| Brian Kelly | The Points Guy (544K YouTube) | — | Queued | Massive audience interested in luxury travel. A review of Mandala Club or ICON1C properties would reach high-intent luxury travel audience. |
| Kara and Nate Buchanan | YouTube (3M+ subscribers) | — | Queued | Major travel YouTube channel. A stay/review at Mandala Club would reach massive travel-obsessed audience. |
| Jennifer Plaz | The Vivant (YouTube) | — | Queued | Luxury lifestyle content creator covering private clubs and fine dining experiences. Visual content reach for Mandala and ICON1C brand awareness. |
| Robbie Kellman Baxter | The Membership Economy (Author/Advisor) | — | Queued | THE authority on membership economics. Author of The Membership Economy and The Forever Transaction. Her framework is the academic backbone of what ICON1C is building. |
| Matthew Priest | Esquire Middle East. Senior-level Gulf relationship target | Journalist | Queued | Editorial Director, Esquire Middle East. Senior-level Gulf relationship target, now overseeing Esquire across ME, Saudi, and Qatar editions. |
| Lynette Koh | Prestige Singapore | Journalist | Queued | Deputy Editor, Prestige Singapore. Watches/jewelry specialist but oversees editorial operations. Day-to-day pitch contact. |
| Valerie Lim | Tatler Power & Purpose (Tatler Asia) | Journalist | Queued | Digital Editor, Tatler Power & Purpose (Tatler Asia). Spotlights industry leaders. Relevant for positioning Ben in Tatler's leadership/purpose vertical. |
| David Coggins | The Contender (Substack) | — | Queued | Author of "Men and Style" and "Men and Manners" — writes about the intersection of taste, travel, and culture. His sophisticated, editorial sensibility aligns with Ben's positioning and Mandala's aesthetic. Active Substack with engaged luxury-minded readership. |
| Dawn Gribble | Hospitality Marketing Insight (Substack) | — | Queued | Writes weekly on hospitality marketing strategies. Could provide coverage of ICON1C's brand strategy or feature the membership acquisition model. |
| Brandon Berkson | HAP / Hotel Espresso (Substack) | — | Queued | Runs a hospitality company (HAP) and writes a popular newsletter on boutique hotels. Covers the indie/boutique end of luxury hospitality — ICON1C's thesis of bringing together independent operators could resonate. |
| Ana Carini | Sojourn (Substack) | — | Queued | 20+ years at Oracle, Autodesk, Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton. Now writes about hospitality brand identity and positioning. Her "Identity-Led Hospitality™" framework aligns with Mandala's community-of-communities approach. Could provide strategic commentary or feature ICON1C. |
| Julio Iskandar | Bumi Journal (Substack) | — | Queued | Wrote specifically about 2025 members' club industry predictions on Substack — covering how clubs are becoming drivers for economy, wellness innovation, and cultural engagement. Exactly the narrative ICON1C wants to own. |
| Susan Ng | CNA938 | Podcast Host | Queued | Hosts multiple lifestyle-oriented shows on CNA938 including weekend programming. Good for a softer lifestyle/wellness angle. |
| Glenn van Zutphen | MoneyFM 89.3 | Podcast Host | Queued | Long-running Saturday morning show. More relaxed weekend format suitable for a profile/conversation-style interview. |
| Shawn Stevenson | The Model Health Show | Podcast Host | Queued | Covers the wellness industry from a business and personal health perspective. Relevant if positioning Ben as a wellness-meets-luxury thought leader. |
| Dr. Rangan Chatterjee | Feel Better, Live More | Podcast Host | Queued | Top wellness podcast globally. Mandala's longevity-as-hospitality thesis — integrating wellness into the members' club experience — is a natural fit. Ben's personal wellness practice could anchor the conversation. |
| Ryan Huang | MoneyFM 89.3 | Podcast Host | Queued | Morning show host with "Mind Your Business" segment — perfect for a business profile of ICON1C's model. Broad Singapore listenership. |
| Michelle Martin | MoneyFM 89.3 | Podcast Host | Queued | MoneyFM is Singapore's dedicated business radio station. Ben has already appeared on MoneyFM — this is a warm relationship to re-engage for ICON1C updates. |
| Andrea Heng | CNA938 | Podcast Host | Queued | CNA938's flagship business host. Also hosts "Money Mind" on CNA TV. Key Singapore broadcast media contact. Business-angle interview about ICON1C's growth. |
| Michael Waitze | Asia Tech Podcast | Podcast Host | Queued | Ex-Goldman Sachs (Tokyo, 20+ years) — shares Ben's Wall Street background. Covers Asia's tech and business ecosystem. ICON1C's tech-forward hospitality approach fits. |
| James Altucher | The James Altucher Show | Podcast Host | Queued | Altucher covers reinvention stories. The Goldman MD to luxury founder arc is compelling for his audience. He's also interested in alternative investment models. |
| Chris Williamson | Modern Wisdom | Podcast Host | Queued | Covers wellness, longevity, and lifestyle optimization — directly aligned with Mandala's longevity-as-hospitality thesis. Strong male-skewing audience that matches club demographics. |
| Kara Swisher | Pivot (Vox Media) | Podcast Host | Queued | Pivot covers business disruption. The private members' club disruption narrative — moving from Soho House's model to ICON1C's acquisition-consolidation model — is Pivot-worthy. |
| Scott Galloway | The Prof G Pod / Pivot (with Kara Swisher) | Podcast Host | Queued | Galloway frequently discusses luxury brands (LVMH, Hermès) and membership/subscription models. The "luxury hospitality as the new luxury goods" thesis would resonate. Also covers NYC/Dubai market dynamics. |
| Harry Stebbings | The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) | Podcast Host | Queued | ICON1C raised S$10M and has VC/PE-style ambitions. Harry covers founder-led brands and capital-efficient growth. The hospitality-as-tech-platform angle could interest 20VC. |
| David Senra | Founders Podcast | Podcast Host | Queued | If ICON1C achieves significant scale, the founder story becomes Founders Podcast material. Medium-term target. The ex-banker-turned-founder narrative has precedent on the show. |
| Reid Hoffman | Masters of Scale | Podcast Host | Queued | The scaling story — from one club in Singapore to a pan-Asian luxury holding company with IPO ambitions — is classic Masters of Scale material. Network effects in membership clubs. |
| Shane Parrish | The Knowledge Project (Farnam Street) | Podcast Host | Queued | Longevity, wellness, and decision-making overlap. Ben's thesis about longevity-as-hospitality and the operator mindset from investment banking could work as a Knowledge Project conversation. |
| Sam Parr & Shaan Puri | My First Million | Podcast Host | Queued | The membership club business model — recurring revenue, community network effects, high-margin — is a classic MFM topic. More accessible than HIBT for emerging brands. |
| Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | Acquired | Podcast Host | Queued | ICON1C's acquisition-led consolidation of luxury clubs could be an Acquired deep-dive (cf. their episodes on LVMH, Hermès). The membership economics model is exactly their analytical lens. |
| Patrick O'Shaughnessy | Invest Like the Best (Colossus) | Podcast Host | Queued | Perfect for the operator-investor angle. Ben's Goldman/UBS background + building a luxury hospitality holding company is a classic ILTB episode. Patrick covers business models and moats. |
| Guy Raz | How I Built This (Wondery/NPR) | Podcast Host | Queued | THE podcast for founder stories. Ben's Goldman-to-luxury-founder arc is textbook HIBT material. The ICON1C consolidation narrative (S$10M raise, acquiring 1880, IPO path) is exactly their format. |
| Melissa Klurman | Luxury Travel Advisor | Editor | Queued | Features writer for LTA. Good for in-depth profiles and destination pieces. |
| Albert Stumm | Luxury Travel Advisor | Journalist | Queued | On-the-ground correspondent for LTA. Useful for news coverage and industry trend pieces. |
| Spencer Whaley | Forbes Travel Guide | Journalist | Queued | Active contributor covering luxury hotels and travel for Forbes Travel Guide. Useful for reviews and features on ICON1C properties. |
| Maria Lapthorn | Luxury Hospitality Magazine | Editor | Queued | Dedicated luxury hospitality trade publication. Direct coverage opportunity for ICON1C's portfolio and expansion strategy. |
| Jennifer Kester | Forbes Travel Guide | Editor | Queued | Oversees the Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards — the industry's most influential quality standard. Important for ICON1C properties seeking star recognition. |
| Jennifer Flowers | AFAR | Editor | Queued | Has discussed the evolution of luxury travel and role of AI/local community connections — aligns with ICON1C's tech-forward and community-focused approach. |
| Ruthanne Terrero | Luxury Travel Advisor | Editor | Queued | Senior editorial leader at LTA. Long-standing relationships in luxury travel. Strategic relationship target. |
| Cameron Sperance | Luxury Travel Advisor | Editor | Queued | Took the helm in 2025. LTA reaches luxury travel advisors who can recommend private club experiences to HNW clients — an indirect membership acquisition channel. |
| Alissa Ponchione | Hospitality Design | Editor | Queued | Promoted to EIC September 2025. HD covers the design of hospitality spaces — Mandala's 31 Bukit Pasoh and future ICON1C properties are natural feature material. |
| Josiah Mackenzie | Hospitality Daily (Skift podcast) | Journalist | Queued | Daily podcast reaching hospitality professionals globally. Ideal for a guest appearance discussing the members' club consolidation model. |
| Rafat Ali | Skift | Journalist | Queued | Skift founder. Thought leader on travel industry transformation. Relationship-level target for ICON1C's positioning as a hospitality disruptor. |
| Sean O'Neill | Skift | Editor | Queued | THE most important trade journalist for this campaign. Wrote "Cracking the Code for a New Wave of Members Clubs" (2023) — citing Soho House, San Vicente Bungalows, Casa Cipriani. Covers subscription models in travel for Skift Megatrends. ICON1C is exactly the story he follows. |
| Safa Hassan | Commercial Interior Design / Hotelier / Caterer (Saudi) | Editor | Queued | Covers Saudi Arabia's hospitality evolution — a massive growth market adjacent to UAE. ICON1C's Gulf expansion could include KSA. |
| Zen Bahar | Commercial Interior Design (Middle East) | Editor | Queued | Covers hospitality design in the region. Relevant as ICON1C develops new properties in the Gulf — the design story of new club spaces. |
| Tala Michel Issa | Arabian Business | Journalist | Queued | Senior reporter contributing to Arabian Business's lifestyle coverage. Good for profile pieces positioning Ben within Gulf business culture. |
| Nicole Abigael | Arabian Business | Journalist | Queued | Arabian Business covers the Gulf's business elite. The ICON1C story (acquisition, fundraising, IPO) is their bread and butter. Nicole specifically covers luxury markets. |
| Manjusha Radhakrishnan | Gulf News | Editor | Queued | Leads lifestyle editorial at Gulf News (largest English daily in UAE). Dubai-based — key for building Ben's profile in the UAE ahead of relocation. |
| Paul Clifford | Hotelier Middle East (ITP Media) | Editor | Queued | Oversees multiple hospitality titles. Senior-level contact for strategic placement across ITP's hospitality media portfolio. |
| Emily D'Silva | Hotelier Middle East | Editor | Queued | THE trade publication for Gulf hospitality. ICON1C's expansion into Gulf markets makes this an essential trade media relationship. Appointed September 2024. |
| Sophie Prideaux | Condé Nast Traveller Middle East | Editor | Queued | Manages digital content — important for SEO and online visibility in the Gulf market. Day-to-day digital contact for CNT ME. |
| Selina Denman | Condé Nast Traveller Middle East | Editor | Queued | Leads CNT Middle East editorial. Key contact for positioning ICON1C properties in the region's premier travel publication. Covers how UAE travelers are reshaping luxury hospitality. |
| Olivia Phillips | Harper's Bazaar Arabia | Editor | Queued | Harper's Bazaar Arabia reaches the Gulf's affluent female demographic. Relevant for Mandala's community/wellness angle and positioning ICON1C within Gulf luxury culture. |
| Sarah Maisey | The National (UAE) | Editor | Queued | Specific luxury desk contact at The National. Covers luxury brands and lifestyle in the UAE market. |
| Hayley Kadrou | The National (UAE) | Editor | Queued | Works across lifestyle, travel, and the "Luxury" magazine. Key contact for positioning Ben Jones within UAE's luxury media landscape ahead of his August 2026 move. |
| Anton Brisinger | Esquire Middle East | Editor | Queued | Hands-on lifestyle editor at Esquire ME. Day-to-day pitch contact for lifestyle and hospitality features. |
| Nasri Atallah | Esquire Middle East + The National | Editor | Queued | Double-hatted across Esquire ME and The National's rebranded luxury magazine. Key gatekeeper for luxury lifestyle coverage in the Gulf — essential for Ben's Dubai move. |
| Divia Harilela | South China Morning Post | Editor | Queued | Has written specifically about private members' clubs adding hotel rooms for travelers. Covers luxury hospitality from the consumer perspective. |
| Akito Tanaka | Nikkei Asia | Editor | Queued | Nikkei Asia co-hosts the FT Business of Luxury Summit Asia Edition. Top-level relationship target for positioning ICON1C as a pan-Asian luxury story. |
| Tim (Editor) | Singapore Business Review | Editor | Queued | SBR covers Singapore's hotel and hospitality industry trends. Useful for business-angle coverage of ICON1C's Singapore operations. |
| Carolyn Teo | Coconuts Singapore | Editor | Queued | Coconuts reaches a younger, digitally-savvy Singapore audience. Good for broader awareness beyond traditional luxury media. |
| Arusa Pisuthipan | Bangkok Post | Editor | Queued | Bangkok Post's lifestyle editor. Relevant as ICON1C expands across Southeast Asia — Bali, KL, Bangkok are all target markets. |
| Jovi Ho | The Edge Singapore | Editor | Queued | The Edge is a key business/investment publication in Singapore. ICON1C's investment/acquisition story and luxury hospitality business angle fit here. |
| Wilson Lim | Esquire Singapore | Editor | Queued | Esquire SG relaunched under Heart Media Group. Covers the aspirational male demographic — aligns with Mandala's membership profile. |
| Joyce Yip | South China Morning Post | Journalist | Queued | Wrote specifically "What's the future of Hong Kong's private membership clubs?" (July 2024) — directly relevant to ICON1C's thesis about consolidating the members' club space. |
| Vincenzo La Torre | South China Morning Post | Editor | Queued | Leads SCMP's luxury publication. SCMP reaches HK/Greater China's HNW audience — key for ICON1C's expansion beyond Singapore. |
| Helmi Yusof | The Business Times Singapore | Editor | Queued | Covers travel and leisure trends including luxury hospitality. Recent features on new-gen hoteliers and cruise luxury. |
| Jaime Ee | The Business Times Singapore | Editor | Queued | Runs BTLuxe, BT's bi-monthly luxury publication. Covers F&B hospitality extensively — relevant for Mandala's dining venues and the broader ICON1C portfolio. |
| Alyssa Woo | The Straits Times | Editor | Queued | Specifically oversees hospitality sector coverage at ST's business desk. Key contact for the business angle — ICON1C funding, acquisitions, IPO plans. |
| Clara Lock | The Straits Times | Editor | Queued | Leads ST's travel section — Singapore's largest English-language paper. ST has covered private members' clubs in Singapore (including the 1880 closure and Mandala expansion). |
| Aaron de Silva | CNA Luxury | Editor | Queued | Hosts the "Next Gen Interviews" podcast specifically about luxury-related entrepreneurship in Singapore. ICON1C's S$10M raise and IPO ambitions are exactly his lane. |
| Boon Tan | CNA Luxury | Editor | Queued | CNA Luxury is Singapore's mainstream luxury platform with massive local reach. Executive Editor since 2022 — the primary editorial decision-maker for luxury content. |
| Jennifer Chen | Prestige Singapore | Editor | Queued | Prestige is the definitive luxury living authority in Singapore. Appointed August 2023 with mandate for fresh editorial approach. Ideal for a Ben Jones profile in the context of Singapore's luxury landscape. |
| Kenneth SZ Goh | The Peak Singapore | Editor | Queued | Covers the F&B and travel side of luxury — relevant for Mandala's dining venues and hospitality experiences. |
| Zat Astha | The Peak Singapore | Editor | Queued | The Peak covers business leaders and luxury living — perfect for a CEO profile positioning piece. Active on LinkedIn with content about editorial philosophy. |
| Pakkee Tan | Tatler Singapore | Editor | Queued | Oversees editorial output for print, web, and digital strategy. More operational contact for pitching specific features and profiles. |
| Aun Koh | Tatler Singapore | Editor | Queued | Tatler Singapore is THE social/luxury publication in SG. Aun Koh joined in 2023 with a mandate to focus on "changemakers" — Ben's founder-operator story fits perfectly. Tatler's readership IS the Mandala membership base. |
| David Eisen | HOTELS Magazine | Editor | Queued | HOTELS Magazine covers the business of hotels globally. ICON1C's acquisition strategy (1880, potential others) and IPO ambitions are major industry stories. |
| Stacy Shoemaker Rauen | Hospitality Design | Editor | Queued | HD is the trade publication for hospitality design professionals. Mandala's design-forward approach (31 Bukit Pasoh) is a natural fit for features. |
| Julia Cosgrove | AFAR | Editor | Queued | AFAR focuses on travel that creates meaning — aligns with Mandala's "community of communities" ethos and longevity/wellness positioning. Has discussed AI and local community connections in hospitality for 2025. |
| Jacqueline Gifford | Travel + Leisure | Editor | Queued | Multiple National Magazine Award winner. T+L's readership is affluent leisure travelers — prime membership club prospects. T+L also operates its own membership travel programs. |
| Christian Schwalbach | Departures International | Editor | Queued | Departures serves AmEx Platinum cardholders — directly Ben's target demographic. The publication's focus on style, wellbeing, and luxury culture maps to ICON1C's positioning. |
| Sofia de la Cruz | Wallpaper* | Editor | Queued | Leads design-led travel content for Wallpaper*. Mandala's interior design and aesthetic positioning would appeal to her beat. |
| Lauren Ho | Wallpaper* | Journalist | Queued | European Academy Chair for World's 50 Best Hotels. Wallpaper* covers design-led hospitality — aligns perfectly with Mandala's aesthetic (Slim Aarons, Wes Anderson sensibility). |
| Divia Thani | Condé Nast Traveler | Editor | Queued | Sets the editorial agenda for the world's most influential luxury travel magazine across all editions. Top-level relationship target. |
| Erin Florio | Condé Nast Traveler | Journalist | Queued | Curates the annual Hot List and Gold List — the most prestigious hotel rankings in the industry. If Mandala/ICON1C properties make these lists, it's a massive signal. |
| Lucy Maguire | Vogue Business | Editor | Queued | Covers luxury brand building and consumer trends. ICON1C as a luxury hospitality startup-to-IPO story aligns with her emerging brand coverage. |
| Robb Young | Business of Fashion | Editor | Queued | Covers the exact geographic corridor Ben is working — APAC-to-Gulf luxury market expansion. Perfect for the Dubai move + ICON1C regional expansion story. |
| Imran Amed | Business of Fashion | Editor | Queued | BoF increasingly covers luxury hospitality through its Insights division ("Luxury's Opportunity in Home and Hospitality"). Amed himself is a tastemaker whose signal matters in the luxury-fashion-hospitality crossover. |
| Ann Abel | Forbes | Journalist | Queued | Long-standing luxury travel voice at Forbes. Distinguishes "expensive" from "true luxury" — aligns with Mandala's design-led, community approach vs. generic 5-star. |
| Nicole Trilivas | Forbes | Journalist | Queued | Has written specifically about "Top Private Member Club Hotels" for Forbes. Covers luxury tourism trends in Asia. |
| Jim Dobson | Forbes | Journalist | Queued | Wrote specifically about private members clubs as a growth trend for the ultra-wealthy. Covers how HNW individuals spend — perfect for the membership economics angle. |
| Jen Paolini | Robb Report Hong Kong | Editor | Queued | Moderated Robb Report Leaders of Luxury Summit 2025. Covers innovation in luxury hospitality — the ICON1C story of consolidating independent clubs is her territory. |
| Alvin Wong | Robb Report Singapore | Editor | Queued | Singapore-based Robb Report. Direct regional luxury readership. Has covered Singapore's luxury hospitality scene including private clubs. |
| Jonathan Beckman | The Economist 1843 Magazine | Editor | Queued | 1843 runs long-form features on luxury, culture, and ideas. The ICON1C consolidation model (acquiring independent clubs, building a luxury holding co) is an Economist-worthy business narrative. |
| Andrew Tuck | Monocle | Editor | Queued | Co-leads Monocle's editorial direction alongside Brûlé. More accessible for pitches than Brûlé himself. Oversees travel/hospitality section. |
| Tyler Brûlé | Monocle | Editor | Queued | THE tastemaker for design-led luxury hospitality. Monocle's sensibility aligns perfectly with Mandala's aesthetic. Brûlé personally writes on hospitality trends and spoke at ILTM Cannes. Monocle's "Quality of Life" lens maps directly to longevity-as-hospitality. |
| Sebastian Modak | Wall Street Journal | Editor | Queued | Recently promoted to lifestyle editor at WSJ after leading travel coverage for Off Duty. Former NYT "52 Places Traveler" and Lonely Planet editor-at-large. Ideal for the Singapore-to-Dubai luxury relocation angle. |
| Nikki Ekstein | Bloomberg | Editor | Queued | The specific Bloomberg journalist covering luxury hospitality. Has covered hotel industry trends, membership models, and Asia's luxury travel boom. |
| Chris Rovzar | Bloomberg | Editor | Queued | Oversees all Bloomberg luxury content. The operator-investor narrative (Goldman pedigree + luxury founder) is exactly Bloomberg's lane. |
| Tom Robbins | Financial Times | Editor | Queued | FT Travel Editor since 2010. Multiple-time Travel Journalist of the Year. Covers luxury hotels and wellness — directly aligned with Mandala/ICON1C's longevity-as-hospitality thesis. |
| Jo Ellison | Financial Times | Editor | Queued | HTSI is the FT's luxury bible. Ellison moderates the FT Business of Luxury Summit (including Asia Edition in HK). Direct gatekeeper to FT's luxury readership — the exact HNW audience for ICON1C's story. |