The Hotels Statler Company was acquired in 1954 for $ 111, 000, 000 in what was then the world's most expensive real estate transaction.

Future hotels constructed by E. M. Statler were located in Cleveland ( 1912 ), Detroit ( 1915 ), St. Louis ( 1917 ), New York ( the Hotel Pennsylvania, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and leased to Statler and Franklin J. Matchette in 1919 ; later bought by the Hotels Statler Company in 1948 ), a new hotel in Buffalo ( 1923 ; the previous Hotel Statler in Buffalo was renamed the Hotel Buffalo and sold later in the 1920s ), and his last hotel, built in Boston ( 1927 ).

The Hotels Statler Company went on to build several other hotels after Statler's death in 1928.

These were located in Washington, D. C. ( 1943 ), Los Angeles ( 1952 ), Hartford, Connecticut ( 1954 ) and construction was underway on the Dallas house in 1954 when Conrad Hilton bought the Hotels Statler Company for the sum of $ 111 million – at that time the largest real estate transaction in history.

Future hotels constructed by E. M. Statler were located in Cleveland ( 1912 ), Detroit ( 1915 ), St. Louis ( 1917 ), New York ( the Hotel Pennsylvania, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and leased to Statler and Franklin J. Matchette in 1919 ; later bought by the Hotels Statler Company in 1948 ), a new hotel in Buffalo ( 1923 ; the previous Hotel Statler in Buffalo was renamed the Hotel Buffalo and sold later in the 1920s ), and his last hotel, built in Boston ( 1927 ).

The Hotels Statler Company went on to build several other hotels after Statler's death in 1928.

These were located in Washington, D. C. ( 1943 ), Los Angeles ( 1952 ), Hartford, Connecticut ( 1954 ) and construction was underway on the Dallas house in 1954 when Conrad Hilton bought the Hotels Statler Company for the sum of $ 111 million – at that time the largest real estate transaction in history.

* Statler Hotels

* Ellsworth Milton Statler, founder of Statler Hotels

Each of the subsequent Statler Hotels built upon this formula for success.

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Other golf resorts are the Tamarisk, Mission Hills, the Springs, Sunrise, KSL Resorts ' Rancho Las Palmas hotel ( opened in 1979 to replace the Desert Air golf and private airport from 1954 – 1978 ), Rancho Mirage, Morningside, Mission Hills North Course, Westin Hotels Mission Hills resort, and Tuscania by Sunrise Company opened in 2006.

In 1902 the group incorporated the Indian Hotels Company to commission the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, the first luxury hotel in India, which opened the following year.

* The Indian Hotels Company

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company ( renamed Canadian Pacific Limited in 1971 ) had decided to align the airline's name and logo design to that of its other subsidiaries, including CP Hotels, CP Ships, and CP Transport ( CP Rail was spun off from the parent company later ).

On June 19, 2002 the Canadian Opera Company announced Four Seasons Hotels as the naming donor for the COC's new Opera House, also home to the National Ballet of Canada, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, located in Toronto.

The Luxury Collection brand began when ITT Sheraton purchased a controlling interest in CIGA ( Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, or Italian Grand Hotels Company ), an Italian hotel chain, in 1994.

In 2008, the Company formed Swire Hotels to create and manage urban hotels in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the United Kingdom.

In the business world, Mitchell has served as a director of the Walt Disney Company ; Federal Express Corporation ; Xerox Corporation ; Unilever ; Staples, Inc .; Starwood Hotels and Resorts ; and the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

Sinclair Oil Company also owns and operates Grand America Hotels and Resorts, which has hotel properties in Salt Lake City, Utah ; Flagstaff, Arizona ; Cheyenne, Wyoming ; Little America, Wyoming ; and San Diego, California, in addition to the Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts.

The Regent Palace Hotel, Glasshouse Street, London was operated by Strand Hotels Limited, a subsidiary of J. Lyons and Company and opened on 16 May 1915.

The Court of Master Sommeliers, ( CMS ) established in 1977, is the examining body for the Master Sommelier Diploma, the Advanced Sommelier Certificate, the Certified Sommelier Certificate, and the Introductory Sommelier Certificate, and was created under the supervision of the following British based institutions: The Vintners Company, The Institute of Masters of Wine, The British Hotels & Restaurants Association, The Wine and Spirit Trade Association of Great Britain and The Wholesale Tobacco Trade Association.

The Sheraton Waikīkī Hotel was built in 1971 and is currently owned by Kyo-Ya Company Limited and operated by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Hawai ' i. The resort is the most modern of the Sheraton brands in Waikīkī.

In December 2005 the Company underwent an initial public offering ( IPO ) allowing its main shareholders ( InterContinental Hotels Group, Whitbread, Pernod Ricard ) to realise their investments.

He was a board director of Air Reduction Company, American International Corporation, Atlantic Fruit Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bowman Biltmore Hotels Company, Cuba Company, Chile Copper Company, Consolidated Gas Company, Greenwich Trust Company, W. A. Harriman & Co. & Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, Mesabi Iron Company, National City Bank of New York, National City Company, New York Edison Company, North American Reassurance Company, National Surety Company, Provident Loan Society, Remington Arms Company, United Electric Light & Power Company, Western Union & Telegraph Company ; and a trustee of John Sterling.

Many large firms are based in the county, including Discovery Communications, Coventry Health Care, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Host Hotels & Resorts, Travel Channel, Ritz-Carlton, Robert Louis Johnson Companies ( RLJ Cos ), Choice Hotels, MedImmune, TV One, BAE Systems Inc, Hughes Network Systems and GEICO.

Graduates who have found success in business include Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder ; Roy Raymond, founder of Victoria's Secret ; Laura Lang, CEO of Time Inc ; Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase ; John Bello, SoBe Beverages founder ; Jeff Kindler, Former CEO of Pfizer ; Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels ; Ellen J. Kullman, CEO of DuPont ; and Andy Fastow, Former CFO of Enron.

Braselton is the headquarters of the American Le Mans Series, American Junior Golf Association, Elan Motorsport Technologies, IMSA, Denis Griffiths and Associates, Inc ( Golf Course Architects ), Macedonia World Baptist Missions, Atlantic Engineering Group, Hamilton State Bank, Independence Bank, Hometown Community Bank, Jeffrey's Sports Grill chain, Chateau Elan Hotels and Resorts, TJ Madden + Associates, Krohn Racing, D4 Capital Holdings, G-Force Technologies, Freedom Energy, the Panoz Motor Sports Group, Skip Barber Racing School, BBS of America, the Road Atlanta race track and Year One.

Bass Pro Shops, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, BKD, Noble & Associates, Prime, Inc., and O ' Reilly Auto Parts have their national headquarters in Springfield.

Four Seasons Hotels, Inc. is a Canadian-based international luxury, five-star hotel management company.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is an American hotel and leisure company headquartered in Stamford, CT. One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties under its nine owned brands.

As of December 31, 2009, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. owned, managed, or franchised 992 properties employing over 145, 000 people, of whom approximately 26 % were employed in the United States.

Before its most recent purchase and sale, the hotel was operated by CSX Hotels, Inc., a subsidiary of the CSX Corporation.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Syd Mead, Inc. provided architectural renderings both interior and exterior for such clients as Intercontinental Hotels, 3D International, Harwood Taylor & Associates, Don Ghia, and Gresham & Smith.

Building began under Hilton Hotels, which purchased Bally Entertainment in 1996 ; Hilton's casinos were subsequently spun off into Park Place Entertainment, which purchased Caesars World in 2000 and changed its name to Caesars Entertainment Inc in 2004.

Holiday Inns, Inc. was renamed " Holiday Corporation " in 1985 to reflect the growth of the company ’ s brands, including Harrah's Entertainment, Embassy Suites Hotels, Crowne Plaza, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hampton Inn.

In October 2008, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.

The reorganization, completed in February 2006, created Seibu Holdings, Inc., to act as a holding company for both the railway and Prince Hotels.

The Wrather-Alvarez holdings were distributed into separate companies: Wrather Hotels, Lone Ranger Inc., Lone Ranger Television, Lone Ranger Pictures, and Lassie Television.

These included Evansville Refining Co., Overton Refining Co., Jack Wrather Pictures, Inc., Freedom Productions Corporation, Western States Investment Corporation, Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, Inc., General Television Corporation, Jack Wrather Productions, Wrather Hotels, Lone Ranger Inc., Lone Ranger Television, Lone Ranger Pictures, Lassie Television, the Muzak Corporation, and the A. C. Gilbert Company.

* CSX Hotels, Inc.

The hotel is currently owned by the Blackstone Group LP ( 60 %), Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. ( 34. 5 %), and KSL Resorts ( 5. 5 %).

When Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. bought its stake in 2006, the hotel was valued at $ 745 million ; currently, the hotel is valued at roughly $ 590 million.

In 1998, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. acquired ITT Sheraton, outbidding Hilton.

After leaving The Disney Company, Ouimet joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. as President, Hotel Group in 2006.

* Laurence S. Geller-President, CEO, and Director of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.