Hotels Above Par
Brandon Berkson // HAP, Luke Abrahams, Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Dan Howarth, Britney Eschelman, Lauren Harano, Shivani Vora, Ruby GreggDigital & print magazine for above-par boutique hotels. Vetted by editors from NYT, Vogue & more.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
The official Substack of Brandon Berkson, Editor-in-Chief & CEO of Hotels Above Par.
Luke Abrahams is a freelance journalist with several years experience writing news, luxury lifestyle and travel features, formerly Features Social Media Editor at British newspaper the London Evening Standard.
Founder of grotto sapphic bar in New York City. Freelance lifestyle and hospitality journalist. Author of The Live Life Now List, published with Simon & Schuster. Pansexual multiracial nugget.
A British design and travel writer, editor and creative consultant based in New York City. Founder of the Far-Flung Corners newsletter on Substack.
Travel and lifestyle writer, editor, and designer.
Lauren Harano is a freelance journalist. Her expertise and passion are in the travel space, where she highlights and reviews luxury hotels, discovers must-try restaurants, and explores bucket-list destinations.
Freelance journalist with bylines in The New York Times, New York Post, Mansion Global, and Architectural Digest. I am also an editor at Hotels Above Par and author of their monthly Spa Day newsletter.
Editorial Assistant at Hotels Above Par
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