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How Ian Schrager invented the boutique hotel

Small, heavily designed, and service-focused hotels existed long before Ian Schrager came along, but it took this American impresario to popularize the “boutique” hotel as a phenomenon — one associated with exclusivity, superstar designers and chefs, destination lobby-cum-lounges, and, above all, celebrity. Little wonder that Schrager famously started out in the nightclub business. He and…