Langham Hospitality Group

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Langham Hospitality Group
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Hospitality
FoundedAugust 30, 1984;40 years ago (1984-08-30)
HeadquartersWan 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.

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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 ]

Senior leadership

List of CEOs

  1. Bob Van Den Oord (since September 202)

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 Langham london 3.jpg
The Langham, London
Lobby of The Langham Huntington, Pasadena The langham.jpg
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
BrandPropertyRoom CountCountry/TerritoryYear opened
The Langham London 333Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1865
The LanghamHong Kong471Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1989
The Langham Boston 312Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2003
The Langham Melbourne 363Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2005
The Langham Huntington, Pasadena 379Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2008
The LanghamShanghai357Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2010
The LanghamChicago268Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2013
The LanghamNew York, 5th Avenue234Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2013
Langham PlaceGuangzhou434Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2013
Langham PlaceNingbo Culture Plaza143Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2014
Langham PlaceXiamen285Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2014
The LanghamSydney75Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2014
The LanghamHefei300Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2015
Langham PlaceHaining223Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2015
The LanghamHaikou249Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2016
Langham PlaceChangsha295Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021
The LanghamJakarta224Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2021
The LanghamGold Coast339Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2022

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]

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