LHLThe Luxury Hospitality LibraryOn the record
Register/People/LHL-P-398
PART IX · SERIES LHL-P · GROUP II · FOUNDERS OF HOUSES

Carrie Vik

Living record

Roleco-creator and co-curator of every Vik retreat
AnchorLHL-026 Vik Retreats
WithAlexander Vik · LHL-P-397 Alexander Vik
StatusLiving record · September 2026

1 · POSITION

The sources are consistent: Alex and Carrie Vik are the creators, designers and visionaries behind the retreats, and the husband-and-wife duo design and curate every room across all six properties themselves. She is quoted on the work with the artists and on why South America reads as a frontier to North American and European guests.

2 · ⚑ WHY THIS ENTRY EXISTS

This is the seventh time in one working week the Library has had to add a woman named in the founding account and absent from its own pages — after Marguerite Boucicaut, the Carita sisters, Nathalie Bouchon-Poiroux, Helen Badrutt, Jyotsna Suri and Radha Bhatia. Seven is not a run of oversights, it is a bias in how the register was compiled, and naming it is the only way to stop repeating it.

3 · ⚑ WHAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED

Her origins, dates and training are not established here. The entry rests on her documented role as co-creator and co-curator, and says so.

Sources

Vik Retreats · About

Hospitality Design · The founders of Vik Retreats

Sotheby’s · Vik Retreats, a cultured collection of hotels

Luxury Latin America · Bahía Vik