Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have released their first ever Smith Hotels app for iPad, with new and improved booking functionality. The app for iPad and iPhone is available to download now from the App Store.

The new end-to-end in-app payment function is fuss-free and offers a seamless booking experience for hotel-seekers wanting to confirm a Mr & Mrs Smith stay quickly and securely. Users simply enter their credit card details and proceed to booking in just a few clicks.

The app now works across both iPhone and iPad, displaying slick and cohesive design that adapts intuitively to each device.

'We want Mr & Mrs Smith customers to have the best possible user journey. Making payment faster than ever before and updating the app for iPad for a better user experience was a natural next step, and brings us ever closer to the holy grail of having Smith websites and booking technology that are 100% screen agnostic.'

Tamara Heber-Percy, Co founder & CTO, Mr & Mrs Smith

The Smith Hotels app features include:

• Inspiring photos and concise descriptions for the full Mr & Mrs Smith collection of 1,000 boutique hotels around the world
• Easy-to-use searching and filtering – by Collections, Destinations and Top-Booked
• A one-touch Favourites function, allowing you to create your own hotel wish list, on- or offline
• In-app sign-up to free Smith membership, including facebook login
• Access to Smith member-only discounts and special offers
• 24/7 phone-booking support based on your location
• A smart currency converter, based on daily currency rates
• Fast, simple hotel sharing via Twitter, Facebook, email and SMS

Ready to have your wanderlust well and truly whetted?

The Smith Hotels App is available free on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, from the App Store or at www.mrandmrssmith.com/app.

Notes to editors:

• The app works on iOS 7 for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad
• You can download high res images of the Smith Hotels app at this link here

About Mr & Mrs Smith

Mr & Mrs Smith is an award-winning hotel website, booking service and free-to-join travel club, specialising in finding the world's most inspiring boutique hotels. Founded in 2003, Mr & Mrs Smith has published nine coffee-table guidebooks and maintains a hand-picked and anonymously reviewed collection of around 900 of the world's most stylish stays at mrandmrssmith.com.

About Tamara Heber-Percy

Mr & Mrs Smith co-founder Tamara Heber-Percy has been the architect behind the development of Mr & Mrs Smith's e-commerce websites. As CTO, Tamara heads up the international development team and is responsible for the cutting-edge technology behind the website and booking engine, as well as e-commerce innovations and consumer integration.

For more information, contact the Mr & Mrs Smith PR team

rowena.fitzgerald@smithhotels.com / 0413 210 940