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Langham Hospitality Group

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Langham Hospitality Group
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
FoundedAugust 30, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-08-30)
HeadquartersWan Chai, Hong Kong
London, United Kingdom
ParentGreat Eagle Holdings
Websitelanghamhospitalitygroup.com

Langham Hotels International Limited, trading as Langham Hospitality Group, is a hotel operator with its headquarters in Hong Kong. Langham Hotels International Limited is wholly owned by Great Eagle Holdings, which was founded in 1963 and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

History

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Langham Hospitality Group claims a history that dates back to 1865, when The Langham hotel in London opened as the then-largest building in London and Europe's first 'Grand Hotel'. Ten stories and 156 feet high, The Langham featured 15,000 yards of Persian tapestry, hot and cold running water in every guestroom, the world's first hydraulic lifts, known as 'rising rooms', and even an early form of air-conditioning. Upon opening The Langham, the then Prince of Wales hailed the hotel as having "everything a man, woman or child could desire under one roof". However, the hotel closed during World War II and after the war was bought by the BBC and used as office space until 1986, when it was sold to the Ladbroke Group (which also purchased the non-US Hilton hotels) and reopened as the Langham Hilton hotel in 1991.[citation needed]

The Langham was sold to Great Eagle Holdings in 1995. Great Eagle used the 'Langham' brand to rebadge a number of hotels in its portfolio, thus creating the Langham Hospitality Group. Great Eagle has subsequently purchased further hotels and rebadged them as 'Langham' hotels. It has also moved other hotel brands within its portfolio into the Langham Hospitality Group.[citation needed]

Senior leadership

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List of CEOs

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  1. Bob Van Den Oord (since September 202)

Ownership

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Langham Hospitality Group is a wholly owned subsidiary (as Langham Hotels International Limited) of Great Eagle Holdings. It not only oversees the operations and performance of its own hotels, but also provides professional management services to its developer- or owner-partners. Great Eagle Holdings invests in, develops and manages office, retail, residential and hotel properties in Asia, North America and Europe. The organisation is also active in property management and maintenance services, as well as building materials trading.thrive on change. Great Eagle Holdings was founded in 1963 with the incorporation of The Great Eagle Company Limited, which was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. In 1990, following a reorganisation, Great Eagle Holdings Limited, incorporated in Bermuda, became the listed holding company of Great Eagle in place of The Great Eagle Company Limited.[citation needed]

Properties

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Hotels

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The Langham, London
Lobby of The Langham Huntington, Pasadena

Today, the group covers four continents, with projects located in cities and resorts around the world under its two brands, The Langham Hotels and Resorts and Cordis Hotels and Resorts, as well as its affiliate hotels. The group also owns the 1,590-room Chelsea Hotel in Toronto.[citation needed]

List of Langham Hotels with Room Count
Brand Property Room Count Country/Territory Year opened
The Langham London 333  United Kingdom 1865
The Langham Hong Kong 471  Hong Kong 1989
The Langham Boston 312  United States 2003
The Langham Melbourne 363  Australia 2005
The Langham Huntington, Pasadena 379  United States 2008
The Langham Shanghai 357  China 2010
The Langham Chicago 268  United States 2013
The Langham New York, 5th Avenue 234  United States 2013
Langham Place Guangzhou 434  China 2013
Langham Place Ningbo Culture Plaza 143  China 2014
Langham Place Xiamen 285  China 2014
The Langham Sydney 75  Australia 2014
The Langham Hefei 300  China 2015
Langham Place Haining 223  China 2015
The Langham Haikou 249  China 2016
Langham Place Changsha 295  China 2021
The Langham Jakarta 224  Indonesia 2021
The Langham Gold Coast 339  Australia 2022

Restaurants

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The hotel chain operates Michelin-starred Chinese restaurants, including the three-star T'ang Court in The Langham, Hong Kong, and also the one-star Ming Court in Cordis Hong Kong. Both sets of ratings were received in the 2013 Hong Kong and Macau edition of the Michelin Guide.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lim, Le-Min (2 December 2008). "Michelin Hong Kong Gives 3 Stars to 2 Restaurants (Update1)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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