Ian Williams is general manager of San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, United States, a post held since June 2020. (source, 21 September 2026)
The hotel is No. 22 on The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026, and holds a place on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2025, a place on the Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2026, membership of The Leading Hotels of the World and a place on the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025.
Career
- Manager, Four Seasons Resort Lana'i, The Lodge at Koele, Lana'i, HI (source)
- Director of Housekeeping, Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA (source)
- Various roles: director, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (source)
Context
What the role involves, and what the best in it say about the work, is set out in the general manager's role. The people who run each of the world's leading hotels are listed in who runs the world's best hotels.
Checked 10 November 2026. Corrections are welcome at press@theluxuryofattention.com.