In 2009, the group opened 36 hotels and created 4,000 jobs
The Rezidor Hotel Group announces yet another record year of openings: In 2009,
one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide brought 36 hotels with
7,100 rooms into operation across Europe, Middle East and Africa - and created a
total of 4,000 new jobs in these properties. With these numbers Rezidor was even
able to surpass 2008 - with 33 openings with 6,500 rooms the group's record year
so far. And looking at 2007-2009, Rezidor notes an impressive 41% cumulative
growth in rooms in operation.
"We are proud to have achieved these results together with our owners and
developers", comments Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. "2009 has been a
challenging year, but even in tough times Rezidor believes in growth", continues
Ritter. Hereby the Brussels-based group especially focuses on fee-based
contracts (87% of all opened hotels in 2009), and on a business development in
emerging markets like Africa and Russia/CIS where Rezidor is the leading
international player on the hospitality market.
A diversification of the portfolio is a further part of Rezidor's success -
already being Europe's leading Airport Hotel Operator, the group grew the number
of airport hotel rooms in operation by 8% in 2009 and opened flagships like the
Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg Airport (Germany) which is located directly opposite
the terminals. The growth of resort rooms in operation even reached 30% in 2009
- Rezidor welcomed the first guests in new and leading spa resorts like the
Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Dubrovnik (Croatia), the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa
Cesme (Turkey) and the Radisson Blu Resort & Thalasso Monastir (Tunisia).
"Highlights in 2009 also saw the launch of our dynamic mid-market brand Park Inn
in the Middle East where we opened the Park Inn Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia) and the
Park Inn Muscat (Oman)", says Kurt Ritter. Rezidor's very first Park Inn hotel
opened in early 2003 in Berlin (Germany) only - within six years the portfolio
has reached more than 130 properties in operation and under development with a
total of more than 24,500 rooms.
Rezidor also brought a completely new brand to the hospitality market: In June
2009, the company celebrated the opening of the first Hotel Missoni - a new
luxury lifestyle brand developed in cooperation with the iconic Italian fashion
house of the same name. Hotel Missoni successfully debuted in Edinburgh
(Scotland); the brand's future locations feature Kuwait, South Africa, Oman and
Brazil.
For further information please contact
Christiane Reiter, Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9331,christiane.reiter@rezidor.com
<mailto:christiane.reiter@rezidor.com>
Renu Snehi, Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9241,renu.snehi@rezidor.com <mailto:renu.snehi@rezidor.com>
About The Rezidor Hotel Group
The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the
world. The group features a portfolio of more than 380 hotels in operation and
under development with 81,700 rooms in more than 60 countries.
Rezidor operates the brandsRadisson Blu Hotels & Resorts, Regent Hotels &
Resorts, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, Middle East and Africa,
along with the goldpoints plusSM loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests.
Under a worldwide licence agreement with the iconic Italian fashion house
Missoni, Rezidor also operates and develops the new lifestyle brand Hotel
Missoni.
In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Carlson
Companies is the main shareholder.
The Corporate Office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.
For more information on Rezidor, visitwww.rezidor.com <http://www.rezidor.com/>
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