Park Plaza Hotels Limited
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Park Plaza Hotels Limited is owner, operator and franchisor of hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is based in
St Peter Port
, Guernsey
, Channel Islands
. The majority of the group’s hotels operate under the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts
brand (part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide), over which the Group has exclusive rights in 56 countries in EMEA, or art’otel, a brand which the company fully owns. Park Plaza Hotels also manages the all-suite Plaza on the River – Club and Residence, London.
The group opened its first hotel in 1989; Park Plaza Mandarin Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Victoria Hotel Amsterdam (later renamed as Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam), a historical landmark built in 1890, becomes the company’s second hotel. In 2000 Park Plaza Hotels acquires the master franchise for the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand from Park Plaza Worldwide for the EMEA region.
Park Plaza Hotels started to manage the art’otels in 2000 and acquired full ownership of the brand in 2007.
In 2002 the first Chino Latino Restaurant & Bar, offering a mix of pan-Asian cuisine and Latin cocktails, opened at Park Plaza Nottingham; later followed by a Chino Latino at Park Plaza Leeds (2003) and Park Plaza Riverbank London (2005).
The first Chino Latino outside of the United Kingdom will open in 2010 at the art’otel cologne.
There are currently more than 38 hotels and aparthotels and nearly 7,000 rooms in the Group’s portfolio. By the end of 2012, the Group’s committed projects and territorial franchise agreements are expected to increase the number of rooms to over 13,000.
Projects under development include art’otel cologne (2010), Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London (2010), Park Plaza Marrakech (2010), art’otel marrakech (2010), Park Plaza Nuremberg (2011), art’otel amsterdam (2011) and art’otel london hoxton (2012).
Park Plaza Hotels’ shares are admitted for trading on London’s Alternative Investment Market
St Peter Port
St Peter Port
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from...
, Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
, Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
. The majority of the group’s hotels operate under the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts
Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts
Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts is a worldwide brand of 39 hotels operating in major markets of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Main markets include London , Amsterdam and Berlin . The hotels are either owned, managed, or franchised to independent operators by Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts...
brand (part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide), over which the Group has exclusive rights in 56 countries in EMEA, or art’otel, a brand which the company fully owns. Park Plaza Hotels also manages the all-suite Plaza on the River – Club and Residence, London.
The group opened its first hotel in 1989; Park Plaza Mandarin Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Victoria Hotel Amsterdam (later renamed as Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam), a historical landmark built in 1890, becomes the company’s second hotel. In 2000 Park Plaza Hotels acquires the master franchise for the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand from Park Plaza Worldwide for the EMEA region.
Park Plaza Hotels started to manage the art’otels in 2000 and acquired full ownership of the brand in 2007.
In 2002 the first Chino Latino Restaurant & Bar, offering a mix of pan-Asian cuisine and Latin cocktails, opened at Park Plaza Nottingham; later followed by a Chino Latino at Park Plaza Leeds (2003) and Park Plaza Riverbank London (2005).
The first Chino Latino outside of the United Kingdom will open in 2010 at the art’otel cologne.
There are currently more than 38 hotels and aparthotels and nearly 7,000 rooms in the Group’s portfolio. By the end of 2012, the Group’s committed projects and territorial franchise agreements are expected to increase the number of rooms to over 13,000.
Projects under development include art’otel cologne (2010), Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London (2010), Park Plaza Marrakech (2010), art’otel marrakech (2010), Park Plaza Nuremberg (2011), art’otel amsterdam (2011) and art’otel london hoxton (2012).
Park Plaza Hotels’ shares are admitted for trading on London’s Alternative Investment Market
Alternative Investment Market
AIM is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the main market....