Carlton Hotels & Suites

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Carlton Hotels & Suites
Company type Public
Industry Hospitality
FoundedOctober 3, 1977;46 years ago (1977-10-03) in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
FounderH.E. Al Fardan
Headquarters
25°12′34″N55°16′30″E / 25.20944°N 55.27500°E / 25.20944; 55.27500 , Dubai
,
United Arab Emirates
Number of locations
Increase2.svg 14 (by 2022)
Area served
EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa)
Key people
Hosni Abdelhadi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [1]
Products Hotels, Suites, Resorts
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 2500 (2022)
Website www.carlton-hotels.com

Carlton Hotels & Suites is a Dubai based multinational hospitality company that manages hotels mostly in the Middle East and across Europe. It was founded 1977 with Carlton Tower Hotel in Deira and was the first 5 star hotel in Dubai. [2] The Hotel chain consists of 9 direct managing hotels & 3 franchise operated hotels.

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Carlton Hotels & Suites are headquartered in the right of the twin towers just behind Burj Khalifa, on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, U.A.E. [3]

Carlton Downtown on the Sheikh Zayed Road Sheikh Zayed Road on 8 May 2008.jpg
Carlton Downtown on the Sheikh Zayed Road
look of the headquarteres in 2012 from the back side Warwick International Hotel, Emirates Grand Hotel ^ Rolex Tower - panoramio.jpg
look of the headquarteres in 2012 from the back side
Carlton Tower Hotel as the first 5 star Hotel in Dubai in 1977 Carlton Tower Hotel Dubai.jpg
Carlton Tower Hotel as the first 5 star Hotel in Dubai in 1977

History

Carlton Hotels & Suites are owned by the First Investor LLC. A subsidiary of the Al Fardan Group of Holdings – who have over 25 years of global investment experience. The first Carlton Hotel were established in October 1977. [4] Nowadays, the company made a huge leap by joining more properties. In 2017, iconic Carlton Downtown Hotel joined to the chain. [5] In 2018, the CEO of the Carlton Hotels & Suites, Mr Hosni Abdelhadi has shared even further expanding plans and that Carlton Hotels will grow in Stature. [6] As of now, the Hotel chain operates 12 Hotels in 3 countries on 2 continents with a total of 1,156 direct operations hotel rooms. Last of the hotel was added to the chain in February 2020. [7] Currently, there is one more direct Hotel under the construction - Carlton Dubai Creek, which scheduled to open in early 2022.

Achievements

Room Quantity

As of now, Carlton Hotels & Suites have a total of 1156 rooms:

Carlton Hotels & Suites
#Property NameOpening YearRoom Quantity
1Carlton Downtown2017361
2Carlton Palace2016 [15] 212
3Carlton Tower1977 [16] 158
4Carlton Al Barsha2020299
5Carlton Dubai Creek2022126
Total:1156

Properties

There are total of 14 properties operated by Carlton Hotels & Suites, [4] whereas 5 of them are operated directly.

Direct Management

Standalone Ownership

This hotels operates under standalone names, but owned by Carlton Hotels & Suites:

Owned Franchising

There are also 4 franchises that are operated by other hotel chains:

See also

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