In conversation with Pandora Sykes, Jackson Boxer, Lucinda Chambers, and more...

We quiz our favourite hotel lovers [View in browser]( [Image](   [HOTELS]( [INSPIRATION]( [OFFERS]( You might have spotted some interesting faces cropping up around and about the place of late. That's because we've been sitting down with noted hotel lovers around the world to quiz them on some all-important topics, like travel turn-ons, secret beaches, and regrettable holiday purchases for a series we've imaginatively titled 'In Quotes'. You'll find a few choice ones below, or settle in and devour [the full conversations]( as a festive treat… [HOTEL LOVERS: IN QUOTES](   [Alternate text]( CHEF JACKSON BOXER Best place you've ever swum? I spent my childhood swimming in the Outer Hebrides, and the first time I got taken on holiday anywhere hot was to [Stromboli](, when I was 14. Swimming at night in the warm phosphorescent sea ruined me forever. [READ MORE](   [Alternate text]( FASHION ICON LUCINDA CHAMBERS Design decade you feel at home in? I would have to say right now, as it’s a bit like fashion – you really can be anything you want to be, a minimalist to an overblown maximalist. There is a great freedom today which I love, it makes life more interesting. [READ MORE](   [Alternate text]( WRITER PANDORA SYKES Most regrettable holiday purchase? 12 hand carved skewers from a Marrakech flea market that I then attempted to carry home in my hand luggage. Duly confiscated, ergo massive waste of money. [READ MORE](   [Alternate text]( FASHION DESIGNER CHARLIE CASELY-HAYFORD Go-to spa treatment? I don’t even know what went down, but I was a new man after the spa treatment at [Monastero Santa Rosa]( in the Amalfi coast. It was a whole other level of tranquillity. [READ MORE](   [Alternate text]( CHEF NUNO MENDES Best vintage find?The 1950s Bang & Olufsen vintage turntable that I couldn’t afford to buy back in 2007 – still the best find and I think of it often. [READ MORE](   [Alternate text]( TAT LONDON FOUNDER CHARLIE PORTER Book that shaped you? 1984 was one of the first books I’d read of my own volition. It made me understand why people were always going on at me to read more. [READ MORE](   YOUR MEMBERSHIP LEVEL BlackSmith LOYALTY CREDIT $0   Why book with us? [Image]( BEST-PRICE GUARANTEE [Image]( SMITH EXTRAS ON ARRIVAL [Image]( NEW FINDS EVERY MONTH   [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [YouTube]( [Spotify]( We only contact you with news and offers that we genuinely believe will be of interest and we will never sell your details to third parties. This email was sent to {EMAIL} by Mr & Mrs Smith. [Unsubscribe]( or [update]( your contact details. Registered office: Registered office: Mr & Mrs Smith (Americas) Inc, 60 Broad St, Suite 2415, New York, NY 10004, United States. Company registration no: 443 8845 VAT no: GB802561850