Ian Schrager, revered entrepreneur, resort pioneer and nightlife visionary, acquired the SevenRooms Icon Award at The World’s 50 Finest Motels 2025 Ceremony, a night that acknowledges best-in-class international hospitality, final evening in London.
Credited because the founding father of the boutique resort 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 plain influence on in style tradition and the hospitality trade at giant. For the reason that Eighties, he has constantly challenged the established order via his ground-breaking work constructing iconic manufacturers together with Morgans Lodge Group, EDITION Motels, and now PUBLIC, a cult-favourite model constructed on 4 key pillars – nice service, fashion, 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 resort will probably 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 essential than success is getting the acknowledgement and recognition from folks I respect within the trade and who I think about as contemporaries of mine I need to thanks all for that recognition and acknowledgement, and I need to significantly thank The World’s 50 Finest Motels for what we have executed and giving myself and all of the actually extremely gifted folks I labored with this recognition. It’s extremely significant to me, and really touching. Ian Schrager
