New Business Traveler: For Hotelier Ari S. Heckman, Baltimore Is a Playground
"In 2022, Heckman oversaw the opening of Ulysses, the brand’s fourth property, in Baltimore's historic Mount Vernon neighborhood. The hotel, once a gentlemen's boardinghouse, is a paean to louche classicism, stocked with antiques and eclectic bric-a-brac that could have been scooped up on a European Grand Tour. A sense of campy irreverence punches up the concept—a quality that can largely be attributed to the influence of indie darling and Baltimore native John Waters."
