Radisson Hotels
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| Radisson Hotels & Resorts | |
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| Type of Company | Hotel |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 |
| Headquarters | Worldwide |
| Key people | Bjørn Gullaksen |
| Industry | Hospitality, Hotels, Tourism |
| Products | Temporary residence |
| Website | http://www.radisson.com/ |
Radisson Hotels & Resorts is a worldwide chain of 435 hotels, with a total of 102,000 guest rooms, in 61 countries. The first Radisson Hotel was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1909, and was named for the 17th century French explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The hotel was purchased by Curt Carlson (1914-1999) in 1962, and is still owned by his Carlson Companies (the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota is named for the businessman).
Radisson Hotels in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia are branded Radisson SAS and are operated by the Belgian hotel firm Rezidor SAS Hospitality under a master franchise contract with Carlson. Carlson and SAS, the Scandinavian airline, are equity holders of Rezidor SAS.
Radisson hotels exist in the following countries:
- Aruba
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- People's Republic of China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Polynesia
- Guatemala
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Panama
- South Korea
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States (including Puerto Rico)
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Radisson SAS hotels exist in the following countries:
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- People's Republic of China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Lebanon
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Radisson Hotels
- Radisson family
- Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts
- Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific
- James Lileks: Radisson Hotel – historical images of the original hotel
- Obituary of Curtis Carlson
| SAS Group, SAS AB | |
|---|---|
| Scandinavian Airlines Business | Scandinavian Airlines Danmark | Scandinavian Airlines Sverige | SAS Business Opportunities | SAS Braathens |
| Subsidiaries | airBaltic | Blue1 | Spanair | Widerøe |
| Affiliated | Air Greenland | Aerolineas de Baleares | bmi | Estonian Air | Skyways Express |
| Destinations | SAS Group destinations | Scandinavian Airlines destinations | SAS Braathens destinations | Spanair destinations | Widerøe destinations |
| Airline Support Business | SAS Cargo Group | SAS Media | SAS Flight Academy | SAS Technical Services | SAS Ground Services |
| Alliances | Star Alliance | WOW Alliance |
| History | DDL (1946) | DNL (1946) | SILA (1946) | ABA (1948) | Linjeflyg (1992) | Braathens (2001) |
