About

A HOTEL LIFE is a pioneering travel platform born in 2013 to celebrate hotels and the people who make them. Through the thoughtful eye of influential creatives and industry leaders, we offer a unique view into experiences that are defining hospitality and global culture today. AHL champions diverse perspectives and stand in support of equality of gender, race, age and persuasion.

In January 2025, A Hotel Life was acquired by Curacity, a digital platform that empowers hotels to ignite demand through trustworthy editorial content from the most influential travel and hospitality media brands.

 

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Ben Pundole

Ben Pundole

Founder

With almost thirty years in the Lifestyle Hotel business, and a focus on marketing, culture and creative direction, Ben created A Hotel Life to merge his experience, resources and invaluable contacts into something that travel media was not grasping back in 2013. Educated at London's infamous Groucho club, Ben graduated to the Met bar before an eleven-year stint with Ian Schrager and Morgans Hotel Group as VP of Entertainment. He opened Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk in 2010 and for eight years held the position of VP Brand Experience with Ian Schrager/Marriott's EDITION hotels.

My Travel Mantra:

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these account" - Mark Twain

Trip Wishlist:

The Galapagos, Puglia, and Tanzania

  • Tansy Kaschak

    Tansy Kaschak

    Editor in Chief

    Tansy Kaschak is a Brazilian-Italian journalist and editor with two decades of experience creating content and connecting the dots in travel, hospitality, art and culture worldwide. An advocate for social and environmental reform, she believes in the power of hospitality to bring us together, at times for the highest causes, and always with a good dose of wit, fun, and celebration.

    My Travel Mantra:

    Go in good, easy company. If not, go happily alone

    Trip Wishlist:

    Anywhere but Mars