Corinthia Hotels International

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Corinthia Hotels International
Industry Hospitality
Founded1962 (1962)
Founder Alfred Pisani
Headquarters,
Malta
Number of locations
23 hotels in 16 countries (2022)
Corinthia Lisbon Corinthia Lisboa Hotel.png
Corinthia Lisbon
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Corinthia Hotel Tripoli (Tripoli, Libya)

Corinthia Hotels Limited (CHL), based in Malta, is the operator and developer for Corinthia hotels in Europe, Africa and The Middle East. CHL operates restaurants such as Rickshaw, and has a spa division. It is wholly owned by International Hotel Investments (IHI). [1]

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History

Founded by Alfred Pisani and his family in Malta in 1962 the inaugural hotel, Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa in Attard, was first opened as a restaurant and was later developed into a hotel. [2] Pisani has been chairman since the company's inception. [3]

Corinthia has hotels in locations including London, Budapest, Prague, Saint Petersburg, Lisbon, Malta and Tripoli. Projects under the Corinthia Hotels brand are under development in Brussels, [4] Dubai, [5] Bucharest [6]

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References

  1. "About Corinthia Hotels | Luxury Corinthia Hotels | Luxury Resorts". Corinthia Hotels. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. "CORINTHIA PALACE HOTEL, MALTA". www.ihiplc.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  3. "About Corinthia | Corinthia Hotels International | Corinthia.com". www.corinthia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  4. "Corinthia Hotel Brussels". www.corinthia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  5. "Corinthia Hotels | Corinthia Hotel Dubai". www.corinthia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  6. "Corinthia Hotel Bucharest". www.corinthia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.