- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (travel guide)
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Mr & Mrs Smith 
Type Private Industry Publications, Travel Genre Travel guides, Travel agency Founded 2003 Founder(s) James Lohan
Tamara Heber-PercyHeadquarters London, United Kingdom Area served Worldwide Products Temporary accommodation, Books, CDs Website http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/ Mr & Mrs Smith is a travel publisher and hotel booking service specialising in boutique, individual and small luxury hotels and is based in London, United Kingdom[1]. Set up by husband and wife team James Lohan and Tamara Heber-Percy in 2003[2], the company now has offices in Melbourne, covering the Asia-Pacific region, and in New York City[3] covering North and South America. The company launched its booking service in 2005 and now has more than 850 hotel members worldwide[4].
In 2006, Outline television production company created a television series, The Smith’s Hotels for Two, which was presented by Juliet Kinsman and Andrew Grahame and showed for six episodes on Discovery Travel & Living[5].
All hotels are reviewed anonymously by ‘tastemaker couples’[6]. Famous reviewers include Erdem, Dita Von Teese, Stella McCartney and Raymond Blanc [7]. Since 2005, Mr & Mrs Smith has expanded its hotel collections to include self-catering properties, child-friendly stays and wedding venues[8]. They have published nine guidebooks[9] covering the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, France and Italy. They have also released a selection of CD music compilations, and they have collaborated on Mr & Mrs Smith accessories with brands such as Mulberry and Bill Amberg[10].
The Mr & Mrs Smith website was voted Best Website at the CondeNast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards 2011. [11]External links
Mr & Mrs Smith website
Mr & Mrs Smith LinkedIn Profile
CondeNast Traveller 2011 Readers’ Travel Awards
Business Zone: Interview with James Lohan and Tamara Heber-PercyNotes
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith: Who we are”, mrandmrssmith.com, Retrieved 21 November 2011
- ^ “Women in Business – Tamara Heber-Percy on Mr & Mrs Smith”, Telegraph Online, 3 March 2009
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith Awarded 2011 CN Traveller UK Readers' Award for Best Website”, Atlanta’s Finest.com, 15 September 2011
- ^ “Q&A: James Lohan and Tamara Heber-Percy”, LuxuryTravelBible.com, 18 August 2011
- ^ The Smiths: Hotels for Two, IMDB.com, Retrieved 28 April 2008
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith: Turning a disastrous date into a successful business” by Dan Martin, businesszone.co.uk, 16 November 2011
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith: our reviewers”, Mrandmrssmith.com, Retrieved 21 November 2011
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith: Hotel Collections”, mrandmrssmith.com, Retrieved 21 November
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith Profile”, LinkedIn, Retrieved 21 November 2011
- ^ “Mr & Mrs Smith Gift Shop”, mrandmrssmith.com, Retrieved 21 November 2011
- ^ “CondeNast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards 2011”, cntraveller.com, Retrieved 21 November 2011
Webby Awards Award winner, 2006 award in the category TravelAwards ceremonies Categories:- Travel guide books
- Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
- Travel websites
- Privately held companies of the United Kingdom
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
