Groupe du Louvre
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Groupe du Louvre is a French company, headquartered in Village 5, La Défense
La Défense
La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...

 in Nanterre
Nanterre
Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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The company is owned by an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group
Starwood Capital Group
Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The businesses owned by the firm include Starwood Property Trust, Inc., Starwood Energy Group Global, L.L.C., Starwood Real Estate Securities, L.L.C., and SH Group....

. The luxury hotel division uses the brands Crillon and Concorde Hotels & Resorts. Louvre Hôtels
Louvre Hôtels
Louvre Hôtels is a hotel company and an affiliate of the Groupe du Louvre, which is owned by the Starwood Capital Group. It is headquartered in Village 5, La Défense in Nanterre, France.The group owns several brands, which vary by star rankings...

, the budget division, has the brands Campanile, Kyriad, Kyriad Prestige, and Première Classe. In addition the company, via subsidiary Société du Louvre, is the majority shareholder of Baccarat
Baccarat (company)
Baccarat Crystal is a manufacturer of fine crystal glassware located in Baccarat, France. The company owns two museums: the Musée Baccarat in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle and the Galerie-Musée Baccarat, on the Place des États-Unis in Paris...

, a crystal manufacturer. The company also recently sold the perfume firm Annick Goutal to the South Korean giant Amore Pacific.

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