
HAP 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.
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Hey (HAP)pers,
Slivers of sunlight cut through the window beside me on my Icelandair flight from Reykjavik to Newark. I'm heading home from a press trip to Highland Base Kerlingarfjöll, a hotel four hours' drive from the Icelandic capital...
My adult friends don’t know this unless they grew up with me, but my parents helmed a live music supper club called Anthology throughout much of my childhood. My Dad—musician, entrepreneur, restaurateur—dreamed it up over his whole life, an...
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Hey (HAP)pers,
Hey (HAP)pers,
Welcome to this week’s Hotel Espresso, with HAP—and a special hello to the crowd of newbies who just pulled up a chair.
If we haven’t met, I’m Brandon Berkson, founder of Hotels Above Par (HAP), the go-to magazine for bouti...
Hi (HAP)pers,
I just got back from Paris, where The World’s 50 Best Hotels ceremony was a blast. Major congrats to all the winners—or as we say in Jewish culture, “Mazal Tov!”
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