Farhad Heydari
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Farhad Heydari is a seasoned multimedia executive with three decades of experience globally in the luxury travel, hospitality, real estate, and golf industries.
A former television news and publishing executive, Farhad now consults family offices, hedge funds and private equity firms in relation to various projects and brand initiatives across a wide range of sectors and verticals through his holding company, the House of Heydari.
Farhad also serves as Executive Development Partner at Global Hotel Alliance and is a Director at International Golf & Resort Management Ltd.
As the former International Executive Editor of Departures, Centurion and The Compendium Magazines for American Express, Farhad travelled the world devising innovative marketing, promotion and partnership initiatives with leading brands and tourism boards in the luxury space writ large.
A widely published global editorial leader whose work has appeared in TIME, Forbes, the New York Times and other top-shelf magazines and newspapers, he now brings his unique and valuable perspective to his consultancy work, offering strategic insights, effective communication strategies, and innovative solutions to various challenges.
He also provides advice and counsel to CEOs, sits on advisory boards and deploys his vast institutional knowledge and expertise about the affluent global consumer by speaking at, appearing in and moderating panel discussions at industry functions, conferences, trade shows and working groups around the world as an expert and commentator on matters pertaining to the world of luxury – be they people, products, places or purveyors.
Farhad graduated from Franklin Pierce University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and English (double major). He played tennis and golf at collegiate level.
The Record
Background
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2019 — Present
Founder & CEO
House of Heydari
House of Heydari is a multidisciplinary consultancy operating quietly at the intersection of capital and craft, translating the ambitions of family offices, hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital into brand extension and development strategies for the people, products, places, and purveyors of distinction in their orbit—from Cognac Camus and the Cabot Collection to Badrutt's Palace, Parsons Xtreme Golf, and GOLF Magazine.
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2016 — Present
Founding Editor
Netjets, The Magazine
Created exclusively for NetJets Owners throughout Europe and the U.S., NetJets, The Magazine is a personalized source of inspiration for members of the largest private aviation company in the world. Published quarterly, the magazine reflects the experiences and lifestyle unique to NetJets’ Owners and brings together a well-considered assemblage of articles, reportages, and trend-based dispatches covering the realms of travel and lifestyle, gastronomy, philanthropy, and the arts—all captured in a curated collection of must-read articles, essays, dispatches, and portfolios, complemented by beautiful imagery and illustrations.
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2021 — Present
Partner & Editor
Ultratravel Magazine
Farhad was behind the relaunch of a refreshed and redesigned Ultratravel Magazine with a digital-first editorial and marketing platform, creating a more interactive version and allowing for video, audio and animation to be added.
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2025 — Present
Executive Development Partner
Global Hotel Alliance
Global Hotel Alliance unites 45 independent hospitality brands—845-plus hotels spanning 100 countries and 30 million loyal members—under one shared technology platform and its flagship GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, counting Anantara, Capella, Corinthia, The Doyle Collection, Kempinski, Lungarno, The Set, and The Ultratravel Collection among its distinguished company.
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2023 — Present
Travel Editor
The Rake
The Rake is the modern voice of classic elegance and the champion of discreet luxury. It is a leading international men’s lifestyle magazine dedicated to gentlemanly sophistication and style, and committed to recapturing the codes of classic men’s elegance.
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2020 — Present
Director and Member of The Board
International Golf & Resort Management Ltd
Founded in 2004 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, with regional offices in Brazil, Mexico, and Portugal, International Golf and Resort Management is a leading consultancy delivering highly specialised expertise in the management, development, and operation of golf facilities, integrated resorts, and residential golf developments worldwide, equipping owners, developers, and operators, whether established or envisaged, with the deep knowledge, best practice, and international resource needed to elevate their properties in a highly competitive marketplace.
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2024 — Present
Partner
The Acacia Group
The Acacia Group partners with visionary hospitality brands, developers, and investors to define, articulate, and realise distinctive concepts across the global luxury landscape, treating each project as a living ecosystem, where brand, positioning, operations, and programming exist in harmony, and guiding every touchpoint from concept through execution with clarity and intention, so that each experience resonates not only compellingly and enduringly, but commercially, culturally, and emotionally.
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2020 — Present
Strategic Advisor to the Co-Founder
Passport Resorts LLC
Passport Resorts is a San Francisco Bay Area based hotel management company specialising in the operation and marketing of high end, destination boutique resort properties, bringing a distinctly Californian sensibility to hospitality that is intimate, elevated, and unmistakably its own.
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2025 — Present
Producer
RUTHLESS FILM, LLC.
In 1973, he bought the New York Yankees. The city was in chaos. The team was in ruins. The timing was perfect. A documentary film in development from the makers of Downwind.
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1998 — 2003
International Editor
Fox News Media
During his time at Fox News Media, Farhad Heydari was writer, producer, field producer and editor culminating in the role of International Editor.
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2007 — 2019
International Executive Editor
American Express Magazines
Delivering an unparalleled editorial environment and an unrivalled audience, the luxury lifestyle publications created exclusively for Centurion® and Platinum Card® Members from American Express® are a genuine 'category of one,' the ultimate sourcebook for a select community of pre-qualified HNWIs spread across 170 countries worldwide, whose discernment drives every page of first-class, independent editorial and expertly sourced recommendations across travel, style, design, and beyond, reaching the truly affluent in a manner no other media property can rival.
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2023 — 2024
Chief Marketing Officer
Acacia Hotel Partners
Acacia Hotel Partners offers fully integrated development services for owners of luxury and ultra-luxury, market-changing hotel developments, guiding every stage from conceptualisation and masterplanning through to the delivery of the finished project, including attracting third party capital, arranging debt financing, identifying suitable brands and management companies, and completing projects on time and to budget, underpinned by management's long standing track record of securing, managing, and delivering such developments around the globe.
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2003 — 2007
Editor-in-Chief, Media Executive, Editorial Consultant and Contributor
Freelance
As a freelance editorial consultant, publishing executive, Editor-in-Chief, and contributor based in Hamburg, Farhad led the creation, launch, and strategic direction of dozens of print and digital platforms around the world, shaping the vision for titles including Wine & Dine, Taste, Indulgence, and Finest Finance as Editorial Director and Consulting Editor, advising emerging publishing houses across markets such as the UAE, Qatar, and Singapore, and writing extensively on travel, luxury, design, technology, gastronomy, real estate, and lifestyle for outlets including The New York Times, TIME International, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveller, Robb Report, Forbes, GQ, Wallpaper, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, while collaborating on custom and contract publishing projects with leading global publishers across the US, UK, and Asia.
In The News
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2 September 2026 · Farhad Heydari
Farhad Heydari Hosts Insightful Panel Discussions with Explora Journeys Executives
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20 May 2026 · Farhad Heydari
Farhad Heydari Delivers Moderates Keynote at the HumanX Summit
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9 September 2025 · Farhad Heydari
Farhad Heydari Joins Keynote Leadership Panel at the First-Ever Blue Travel Conference
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28 August 2025 · Karryon
Tennis star Jannik Sinner named Explora Journeys' new ambassador
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23 August 2025 · Tennis Now
Jannik Sinner Named Explora Journeys Global Brand Ambassador
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4 April 2024 · Golf Business News
Industry insights shared at European Tour Destinations’ annual conference
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Formative Years
Education
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Franklin Pierce University
Bachelor of Arts: English and Journalism (double major)
Areas Of Focus