Andrew Sessa
Writing, editing + branded content
A Boston-based former senior travel editor of Departures, Andrew writes + edits stories about travel, food, culture + fashion; creates branded content; and collaborates with designers on their books.
PROJECTS
Private Clubs
Private Clubs: Coastal Report, Cornwall
Thanks in part to PBS’ hit show Poldark, U.S. travelers are discovering the scenic U.K. peninsula where it’s filmed. Head there yourself and you’ll find centuries-old sites commingling with chic new hotels, cultural diversions, and Michelin-starred restaurants.
Condé Nast Traveler
Conde Nast Traveler: From Grand Hotel to Microhotel
A Timeline of How Your Stay Has Changed in 200 Years
Food & Wine
Food & Wine: Is the Supermarket Dead?
Exploring the future of the American grocery store.
Private Clubs
Private Clubs: Contemplating the Meaning of Luxury on Regent Seven Seas’ Newest Ship
As I quickly discover on a recent five-night Mediterranean voyage, you don’t just board Regent’s new Seven Seas Explorer — billed as "The Most Luxurious Ship Ever Built" — you make an entrance. And, when you do, you feel like you’ve really arrived.
Private Clubs
Private Clubs: Puglia, the Italy You Don't Know (But Should)
Writer Andrew Sessa cycles (and eats) his way through this spellbinding Italy region some call the next Tuscany. You'll want to follow in his bike tracks.
Saveur
Saveur: All the Gnocchi
Italy’s supreme comfort food takes on such an astounding variety of forms and flavors that one chef spent five years mastering all of them. Here, she shares her favorites.
epicurious
Epicurious: Florence's New Desinare Cooking School
How to make the perfect ragu, and other learnings from a new Tuscan arrival
houstonchronicle.com
Houston Chronicle: On a Neapolitan Pizza Pilgrimage
A 48-hour, high-calorie quest to sample the best pies in and around Naples.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Pursuits: How a 12-Room Hotel Turned a Remote Archipelago Into Chile’s Next Big Thing
With sensitivity and style, Tierra Chiloé has put the rugged, unexplored Pacific Coast squarely in the luxury spotlight
Private Clubs
Private Club: Greece's Best-Kept Secret
Unspoiled Mani, rich in beauty and ancient history, takes its first steps in the luxury arena. Discover this gem before word gets out.
New York Magazine
Where Are All the Gay Men in Rome?
We saw signs of the Mafia everywhere we looked, but the Gay Mafia? Not so much.
T & C
Town & Country Weddings: The Wonder Year
Why do it in 80 days when you can go around the world in a leisurely 365? We talk to couples who spent a year—or more—on honeymoons that spanned the globe.
The New York Times
T: The New York Times Style Magazine: An African Eco-Resort With a Greater Sense of Purpose
The former Puma C.E.O. Jochen Zeitz is dining under the stars at Segera, his 50,000-acre ranch in the middle of central Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau, when he pauses over his steak and squints out into the sprawling savanna. ‘‘Sometimes you think there nothing’s there, but take a minute,’’ he says. ‘‘See how the bush comes to life.’’
1stdibs.com
1stdibs Introspective: Dominican By Design
New York interior designer Celerie Kemble has recently brought her smart blending of the classic and the contemporary to the Dominican Republic, where she and a score of friends have created a genre-defying beachfront playground in the jungle — Playa Grande Beach Club — with nine enticing gingerbread bungalows offering guests a unique home-away-from-home resort stay.