PHJ Publishing is the publishing identity behind Private Hospitality Journal: a specialist editorial platform examining ultraluxury stays and private hospitality.
Its remit brings the property, the experience and the business into one conversation. Villas, penthouses, holiday homes and serviced residences are its territory. Design, operations, capital, guest culture and the practical delivery of a stay are its subjects.
The publisher’s position
The subject deserves depth. A residence is an asset, a design proposition, a workplace and a temporary home. Reporting should be able to move between those perspectives without losing sight of the guest who has come to enjoy it.
The journal’s formal title carries a certain institutional gravity. Its editorial voice will be precise, composed and occasionally amused. The humour can arise from what is being examined; the reporting still has work to do.
The publishing programme
The Journal is the editorial record. PHJ Dispatch organizes selected reading. Research & evidence connects sources to the methods used to read them. Fieldnotes examines the work behind a stay through operating frameworks and source-based analysis.
Each format should have a purpose, an identifiable author and a clear basis for its claims. Editorial selection should be useful to readers who operate, own, design, commission, advise on or simply take an interest in exceptional stays.
Ownership and editorial interests
W. Ryan Kasper is the founding publisher of Private Hospitality Journal and the founder of LIVE LARGE™. PHJ has a separate editorial identity. That commercial relationship is disclosed here and should be disclosed on any future piece involving LIVE LARGE, its properties or related commercial interests.
The opening edition
The opening selection establishes the journal’s editorial territory through essays, an operating framework and curated source notes. Essays develop arguments; field reports document observations; source notes identify and link to the original publisher. PHJ Publishing is an editorial imprint, rather than a statement of separate incorporation.