Mr & Mrs Smith members can enjoy an exclusive Otiumberg offer - log in to find out more.

We'd love to highlight a wonderful hotelier doing interesting things. If there’s anyone who understands the healing power of spending time reconnecting with nature, it’s Federico Galligani, General Manager at Oasyhotel. Set in the leafy heart of Tuscany’s Dynamo Oasis Nature Reserve, the lodge has made the preservation and celebration of the natural world its raison d’être, and has just added forest bathing to its roster of restorative back-to-basics experiences. Forest bathing is rooted in the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, which was popularised in the 1980s as an antidote to radically increasing urbanisation. The practice is meditative, sensorially immersive and, thanks to the health-enhancing compounds emitted by many plants and trees, aromatherapeutic. At very least, it’s an opportunity to step outside the pressures of life for a moment, slow down, and breathe in. If you’re keen to take the plunge into your own forest bath, Oasyhotel isn’t the only boutique hotel inviting you to dip your toes. You could also try: 🌲 Hotel Saltus in South Tyrol 🌳 Vocabolo Moscatelli | Boutique Hotel & Restaurant in Umbria 🍃 Shishi-Iwa House in Nagano, Japan Given the pressures our forests are under, the opportunity to spend time truly appreciating these wonderful spaces is not to be squandered. So come on in, the forest’s lovely.

And, just like that, it’s ski season already. Here at Mr & Mrs Smith, we’ve stopped looking longingly at pics of beaches, poolsides and margaritas, and started hankering for blazing open fires, timber-led interior decor, and menus that are heavily skewed towards hot liquid cheese. And, of course, spas. If, like us, you’re a sucker for the slopes, an aficionado of the aprés, and a fan of a hot tub in a snow flurry, we’ve collated a shortlist of our absolute favourite ski-hotel spa experiences. This season’s spa highlights include: 🌲 Forest bathing in the Dolomites, courtesy of My Arbor - Plose Wellness Hotel; 📻 Post-piste massages and radio-frequency recovery treatments at Lefay Resorts & Residences in Trentino; 🏔 Alpine honey and mountain salt body scrubs at The Cambrian Adelboden in the Swiss ski chalet town of Adelboden; 🛁 A traditional hay bath at Lagació Hotel Mountain Residence in South Tyrol; ⚫ Floating in pitch darkness in Iceland’s Troll Peninsula, thanks to Deplar Farm’s I-Sopod flotation tanks. Pick up your winter wellness prescription here: https://lnkd.in/ess8AJRA

One of the highlights of working life for our Smith24 team is the opportunity to experience Mr & Mrs Smith hotels first-hand – in other words, to travel the world, check into the world’s most extraordinary places, snoop around the suites, taste-test the dining options, discover the hidden treasures of the local area – and to legitimately get to call it all ‘work’. Last week, the team landed back from such a trip to Switzerland, where they spent time getting to know the glamour-drenched GRACE LA MARGNA ST MORITZ – just in time for the new ski season. S24 Manager Clementine Frost has the responsibility of planning these trips and ensuring they’re as useful to our members as they are fun for the team. We asked her how the trip went – here’s what she said: ‘Our S24 trips are a special part of the year for us. It's such a delight spending a few days working and relaxing together in a Smith hotel – especially one as impressive as Grace La Margna St Moritz. Highlights this year included an Alpine hike, delicious group dinners in the hotel’s three restaurants, and waking up to a proper winter-wonderland snowscape on our last day. A personal highlight for me was realising how close the team are when we're all together. Given that we work remotely, the connection and friendships the team develop are really special, and partly thanks to these trips. It was also rather fun to hear the team booking stays at Grace on the phone with Smith members while sitting in the actual hotel!’ A big thank you to all the team at the hotel that helped put this trip together. #boutiquehotels #lifeintravel #travel