Morgans Hotel Group

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Morgans Hotel Group
Type Private 1984-2006
Publicly traded (NASDAQ: $MHG) February 14, 2006-November 30, 2016
Private 2016-2017
Industry Hospitality, real estate development, investments
Founded1984;39 years ago (1984)
Defunct2017;6 years ago (2017)
Headquarters475 Tenth Avenue
New York City, NY, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
(Doha, London, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, San Francisco)
Key people
 Ian Schrager
Chairman, Founder, and CEO (1984-2005)
Jason Kalisman
Chairman & Interim Acting CEO (2013-2015), representing grandfather Alfred Taubman's interests
Lance Armstrong
Board Member (2006)
Sam Nazarian
CEO (2016-2017)
Brands Morgans Hotel
Royalton Hotel
Paramount Hotel
Delano South Beach
Mondrian Hotel
Hudson Hotel
Clift Hotel
Sanderson Hotel
Owner Ian Schrager (1984-2006)
Alfred Taubman family (13%, until 2016)
Ron Burkle (2009-2017)
SBE Entertainment Group/Todd Boehly (2016-2017)
Number of employees
2000 (2006 IPO)
Website morganshotelgroup.com (defunct)

Morgans Hotel Group (NASDAQ: $MHG) was a global, publicly-traded hospitality company founded by Ian Schrager and specialized in the boutique hotel category. [1] [2] [3] Its foundations were laid in 1984 with the opening of the namesake Morgans Hotel in New York City. MHG was listed on the NASDAQ exchange for over a decade.

Contents

History

1984-2006: Ian Schrager's Morgans Hotel Group

Morgans Hotel: World's first boutique hotel

In 1984, Studio 54 co-founders and business partners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell opened their first hotel, Morgans Hotel, named after J. P. Morgan's Morgan Library & Museum next-door. Designed by Andrée Putman, the instant hit introduced the boutique hotel category, becoming a "worldwide phenomenon." [1] [2] [3] It is characterized by its triple-arched entrances that remain today.

Royalton Hotel & Paramount Hotel: Lobby socializing

Following the success of Morgans Hotel, they opened the well-received Royalton Hotel and Paramount Hotel, both designed by Philippe Starck. With these properties, Schrager introduced "lobby socializing" where the hotel lobby became a new kind of gathering place for hotel guests and New York City residents alike, and "cheap chic" was affordable luxury offered in a stylish, sophisticated environment. [4]

Delano Hotel & Mondrian Hotel: Urban resort

Schrager is also credited with inventing the "urban resort" with his Delano Hotel in Miami and Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, also designed by Starck.

Hudson Hotel et. al: Hotel as lifestyle

These were followed by the Hudson Hotel in New York, where he fully realized his concept "hotel as lifestyle", which he continued to refine, expanding to cities such as San Francisco with the Clift Hotel and London with the St. Martins Lane Hotel and the Sanderson Hotel, all designed by the prolific Starck.

NASDAQ: $MHG IPO

In June 2005, Schrager sold most of his stake in Morgans Hotel Group to launch the Ian Schrager Company. Despite stepping down as Chair and CEO, he retained $4 million in consultant pay and perks through end of 2007. [5] [6]

On Valentine's Day 2006, $MHG IPO'ed in a $360 million-target raise underwritten by Morgan Stanley, with Schrager cashing in his remaining 450,000 shares for another $9 million. [5] Lance Armstrong served as a Board Member at IPO. Morgans Hotel Group was a publicly traded company on NASDAQ for over a decade.

2013-2014: Ron Burkle vs. Alfred Taubman

2014 saw the end of a legal proxy war for MHG control between two billionaire interests:

The two parties agreed to jointly seek a buyer, after all lingering legal proceedings with Burkle were settled. [8] However, it had no permanent CEO to lead the company until 2016. [9]

2016-2017: Sam Nazarian's SBE Entertainment Group M&A

After years-long battle and board-rejected offers to buy MHG, Burkle partnered with Sam Nazarian's SBE Entertainment Group, who agreed to acquire MHG for $805 million, in a take-private transaction completed November 30, 2016. [10]

Burkle converted his existing Morgans equity stake into a SBE ownership stake with a board seat. SBE also received investment from Cain International, a global real estate investment company headed by Todd Boehly and Jonathan Goldstein. [11] Nazarian retained majority ownership of SBE, remaining its Founder & CEO, leading day-to-day operations.

The merged company owned and/or operated over 20 hotels, including six properties under SBE's flagship SLS brand. [12]

Since 2020: Accor

In November 2020, all of SBE Entertainment Group's hotel holdings were sold to Accor, after the latter already acquired a 50% stake in 2018. The majority of former MHG hotels is now being operated by Accor's lifestyle subsidiary Ennismore. A few of the former hotels however, including the Morgans Hotel itself, are now closed.

Portfolio

As an independent company before M&A, MHG owned and managed 17 hotels in Doha, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami Beach, New York and San Francisco comprising over 3,000 rooms. Each of its hotels was designed by a world−renowned designer:

New York

South Beach

Los Angeles

Las Vegas

San Francisco

London

Doha

Istanbul

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