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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is an international luxury hotel and resort company operating 31 hotels in 16 countries, currently owned by Hong Kong–based Rosewood Hotel Group. It was founded in Dallas in 1979 by Caroline Rose Hunt, the daughter of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt.

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Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, LLC
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979) in Dallas, Texas
FounderCaroline Rose Hunt
HeadquartersHong Kong[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Sonia Cheng (CEO)
Radha Arora (President)[2]
ParentRosewood Hotel Group
Websiterosewoodhotels.com
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History

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Rosewood in New York City
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Rosewood in Hong Kong

Foundation

Rosewood was founded in Dallas by Caroline Rose Hunt in 1979.[3] A year later, Hunt converted the mansion of Texas cotton magnate Sheppard King into Rosewood's first hotel, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, located in the upscale Turtle Creek neighborhood.[4][5][6]

Acquisition

Hong Kong–based company Rosewood Hotel Group (formerly New World Hospitality and rebranded in May 2013) is a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, a privately owned Hong Kong–based company. Previously, Rosewood Hotel Group was the hotel management arm of New World China Land, a subsidiary of New World Group. The company announced in June 2011 that it had signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Rosewood Hotels & Resorts from Rosewood Corp. and Maritz, Wolff & Co. The Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotel Group, Sonia Cheng.[7][8][9][10] The deal was completed on July 29, 2011, with Rosewood Hotel Group stating in a press release that the company was looking to double the size of Rosewood's property portfolio within five years.[11]

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Chief executives

  1. Robert D. Zimmer (1979–1988)[citation needed]
  2. Denny Alberts (1988–1998)[citation needed]
  3. James F. Brown (1998–2003)[12]
  4. John M. Scott III (2003–2011)[12]
  5. Sonia C.M. Cheng (from 2011)[citation needed]
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Properties

This is a list of current Rosewood properties:

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Americas
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort Kailua-Kona United States 2023[13]
2 Las Ventanas Al Paraíso, a Rosewood Resort Los Cabos Mexico 1997[14]
3 Rosewood Baha Mar Nassau The Bahamas 2018[15]
4 Rosewood Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda 2009[16]
5 Rosewood Hotel Georgia Vancouver Canada 2011[17]
6 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi Santa Fe United States 1991[18]
7 Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth Saint Barthélemy France 2021[19]
8 Rosewood Little Dix Bay British Virgin Islands United Kingdom 1993[20]
9 Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Dallas United States 1981[21]
10 Rosewood Mayakoba Riviera Maya Mexico 2007[22]
11 Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito United States 2019[23]
12 Rosewood San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende Mexico 2011[24]
13 Rosewood Sand Hill Menlo Park United States 2009[25]
14 Rosewood São Paulo São Paulo Brazil 2022[26]
15 Rosewood Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. United States 2016[27]
16 The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel New York City United States 2001[28]
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Americas
More information Europe, No. ...
Europe
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Hôtel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel Paris France 2017[29]
2 Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco Castiglion del Bosco Italy 2015[30]
3 Rosewood London London United Kingdom 2013[31]
4 Rosewood Munich Munich Germany 2023[32]
5 Rosewood Vienna Vienna Austria 2022[33]
6 Rosewood Villa Magna Madrid Spain 2021[34]
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Europe
More information Middle East, No. ...
Middle East
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Rosewood Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2013[35]
2 Rosewood Jeddah Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2007[36]
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Middle East
More information Asia and Pacific, No. ...
Asia and Pacific
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Rosewood Bangkok Bangkok Thailand 2019[37]
2 Rosewood Beijing Beijing China 2014[38]
3 Rosewood Cape Kidnappers Cape Kidnappers New Zealand 2023[39]
4 Rosewood Guangzhou Guangzhou China 2019[40]
5 Rosewood Hong Kong Hong Kong China 2019[41]
6 Rosewood Kauri Cliffs Matauri Bay New Zealand 2023[39]
7 Rosewood Luang Prabang Luang Prabang Laos 2018[42]
8 Rosewood Matakauri Closeburn New Zealand 2023[39]
9 Rosewood Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Cambodia 2018[43]
10 Rosewood Phuket Phuket Thailand 2017[44]
11 Rosewood Sanya Sanya China 2017[45]
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Asia and Pacific
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References

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