Cory Ingram is Senior Vice President of Creative for Dream Hotel Group. In this role, he oversees design direction for all FF+E, OS+E and brand image, as well as creative programming, partnerships and activations, for Dream Hotel Group and its portfolio of brands: Dream Hotels, Time Hotels, The Chatwal and Unscripted Hotels. He will also spearheading the launch of our new in-house creative studio and design atelier Reverie Studio.
Prior to joining Dream Hotel Group, Mr. Ingram served as founding principal and chief creative officer of Identity Atelier (I/A), an innovative, creative agency that specialized in building on-brand experiences and luxury products within the hospitality, fashion and beauty industries. Most recently, as CCO of I/A, Ingram conceptualized and designed all creative for The Restoration Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, and helped establish and solidify the hotel's reputation as a must-see experiential hotspot with meticulous design and carefully curated touch points.
He entered the hospitality industry in 2003 as Director of Creative Services for LE: Lawrence Essentials, a hospitality design firm in New York City, where he oversaw OS+E manufacturing and brand partnerships for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau, Ritz Carlton Hotels & Resorts, W Hotels, Danny Meyer Hospitality Group, MoMA Design Store, Barney’s New York, Neiman Marcus and Takashimaya.
Mr. Ingram taught luxury goods marketing and the marriage between art + fragrance as an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York from 2009-2011. As an artist, he has shown works in renowned galleries and museums across the country, including The Raymond Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Anna Kustera Gallery in New York. He studied art + fragrance at University of Caen in France and earned a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of North Texas.
