Hotel Espresso, with HAP
Brandon Berkson, Lucy PearsonHAP CEO Brandon Berkson’s personal newsletter covering all things boutique hotels. Sip on sharp takes covering hospitality, must-know stays, and insider hotel news—best enjoyed standing, espresso in hand.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 51 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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The America Issue 🇺🇸
Hi friends,
Two birthdays this week. I turned 31 a few days ago, and America turns 250 today.
I’m celebrating patriotically—kidding, I’m in Greece for work, reviewing the new Tierra’s Villas property on Crete’s northern coast. As I write...
Open my email if you love Mexico
Hi (HAP)pers,
Big news—I launched Mexzine: a twice-weekly newsletter on independent, design-led travel in Mexico, written for English-speaking readers who want the real version.
Here’s why it exists. ⬇️
Search “Mexico travel” and you lan...
Announcing my new media brand via Substack Live
Hey y’all,
I’m announcing my new media brand via Substack Live tomorrow at 12:00 pm EST. I’m so excited!!
It’s completely separate from Hotels Above Par and covers one of my favorite places in the world. Of course, travel-related. I don’t...
The influencers who I won't let stay at the hotel I own
Welcome back to Hotel Espresso, with HAP! I’m almost done building my second media brand—a twice-weekly newsletter about a certain region I won’t name yet—and it debuts next week. I genuinely cannot sit still about it. But I’ve been gabbing...
I have a secret & the travel newsletter I think you should start
So, I have a secret I’m going to tease for a second: I’m launching a separate newsletter—nothing to do with HAP—about a certain region. That’s all you’re getting today. I have a big mouth, and surprises are hard for me, but this one stays s...
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Award-winning book blogger, writer, bibliotherapist, library curator and reading retreat host. Total book bore. Prosecco fiend.
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