Ian Schrager, revered entrepreneur, lodge pioneer and nightlife visionary, acquired the SevenRooms Icon Award at The World’s 50 Finest Resorts 2025 Ceremony, a night that acknowledges best-in-class international hospitality, final night time in London.
Credited because the founding father of the boutique lodge motion, Schrager has spent the final 5 many years pushing boundaries and creating one-of-a-kind areas with a disruptive “luxurious for all” mindset, all whereas making an simple impression on in style tradition and the hospitality trade at giant. For the reason that Nineteen Eighties, he has persistently challenged the established order by means of his ground-breaking work constructing iconic manufacturers together with Morgans Lodge Group, EDITION Resorts, and now PUBLIC, a cult-favourite model constructed on 4 key pillars – nice service, model, distinctive expertise and enjoyable.
Pushed by his unrelenting ambition and starvation for innovation, Ian is poised to increase the PUBLIC model past its NYC flagship to Los Angeles with the debut of PUBLIC West Hollywood on the storied Sundown Strip in early 2026. Showcasing a brand new thought for a brand new age, the lodge might be located inside a landmark constructing with design executed by Schrager in partnership with British architect and frequent collaborator, John Pawson.
To me, what’s much more vital than success is getting the acknowledgement and recognition from individuals I respect within the trade and who I take into account as contemporaries of mine I need to thanks all for that recognition and acknowledgement, and I need to notably thank The World’s 50 Finest Resorts for what we have carried out and giving myself and all of the actually extremely proficient individuals I labored with this recognition. It’s extremely significant to me, and really touching. Ian Schrager
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