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05/15/2025|Modern Luxury

Revealed: DC's Best Of Luxury Travel Awards 2025

BEST HORSE & WINE COUNTRY RESORT

04/30/2025|Northern Virgina Magazine

Harrimans Grill at the Salamander Middleburg Has a New Chef

A former executive chef at Michelin-starred Pineapple and Pearls will join the restaurant’s team.

04/29/2025|Loudoun Times

Salamander Resort hires new chef de cuisine at Harrimans Grill

Middleburg's Salamander Resort has hired Bin Lu as chef de cuisine at Harrimans Grill.

04/25/2025|Essence

The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: 5 Black Food Festivals That Are Worth The Trip

Onwauchi is behind The Family Reunion, a food and wine festival in Middleburg, Virginia. In partnership with Salamander Collection Founder and CEO Sheila Johnson and Food & Wine Editor-in-Chief Hunter Lewis, the four-day festival hosts panel discussions, cooking demonstrations, “family” meals, and nightly entertainment.

04/16/2025|Northern Virginia Magazine

CNN’s Laura Coates Shares Her Go-To Spots Around NoVA

It was my first foray into Salamander, and I’ve always loved it.

03/28/2025|AFAR

The Hotel Industry Has Traditionally Been a Man’s World. These 6 Women Leaders Are Shaking It Up.

For paving the way for women and people of color in hospitality.

03/15/2025|Alexandria Living Magazine

FOOD + WINE Event Returns to Middleburg

Five years ago, only a few people really understood what was missing in the culinary festival landscape. Fortunately, among those few were Chef and Restaurateur Kwame Onwuachi, Salamander Collection Founder & CEO Sheila Johnson and FOOD & WINE Editor-in-Chief Hunter Lewis.

03/12/2025|HOTELS Magazine

Salamander Collection pushes to head of D.C. class

Salamander Collection, the medley of hotels and resorts founded by uber-entrepreneur Sheila Johnson, is growing fast.

03/11/2025|FOOD & WINE

Here's How to Get Tickets to This Year's 'Family Reunion,' a Celebration of Diversity in Hospitality and Fantastic Food

The annual festival celebrating Black and Brown excellence in hospitality returns this August with world-class meals, panels, and celebrations of culinary excellence.