Omni Hotels
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Omni Hotels is a privately owned upscale hotel company based in Irving, Texas. Omni currently owns and/or manages 36 properties of which four are resorts. The company also has two franchise properties (Newport News, VA and Philadelphia, PA). One property in Fort Worth, Texas is currently under development. The hotel's two flagship properties are located in Dallas, Texas: The Omni Mandalay and The Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West[1]. Omni Hotel's current company President is Michael Dietemeyer and current owner is Robert Rowling. The company's Central Reservation center is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
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[edit] Properties as of 06/30/07
Omni Hotel at CNN Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown (Austin, Texas)
Omni Austin at Southpark (Austin, Texas)
Omni Parker House (Boston, Massachusetts)
Omni Chicago Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)
Omni Charlottesville Hotel (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Omni Charlotte Hotel (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Marina Tower (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Bayfront Tower (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West (Dallas, Texas)
Omni Mandalay Hotel (Irving, Texas)
Omni Interlocken Resort (Broomfield, Colorado)
Omni Detroit River Place Hotel (Detroit, Michigan)
Omni Houston Hotel (Houston, Texas)
Omni Houston Hotel Westside (Houston, Texas)
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (New Haven, Connecticut)
Omni Severin Hotel (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Omni Jacksonville Hotel (Jacksonville, Florida)
Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza (Los Angeles, California)
Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate (Champions Gate, Florida)
Omni Royal Crescent Hotel (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Omni Royal Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Omni Berkshire Place (New York, New York)
Omni Newport News Hotel (Newport News, Virginia)
Omni at Independence Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Omni William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Omni Richmond Hotel (Richmond, Virginia)
Omni San Diego Hotel (San Diego, California)
Omni La Mansion del Rio (San Antonio, Texas)
Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Collenade (San Antonio, Texas)
Omni San Francisco Hotel (San Francisco, California)
Omni Majestic Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri)
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa (Tucson, Arizona)
Omni Shoreham Hotel (Washington DC)
Omni Cancun Hotel and Villas (Cancun, Mexico)
Omni Puerto Aventuras Beach Resort (Puerto Aventuras, Mexico)
Omni Hotel Mont Royal (Montreal, Quebec)
The Watermark Hotel and Spa (San Antonio, Texas)
[edit] History
Founded in 1958 by the Dunfey family, the company began with Lamie's Motor Inn, a 32-room motor inn in Hampton, New Hampshire. Omni Hotels (then Dunfey Hotels) grew to over 8,000 rooms in the 1960s and '70s, changing hands twice, first to Aetna Insurance and then to Aer Lingus.
In 1983, Dunfey Hotels purchased Omni International Hotels, which had hotels in Atlanta, Miami, and Norfolk, Virginia. Dunfey then changed its name to Omni Hotels and began to rid itself of its midscale franchised properties and to focus more on its upscale downtown locations.
In 1988, Wharf Holdings of Hong Kong purchased Omni Hotels.
In 1996, TRT Holdings of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased Omni Hotels North America, which included its current holdings (then nine hotels and 26 management contracts or franchise agreements) and the rights to the Omni Hotels brand name (excluding Asia).
In 1998, Omni Hotels acquired new properties in San Francisco, California, New Haven, Connecticut, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. In 1999, it purchased the Westin Mont Royal, bringing the brand into Canada for the first time.
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In January 2007, Omni Hotels debuted its "Sensational Meetings" program, designed to offer a variety of customizable environments for meeting planners to choose from. The program offers choices of colors, music and scents to match the purpose of theme of a meeting.[1]
Omni Hotels are predominantly four diamond properties. They are family and pet friendly. Every hotel features one restaurant with many including up to five outlets and 24-hour room service. Most of the properties include health clubs, conceirge service, conceirge or club floors, day spas, lounges, a pool and a business center.
Omni Hotels features a frequent-stayer program called the "Omni Select Guest Program". First level membership is complementary and includes morning beverage service, frequent flyer miles per qualifying stay, express check in and out and records of personal preferences are kept. After six stays in any two year period a member is automatically upgraded to Select Guest Gold status, which includes guaranteed late check out at 5pm. Also, as long as it is not over a black out date (a date the hotel is expected to be overful from a large convention or holiday), and a gold member calls before 4 pm the day before, they are guaranteed a room. Once upgraded to Select Guest Gold, and every six stays there after, a set of certificates often including 50% off and/or a complementary upgrade are awarded.
