Company type | Private |
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Industry | Hospitality |
Founded | 1958 |
Headquarters | Dallas, Texas |
Key people | Kurt Alexander (president) [1] |
Owner | Robert Rowling, TRT Holdings |
Website |
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Omni Hotels & Resorts is an American privately held, international hotel company based in Dallas, Texas. [2] The company was founded in 1958 as Dunfey Hotels, and operates 50 properties in the United States, Canada, and formerly had a property in Mexico, totaling over 20,010 rooms and employing more than 23,000 people.
Dunfey Hotels was founded in 1958, when the Dunfey brothers added a 32-room motel to their Lamie's Tavern restaurant property in Hampton, New Hampshire. [3] They soon established a hotel chain throughout New England, [4] including 14 Sheraton Hotels franchises [5] in 1964. [6] In 1968, the Dunfeys acquired the near-bankrupt Parker House Hotel in Boston. [6] In 1971, the brothers sold Dunfey Hotels to the Hartford-based Aetna Life Insurance Company, which retained the brothers to manage the properties. [4] In 1976, Aer Lingus, the national airline of Ireland, purchased Dunfey Hotels from Aetna. [7]
In 1983, Dunfey Hotels acquired the small Atlanta-based Omni International Hotels chain from Cousins Properties. [8] The chain had been formed in 1973 [9] and consisted of three hotels in Atlanta, Norfolk and Miami. [6] Dunfey Hotels was reorganized into two operating divisions, with Omni Hotels focusing on large, upscale modern hotels, while the remaining smaller motels and Sheraton franchises were branded as Dunfey Hotels [4] while they were divested over the following three years. [5]
In 1988, Aer Lingus sold Omni Hotels to World International Holdings, Ltd., and the Hong Kong–based conglomerate The Wharf (Holdings) Limited for $135 million. [4] Those companies, in turn, sold Omni in February 1996 to Texas-based private equity investor Robert Rowling of TRT Holdings, [10] who moved the chain's headquarters for the very first time, from Hampton to his own base of Corpus Christi, Texas. The following year, Omni's headquarters moved again, to Dallas. [5]
In 2000, Omni Hotels struck a deal with Turner Broadcasting to build a 600-room tower wing addition next to their existing hotel located in the CNN Center. The new wing opened in 2003. Omni bought Time Warner's share of the building in 2017. [11]
In 2010, Omni Hotels purchased the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida for $67.1 million. [10]
In January 2013, Omni Hotels acquired ClubCorp's Montelucia Resort & Spa. [10] In June 2013, Omni Hotels acquired 5 properties (Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, TX - La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA - Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA - The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC - The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA) from KSL Capital Partners. [12] With this deal - worth $900 million according to The Wall Street Journal - Omni Hotels became an owner and operator of iconic American golf resorts. [10] [13] In July 2013, Omni Hotels assumed management and operations of the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and bought shares of the property. [14] In December 2015, Omni Hotels acquired the Omni Mount Washington Resort from CNL Financial Group, which it had operated under its brand since 2009. [15]
In March 2018, Peter Strebel was named President of Omni Hotels & Resorts. [1]
In December 2020, unions criticized Omni for using the Paycheck Protection Program to obtain a low-interest loan for business purposes, rather than using the money to pay workers (which would have turned the loan into a grant). [16]
In March 2021, Omni sold five aging properties - Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West, Omni Houston Hotel at Westside, Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade, Omni Jacksonville Hotel and Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark. [17]
All hotels managed and/or owned by Omni Corporate. [18] The company had one franchised property, in Cancun, from 1988–2022.
State | City | Name | Since |
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Arizona | Scottsdale | Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia | 2014 [19] |
Tempe | Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU | 2023 [20] | |
Tucson | Omni Tucson National Resort | 1996 [21] | |
California | Carlsbad | Omni La Costa Resort & Spa | 2013 [12] |
Los Angeles | Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza | 2000 [22] | |
Palm Springs | Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa | 2013 [12] | |
San Diego | Omni San Diego Hotel | 2004 [23] | |
San Francisco | Omni San Francisco Hotel | 2002 [24] | |
Colorado | Broomfield | Omni Interlocken Resort | 1999 [5] |
Connecticut | New Haven | Omni New Haven Hotel | 1998 [5] |
District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. | Omni Shoreham Hotel | 1979 [5] |
Florida | Fernandina Beach | Omni Amelia Island Resort | 2010 [10] |
The Villas of Amelia Island | 2010 [10] | ||
Orlando | Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate | 2004 [25] | |
Georgia | Atlanta | Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center | 1975 [26] |
Cumberland, Georgia | Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta | 2018 [27] | |
Illinois | Chicago | Omni Chicago Hotel | 1993 [5] |
Indiana | Indianapolis | Omni Severin Hotel | 1989 [28] |
Kentucky | Louisville | Omni Louisville Hotel | 2018 [29] |
Louisiana | New Orleans | Omni Riverfront Hotel | 1996 [30] |
Omni Royal Orleans | 1981 [5] | ||
Massachusetts | Boston | Omni Parker House | 1968 [6] |
Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport | 2021 [31] | ||
Minnesota | Eagan | Omni Viking Lakes Hotel | 2020 [32] |
New Hampshire | Bretton Woods | Omni Bretton Arms at Mount Washington | 2009 [15] |
Omni Mount Washington Resort | 2009 [15] | ||
New York | New York City | Omni Berkshire Place | 1977 [33] |
North Carolina | Asheville | The Omni Grove Park Inn | 2013 [12] |
Charlotte | Omni Charlotte Hotel | 1998 [34] | |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Omni Oklahoma City Hotel | 2021 [35] [36] |
Pennsylvania | Bedford | Omni Bedford Springs Resort | 2009 [37] |
Pittsburgh | Omni William Penn Hotel | 2001 [38] | |
Rhode Island | Providence | Omni Providence Hotel | 2013 [39] |
South Carolina | Hilton Head | Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort | 2012 [40] |
Tennessee | Nashville | Omni Nashville Hotel | 2013 [41] |
Texas | Austin | Omni Austin Hotel Downtown | 1992 [42] |
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa | 2013 [12] | ||
Corpus Christi | Omni Corpus Christi | 1996 | |
Dallas | Omni Dallas Hotel | 2011 [43] | |
Omni Las Colinas Hotel | 1992 [5] | ||
Fort Worth | Omni Fort Worth Hotel | 2009 [44] | |
Frisco | Omni Frisco Hotel | 2017 [45] | |
Omni PGA Frisco Resort | 2023 [46] | ||
Houston | Omni Houston Hotel | 1991 [5] | |
San Antonio | Omni La Mansion del Rio | 2006 [47] | |
Mokara Hotel & Spa | 2010 [48] | ||
Virginia | Charlottesville | Omni Charlottesville Hotel | 1985 [49] |
Hot Springs | The Omni Homestead Resort | 2013 [12] | |
Richmond | Omni Richmond Hotel | 1987 [5] |
Country | City | Name | Since |
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Canada | Montreal, Quebec | Hotel Omni Mont-Royal | 1999 [5] |
Toronto, Ontario | The Omni King Edward Hotel | 2013 [14] |