Our award-winning GoldSmith travel consultants (yeah, I know I promised we wouldn’t go on about it, but it’s relevant, okay?) are on the lookout for a scimitar-sharp super-concierge to join our London-based Travel Team . If you think you might fit the exceedingly tight-fitting mould, we’d absolutely love to hear from you. Details are below but, basically, if you’re brilliant in every way, get in touch.
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Style-savvy travel expert needed
There have been a wide range of comments in various media making comparisons between Tiananmen in 1989 and Teheran today, including one of our own posts, which wondered about the authorities reactions in China. Over at the China Media Project, David Bandurski highlighted a Guangming Daily article which blamed western media forces for stirring up
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Beijing and New Media: Is the Eye of Sauron Turning to Twitter?
Well, we are honoured. This is the second time we’ve been able to claim the ‘by royal appointment’ badge (although, admittedly, the first time may have been stretching the truth somewhat). It emerged in the Telegraph yesterday that even the uppermost echelons of society are partial to a romantic saucy weekend away when none other than the future king squired his consort Kate Middleton into a stylish holiday home under the assumed names of ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ to celebrate Wills’ 27th
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William and Kate check in as Mr & Mrs Smith
The summer’s most glamorous festival is almost here. That might sound like an oxymoron, but this weekend at Glastonbury will see more sequins than the Strictly reunion tour. And, if you haven’t been able to secure suitably stylish accommodation at Charlton House down the road (or Babington House half an hour away), you may find yourself facing the fields with some trepidation
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Stylish mud-proofing at Glastonbury 2009
Mistress of make-up Bobbi Brown has worked her magic on the fairest faces all over the world in the name of beauty, staying at some pretty praiseworthy places on her travels, too. We cast our eyes Stateside to New York (we’ll be adding more hot New York hotels to our online collection soon) and get some sneaky insider tips from the lady herself on the prime places to go and the all-important packing essentials to get there in style… ········································································· As much as we delight at the thought of sneaking away to a gorgeous boutique hotel, there’s one thing here at Smith HQ that really gets our goat: airport regulations . Don’t get us wrong, we’re all for safety and security , but stuffing our specially selected stock into pokey plastic bags makes us want to weep a wee bit. Well, let us invite you in on a luxury travel-set secret – Bobbi’s got a nifty new range of Travel Empties to solve the problem.
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Beauty buff Bobbi Brown’s New York tips