Langham Hospitality Group

Langham Hospitality Group

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Hospitality
Founded	1865;159 years ago (1865)
Headquarters	Wan Chai, Hong Kong London, United Kingdom
Parent	Great Eagle Holdings
Website	langhamhospitalitygroup.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

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 ]}

Ownership

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

Hotels

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
The Langham	Hefei	300
The Langham	Haikou	249
The Langham	Hong Kong	471
The Langham	Shanghai	357
Langham Place	Changsha	295
Langham Place	Guangzhou	434
Langham Place	Haining	223
Langham Place	Ningbo Culture Plaza	143
Langham Place	Xiamen	285
The Langham	London	333
The Langham	Jakarta	224
The Langham	Melbourne	363
The Langham	Sydney	75
The Langham	Chicago	268
The Langham	Huntington, Pasadena	379
The Langham	New York, 5th Avenue	234
The Langham	Boston	312

Restaurants

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

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

External links

• Official website