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Design Hotels

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Design Hotels
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
Founded1993 (1993)
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Number of locations
300+ (2024)[1]
ServicesHotels
Sales
Marketing
Public Relations
ParentMarriott International
Websitedesignhotels.com

Design Hotels is a hotel brand and hospitality consulting company owned by Marriott International and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It is formed of privately owned and operated hotels.[1]

History

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Design Hotels was founded in 1993 as a California Corporation, Design Hotels Inc. by J. Peter Schweitzer and Claus Sendlinger. Claus was a part-owner (with Hans Peter Knodler and Oliver Jamitzky) of German full-service travel agency CO-ORDINATES GmbH, based in Augsburg. The two firms, and several others, consolidated in 1998 under the holding company lebensart.net GmbH, subsequently known as lebensart Global Networks AG in 1999. The holding company went public in Germany on Dec. 10, 1999.[citation needed]

In 2000 lebensart Global Networks AG, with Daniel Adams as the CFO raised sufficient capital to transfer trading from the over-the-counter (OTC) markets to the Börse München. In 2001 the firm re-branded itself as Design Hotels with 23 initial member hotels. That same year the firm completed the corporate merger of wholly owned subsidiaries ResExpress, Inc., Younger Direct Marketing, Inc., and lebensart technology, Inc. The company began trading under the name lebensart technology Arizona, Inc., with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 2004, after several relocations of its headquarters from Arizona, California, to New York City, the firm settled its headquarters in its current location in Berlin, Germany, under the name Design Hotels AG.[citation needed]

In 2011, Starwood Hotels & Resorts acquired 72% ownership of Design Hotels AG. Following the merger of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International, the latter acquired 100% of Design Hotels GmbH.[citation needed]

Accommodation

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While there are over 300 members of Design Hotels worldwide, only a select few have decided to participate in the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program.[2] The following table lists hotels that have officially become a part of Marriott International.

North
America
Europe Middle E.
& Africa
Asia &
Pacific
Caribbean
Latin Am.
Total
2019[3] Properties 1 3 4
Rooms 248 542 790
2020[4] Properties 5 7 12
Rooms 853 799 1,652
2021[5] Properties 9 7 3 19
Rooms 1,313 796 266 2,375
2022[6] Properties 10 26 6 2 6 50
Rooms 1,385 2,123 619 581 146 4,854
2023[7] Properties 11 65 8 10 17 111
Rooms 1,605 4,782 750 1,172 393 8,702

References

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  1. ^ a b designhotes.com - About retrieved 24 April 2024
  2. ^ "Marriott To Take Full Control Of Design Hotels". One Mile at a Time. October 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 6.
  4. ^ "2020 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 8.
  5. ^ "2021 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 6.
  6. ^ "2022 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 6.
  7. ^ "2023 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 6.
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