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Sonesta International Hotels

March 03, 2023

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is an American hotel company founded in 1937, and based in Newton, Massachusetts.[1] Sonesta's largest hotels are in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and New Orleans.[2] Its brands include Royal Sonesta, Sonesta, Sonesta Select, Sonesta Simply Suites, Sonesta ES Suites, Sonesta Posada del Inca, Sonesta Cruise Collection, America's Best Value Inn, Canada's Best Value Inn, GuestHouse Extended Stay, Hotel RL, Knights Inn, Red Lion Hotels and Signature Inn.[3]

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
PredecessorHotel Corporation of America
Sonnabend Operated Hotels
Founded1937; 86 years ago (1937)
FounderA.M. "Sonny" Sonnabend
HeadquartersNewton, Massachusetts
Key people
Carlos Flores (CEO)
ProductsHotels
resorts
Brands
  • Royal Sonesta
  • Sonesta Hotels & Resorts
  • Sonesta Select
  • Sonesta ES Suites
  • Sonesta Simply Suites
  • Sonesta Posadas del Inca
  • Sonesta Cruise Collection
OwnerSVC
SubsidiariesRLH Corporation
Websitewww.sonesta.com

History

In 1937, real estate mogul A.M. "Sonny" Sonnabend pooled his resources with six other investors to purchase the Preston Beach Hotel in Massachusetts. Sonnabend personally managed the hotel, and began focusing on the hospitality industry.[4] Over the following years, Sonnabend invested in other hotel properties, which he managed through Sonnabend Operated Hotels in 1944.[5]

He purchased a series of properties in Florida, including the Palm Beach Biltmore and the Palm Beach Country Club, from oil magnate Henry Latham Doherty in 1944. Around the same time, he also purchased a series of hotels in Cleveland, Ohio from Robert R. Young, including the Terminal Tower and Hotel Cleveland.[5] Sonnabend Operated Hotels expanded west in 1948, when Sonnabend purchased the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago.[6] In 1953, he purchased the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan from hotelier Conrad Hilton for a reported $15 million.[7][8][9]

In 1956, Sonnabend merged Sonnabend Operated Hotels with Childs Company, forming the Hotel Corporation of America. The company purchased the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. that year.[10] The first Charterhouse Hotel was opened in Bangor, Maine in 1957. Twenty-five other Charterhouse Hotels were built between 1957 and 1983. Beginning in the late 1950s, the name "Sonesta" became affiliated with hotels in the US and abroad. In 1968, the corporation began to grow internationally with the construction of the Sonesta Montreal. In 1969, the first Royal Sonesta Hotel was built in New Orleans.[11][12]

In 1970, the Hotel Corporation of America was rebranded as Sonesta International Hotels. The name "Sonesta" was a portmanteau of A.M. Sonnabend's nickname "Sonny" and his wife Esther's name.[13] The company introduced "Just Us Kids", a children's club program, in 1975.[14] The Sonesta Art Collection, formed in 1976, was one of the first corporate hotel programs to showcase original art.[15] As of 2012, the collection included over 7,000 works of original art.[16]

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Sonesta built several hotel properties in Egypt, and began operating Nile cruises.[17] In the 1990s and 2000s, the company opened several new hotels in South America and the Caribbean.[18][19]

Expansion, acquisition of Red Lion Hotels Corporation

Sonesta was sold to an affiliate of Newton-based Hospitality Properties Trust in 2011, and became a privately owned company again.[20] 34% of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is owned by Service Properties Trust (SVC), a Boston real estate trust.[21] In 2015, Carlos Flores became CEO of Sonesta.[22] In 2015, the company created Sonesta ES Suites, in cities like Columbus, Ohio, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.[23]

In 2020, Sonesta became one of fastest growing hospitality companies in the United States.[24] It had 80 hotels in early 2020.[2] From September 2020 to March 2021, Service Properties Trust transferred over 200 hotels from Marriott Hotels & Resorts and IHG Hotels & Resorts to Sonesta brands, after the previous managers were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]

In March 2021, Sonesta finalized its acquisition of Red Lion Hotels Corporation with over 900 hotels in a transaction valued at $90 million.[26] During this time, Sonesta launched Sonesta Simply Suites and Sonesta Select.[27][28]

In September 2021, Sonesta announced that it would be offering hotel franchising in the United States under Sonesta Franchising.[29][30] As of 2021, the company had over 1,200 properties, in countries which include Sint Maarten, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Egypt.[2][31]

Brands

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

  • The Royal Sonesta
  • Sonesta Hotels & Resorts
  • Sonesta Select
  • Sonesta Essential
  • Sonesta ES Suites
  • Sonesta Simply Suites
  • Sonesta Posadas del Inca
  • Sonesta Cruise Collection
  • The James, A Sonesta Experience

Red Lion Hotels Corporation

  • Hotel RL
  • Red Lion Hotels & Resorts
  • Red Lion Inn & Suites
  • Signature Inn
  • GuestHouse
  • America's Best Value Inn
  • Canada's Best Value Inn
  • Knights Inn

Loyalty program

Sonesta Travel Pass is Sonesta's loyalty program. Members of the program earn reward points, privileges and offers.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Timeline". Sonesta. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  2. ^ a b c Qubein, Ramsey. "Lofty Ambitions: Sonesta Continues Growth Plan After Record 2020 Acquisitions". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ Simon, Elaine (2021-04-21). "Sonesta levels up with expanded franchise offerings". Hotel Management. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. ^ Turkel, Stanley (2009-09-16). Great American Hoteliers: Pioneers of the Hotel Industry. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4490-0754-6.
  5. ^ a b "A.M. Sonnabend Is Dead at 67; Boston Industrialist-Financier; Botany Industries Director Created Hotel Corporation of America in 1954". The New York Times. 1964-02-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ "A.M. Sonnabend Is Dead at 67; Boston Industrialist-Financier; Botany Industries Director Created Hotel Corporation of America in 1954". The New York Times. 1964-02-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  7. ^ Satow, Julie (2019-06-04). The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-6666-2.
  8. ^ "$15,000,000 PAID FOR PLAZA HOTEL; Hilton Interests Take Lease Back From the Sonnabend Group of Boston, Mass". The New York Times. 1953-10-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  9. ^ Morehouse, Ward (2001). Inside the Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-55783-468-3.
  10. ^ Goodman, S. Oliver (March 1, 1956). "Mayflower Bought For $12.8 Million". The Washington Post. p. 27.
  11. ^ CMHS, Stanley Turkel (2019-04-15). Great American Hotel Architects: Volume 1. ISBN 978-1-7283-0690-2.
  12. ^ Campanella, Richard (2014-03-05). Bourbon Street: A History. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-5507-3.
  13. ^ Ohmann, Richard; Averill, Gage; Curtin, Michael; Shumway, David; Traube, Elizabeth G. (1996-11-25). Making and Selling Culture. Wesleyan University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8195-5301-0.
  14. ^ "The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts on April 6, 1975 · 73". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  15. ^ Lafo, Rachel Rosenfield; Capasso, Nicholas J.; Uhrhane, Jennifer (2002). Painting in Boston, 1950-2000. Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-55849-364-3.
  16. ^ Basa, Lynn (2012-02-28). The Artist's Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-58115-976-9.
  17. ^ Yu, Lawrence; Yu, Larry (1999). The International Hospitality Business: Management and Operations. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7890-0559-5.
  18. ^ Hotels Investment Outlook. Hotels Magazine. 2008. p. 9.
  19. ^ Ohmann, Richard; Averill, Gage; Curtin, Michael; Shumway, David; Traube, Elizabeth G. (1996-11-25). Making and Selling Culture. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-5301-0.
  20. ^ "Newton REIT buys Sonesta in $174 million deal - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  21. ^ Sperance, Cameron (2021-03-30). "Sonesta Built a Hotel Empire During the Pandemic: Here's What's Missing". Skift. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  22. ^ Net, Hospitality. "Carlos Flores has been promoted Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Sonesta International Hotels Corporation". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  23. ^ Glaser, Susan; clevel; .com (2016-02-08). "2 hotels made in to Sonesta ES Suites". cleveland. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  24. ^ Kelleher, Suzanne Rowan. "How The Pandemic Created A New Hotel Giant In Less Than A Year". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  25. ^ Kelleher, Suzanne Rowan (2021-01-27). "How The Pandemic Created A New Hotel Giant In Less Than A Year". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  26. ^ Sealover, Ed (March 17, 2021). "Red Lion shareholders approve $90 million sale of Denver hotel company". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ Covey, Claudette. "Sonesta Adds 102 Hotels, Debuts New Simply Suites". TravelPulse. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  28. ^ "Sonesta Launches Upscale Select Brand". Hotel Business. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  29. ^ Net, Hospitality. "Sonesta Announces The Domestic Launch Of Sonesta Franchising". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  30. ^ Sperance, Cameron (2021-09-28). "Sonesta to Offer U.S. Hotel Franchising for First Time to Keep Growth on Fast Track". Skift. Retrieved 2021-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ "Expansion Plan - New global franchising platform to accelerate Sonesta's growth". Hotel Business. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

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Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is an American hotel company founded in 1937 and based in Newton Massachusetts 1 Sonesta s largest hotels are in Los Angeles Houston Chicago and New Orleans 2 Its brands include Royal Sonesta Sonesta Sonesta Select Sonesta Simply Suites Sonesta ES Suites Sonesta Posada del Inca Sonesta Cruise Collection America s Best Value Inn Canada s Best Value Inn GuestHouse Extended Stay Hotel RL Knights Inn Red Lion Hotels and Signature Inn 3 Sonesta International Hotels CorporationTypeSubsidiaryIndustryHospitalityPredecessorHotel Corporation of AmericaSonnabend Operated HotelsFounded1937 86 years ago 1937 FounderA M Sonny SonnabendHeadquartersNewton MassachusettsKey peopleCarlos Flores CEO ProductsHotelsresortsBrandsRoyal SonestaSonesta Hotels amp ResortsSonesta SelectSonesta ES SuitesSonesta Simply SuitesSonesta Posadas del IncaSonesta Cruise CollectionOwnerSVCSubsidiariesRLH CorporationWebsitewww wbr sonesta wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Expansion acquisition of Red Lion Hotels Corporation 2 Brands 2 1 Sonesta International Hotels Corporation 2 2 Red Lion Hotels Corporation 3 Loyalty program 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIn 1937 real estate mogul A M Sonny Sonnabend pooled his resources with six other investors to purchase the Preston Beach Hotel in Massachusetts Sonnabend personally managed the hotel and began focusing on the hospitality industry 4 Over the following years Sonnabend invested in other hotel properties which he managed through Sonnabend Operated Hotels in 1944 5 He purchased a series of properties in Florida including the Palm Beach Biltmore and the Palm Beach Country Club from oil magnate Henry Latham Doherty in 1944 Around the same time he also purchased a series of hotels in Cleveland Ohio from Robert R Young including the Terminal Tower and Hotel Cleveland 5 Sonnabend Operated Hotels expanded west in 1948 when Sonnabend purchased the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago 6 In 1953 he purchased the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan from hotelier Conrad Hilton for a reported 15 million 7 8 9 In 1956 Sonnabend merged Sonnabend Operated Hotels with Childs Company forming the Hotel Corporation of America The company purchased the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D C that year 10 The first Charterhouse Hotel was opened in Bangor Maine in 1957 Twenty five other Charterhouse Hotels were built between 1957 and 1983 Beginning in the late 1950s the name Sonesta became affiliated with hotels in the US and abroad In 1968 the corporation began to grow internationally with the construction of the Sonesta Montreal In 1969 the first Royal Sonesta Hotel was built in New Orleans 11 12 In 1970 the Hotel Corporation of America was rebranded as Sonesta International Hotels The name Sonesta was a portmanteau of A M Sonnabend s nickname Sonny and his wife Esther s name 13 The company introduced Just Us Kids a children s club program in 1975 14 The Sonesta Art Collection formed in 1976 was one of the first corporate hotel programs to showcase original art 15 As of 2012 the collection included over 7 000 works of original art 16 Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Sonesta built several hotel properties in Egypt and began operating Nile cruises 17 In the 1990s and 2000s the company opened several new hotels in South America and the Caribbean 18 19 Expansion acquisition of Red Lion Hotels Corporation Edit Sonesta was sold to an affiliate of Newton based Hospitality Properties Trust in 2011 and became a privately owned company again 20 34 of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is owned by Service Properties Trust SVC a Boston real estate trust 21 In 2015 Carlos Flores became CEO of Sonesta 22 In 2015 the company created Sonesta ES Suites in cities like Columbus Ohio Cincinnati and Cleveland 23 In 2020 Sonesta became one of fastest growing hospitality companies in the United States 24 It had 80 hotels in early 2020 2 From September 2020 to March 2021 Service Properties Trust transferred over 200 hotels from Marriott Hotels amp Resorts and IHG Hotels amp Resorts to Sonesta brands after the previous managers were negatively impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic 25 In March 2021 Sonesta finalized its acquisition of Red Lion Hotels Corporation with over 900 hotels in a transaction valued at 90 million 26 During this time Sonesta launched Sonesta Simply Suites and Sonesta Select 27 28 In September 2021 Sonesta announced that it would be offering hotel franchising in the United States under Sonesta Franchising 29 30 As of 2021 the company had over 1 200 properties in countries which include Sint Maarten Peru Chile Colombia Ecuador and Egypt 2 31 Brands EditSonesta International Hotels Corporation Edit The Royal Sonesta Sonesta Hotels amp Resorts Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential Sonesta ES Suites Sonesta Simply Suites Sonesta Posadas del Inca Sonesta Cruise Collection The James A Sonesta ExperienceRed Lion Hotels Corporation Edit Hotel RL Red Lion Hotels amp Resorts Red Lion Inn amp Suites Signature Inn GuestHouse America s Best Value Inn Canada s Best Value Inn Knights InnLoyalty program EditSonesta Travel Pass is Sonesta s loyalty program Members of the program earn reward points privileges and offers See also Edit Hotels portalThe Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel The Chase Park Plaza Hotel Roger Sonnabend Red Lion Hotels CorporationReferences Edit Timeline Sonesta 2021 02 06 Retrieved 2021 09 15 a b c Qubein Ramsey Lofty Ambitions Sonesta Continues Growth Plan After Record 2020 Acquisitions Forbes Retrieved 2021 08 31 Simon Elaine 2021 04 21 Sonesta levels up with expanded franchise offerings Hotel Management Retrieved 2021 08 31 Turkel Stanley 2009 09 16 Great American Hoteliers Pioneers of the Hotel Industry p 254 ISBN 978 1 4490 0754 6 a b A M Sonnabend Is Dead at 67 Boston Industrialist Financier Botany Industries Director Created Hotel Corporation of America in 1954 The New York Times 1964 02 12 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 10 28 A M Sonnabend Is Dead at 67 Boston Industrialist Financier Botany Industries Director Created Hotel Corporation of America in 1954 The New York Times 1964 02 12 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 10 28 Satow Julie 2019 06 04 The Plaza The Secret Life of America s Most Famous Hotel Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978 1 4555 6666 2 15 000 000 PAID FOR PLAZA HOTEL Hilton Interests Take Lease Back From the Sonnabend Group of Boston Mass The New York Times 1953 10 15 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 10 28 Morehouse Ward 2001 Inside the Plaza An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel Hal Leonard Corporation p 82 ISBN 978 1 55783 468 3 Goodman S Oliver March 1 1956 Mayflower Bought For 12 8 Million The Washington Post p 27 CMHS Stanley Turkel 2019 04 15 Great American Hotel Architects Volume 1 ISBN 978 1 7283 0690 2 Campanella Richard 2014 03 05 Bourbon Street A History LSU Press ISBN 978 0 8071 5507 3 Ohmann Richard Averill Gage Curtin Michael Shumway David Traube Elizabeth G 1996 11 25 Making and Selling Culture Wesleyan University Press p 34 ISBN 978 0 8195 5301 0 The Boston Globe from Boston Massachusetts on April 6 1975 73 Newspapers com Retrieved 2021 10 28 Lafo Rachel Rosenfield Capasso Nicholas J Uhrhane Jennifer 2002 Painting in Boston 1950 2000 Univ of Massachusetts Press p 39 ISBN 978 1 55849 364 3 Basa Lynn 2012 02 28 The Artist s Guide to Public Art How to Find and Win Commissions Simon and Schuster ISBN 978 1 58115 976 9 Yu Lawrence Yu Larry 1999 The International Hospitality Business Management and Operations Psychology Press ISBN 978 0 7890 0559 5 Hotels Investment Outlook Hotels Magazine 2008 p 9 Ohmann Richard Averill Gage Curtin Michael Shumway David Traube Elizabeth G 1996 11 25 Making and Selling Culture Wesleyan University Press ISBN 978 0 8195 5301 0 Newton REIT buys Sonesta in 174 million deal The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2021 10 28 Sperance Cameron 2021 03 30 Sonesta Built a Hotel Empire During the Pandemic Here s What s Missing Skift Retrieved 2021 08 31 Net Hospitality Carlos Flores has been promoted Chief Executive Officer CEO at Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Hospitality Net Retrieved 2021 10 28 Glaser Susan clevel com 2016 02 08 2 hotels made in to Sonesta ES Suites cleveland Retrieved 2021 10 28 Kelleher Suzanne Rowan How The Pandemic Created A New Hotel Giant In Less Than A Year Forbes Retrieved 2021 10 28 Kelleher Suzanne Rowan 2021 01 27 How The Pandemic Created A New Hotel Giant In Less Than A Year Forbes Retrieved 2021 08 31 Sealover Ed March 17 2021 Red Lion shareholders approve 90 million sale of Denver hotel company www bizjournals com Retrieved 2021 10 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Covey Claudette Sonesta Adds 102 Hotels Debuts New Simply Suites TravelPulse Retrieved 2020 12 03 Sonesta Launches Upscale Select Brand Hotel Business Retrieved 2020 12 21 Net Hospitality Sonesta Announces The Domestic Launch Of Sonesta Franchising Hospitality Net Retrieved 2021 10 28 Sperance Cameron 2021 09 28 Sonesta to Offer U S Hotel Franchising for First Time to Keep Growth on Fast Track Skift Retrieved 2021 10 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Expansion Plan New global franchising platform to accelerate Sonesta s growth Hotel Business 2021 06 18 Retrieved 2021 10 28 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sonesta International Hotels Official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sonesta International Hotels amp oldid 1142146374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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