Chloe Frost-Smith

Thanks to her nomadic childhood in the Far East, Chloe Frost-Smith's first travel memories are filled with tuk-tuks, water buffalo, and paddy fields. Happiest when barefoot or on horseback, Chloe is a country girl at heart and often daydreams about ranch life in the American West. She's currently based in Edinburgh as Swoon's Editor-in-Chief, while writing about her favourite hotels and interiors for various luxury brands. If you can't reach Chloe, she's likely road-tripping around the Scottish Highlands & Islands with her faithful hound Humphrey.

Icelandic horsepower: an off-road guide to the land of fire & ice

Steam rises from blue lagoons and bubbling lava fields, waterfalls tumble into lunar-like caves and freeze into giant icicles, and dark volcanic sand sweeps across the weather-beaten shorelines. Iceland is

17 February 2025

6 boutique ski hotels worth moving mountains to visit

Ski season is already well underway, and the call to the mountains might just snowball into something stronger once you’ve set your sights on a chic alpine stay. New openings

5 February 2025

In with the new: 9 boutique hotels to inspire your next holiday

Holiday planning just got a whole lot more adventurous with our latest arrivals, which promise off-beat experiences in the majestic hinterlands of Transylvania, above the rainforest canopy of Costa Rica,

1 February 2025

How to spend a weekend in Stavanger

Come with your heartiest appetite, because Stavanger’s multi-Michelin-starred dining scene is bringing a lot to the table. Alongside its bounty of in-demand restaurants, Norway’s oil (and fish canning) capital is

28 January 2025

Independent Minds: Loes Dingemans, Pillows Hotels

As discerning travellers know all too well, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to ‘understated luxury’. It’s carefully crafted, and close attention is paid to the smallest

21 January 2025

Where to go on holiday in 2025

Whether your holiday planning is already well underway, or you’re still searching for inspiration, we’ve got the answers for every ‘right’ direction — after polling our SLH Club Members for

13 January 2025

In with the new: 8 boutique hotels for your 2025 wish list

The new year brings a renewed sense of adventure, with fresh hotels to check into and wish-list-topping destinations to discover. Our latest additions will have you looking (and bookmarking) ahead

10 January 2025

Independent Minds: Snow Yang, The Dawn Luxury Hotel

For Snow Yang and her parents, Fuyun Yang and Yanping Bai, preserving the past of their 128-year-old property near the mist-shrouded peaks of Weibao Mountain, while looking to the future,

18 December 2024

How to get koselig in Norway this winter

Norway’s more sociable and outdoorsy answer to Denmark’s hygge, kos is the Nordic wellness concept we’re welcoming with a big, knitwear-cocooned hug this winter. Cosiness is still key, but rather

11 December 2024

In with the new: 5 boutique hotels we can’t wait to check into

Travel planning for the new year is already well underway, and our newest hotel members are providing plenty of holiday inspiration — whether it’s whizzing down powdery slopes in the

1 December 2024