Omni Hotels & Resorts

Dunfey Hotels was founded in 1958, when the Dunfey brothers added a 32-room motel to their Lamie's Tavern restaurant property in Hampton, New Hampshire.[3] They soon established a hotel chain throughout New England,[4] including 14 Sheraton Hotels franchises [5] in 1964.[6] In 1968, the Dunfeys acquired the near-bankrupt Parker House Hotel in Boston.[6] In 1971, the brothers sold Dunfey Hotels to the Hartford-based Aetna Life Insurance Company, which retained the brothers to manage the properties.[4] In 1976, Aer Lingus, the national airline of Ireland, purchased Dunfey Hotels from Aetna.[7]

In 1983, Dunfey Hotels acquired the small Atlanta-based Omni International Hotels chain from Cousins Properties.[8] The chain had been formed in 1973[9] and consisted of three hotels in Atlanta, Norfolk and Miami.[6] Dunfey Hotels was reorganized into two operating divisions, with Omni Hotels focusing on large, upscale modern hotels, while the remaining smaller motels and Sheraton franchises were branded as Dunfey Hotels[4] while they were divested over the following three years.[5]

In 1988, Aer Lingus sold Omni Hotels to World International Holdings, Ltd. and the Hong Kong–based conglomerate, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited for $135 million.[4] Those companies, in turn, sold Omni in February 1996 to Texas-based private equity investor Robert Rowling of TRT Holdings,[10] who moved the chain's headquarters for the very first time, from Hampton to his own base of Corpus Christi, Texas. The following year, Omni's headquarters moved again, to Dallas.[5]

In 2000, Omni Hotels struck a deal with Turner Broadcasting to build a 600-room tower wing addition next to their existing hotel located in the CNN Center. The new wing opened in 2003. Omni bought Time Warner's share of the building in 2017.[11]

In 2010, Omni Hotels purchased the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Florida for $67.1 million.[10]

In January 2013, Omni Hotels acquired ClubCorp's Montelucia Resort & Spa.[10] In June 2013, Omni Hotels acquired 5 properties (Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, TX - La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA - Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA - The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC - The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA) from KSL Capital Partners.[12] With this deal - worth $900 million according to The Wall Street Journal - Omni Hotels became an owner and operator of iconic American golf resorts.[10][13] In July 2013, Omni Hotels assumed management and operations of the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and bought shares of the property.[14] In December 2015, Omni Hotels acquired the Omni Mount Washington Resort from CNL Financial Group, which it had operated under its brand since 2009.[15]

In March 2018, Peter Strebel was named President of Omni Hotels & Resorts.[1]

Of the properties only one in Cancun is franchised, with the remaining hotels being either managed and/or owned by Omni Corporate.[16]

United States

The four-star, 32-story Omni San Diego Hotel in San Diego, CA

Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, TX

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionGates in Orlando, FL

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort

State	City	Name	Since
Arizona	Scottsdale	Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia	2014[17]
	Tucson	Omni Tucson National Resort	1996[18]
California	Los Angeles	Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza	2000[19]
	Palm Springs	Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa	2013[12]
	Carlsbad	Omni La Costa Resort & Spa	2013[12]
	San Diego	Omni San Diego Hotel	2004[20]
	San Francisco	Omni San Francisco Hotel	2002[21]
Colorado	Broomfield	Omni Interlocken Resort	1999[5]
Connecticut	New Haven	Omni New Haven Hotel	1998[5]
District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	Omni Shoreham Hotel	1979[5]
Florida	Nassau County	Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort	2010[10]
	Jacksonville	Omni Jacksonville Hotel	1987[5]
	Orlando	Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate	2004[22]
Georgia	Atlanta	Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center	1975[23]
	Cumberland, Georgia	Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta/Truist Park	2018[24]
Illinois	Chicago	Omni Chicago Hotel	1993[5]
Indiana	Indianapolis	Omni Severin Hotel	1989[25]
Kentucky	Louisville	Omni Louisville Hotel	2018[26]
Louisiana	New Orleans	Omni Riverfront Hotel	1996[27]
		Omni Royal Orleans	1981[5]
Massachusetts	Boston	Omni Parker House	1968[6]
New Hampshire	Bretton Woods	Omni Bretton Arms at Mount Washington	2009[15]
		Omni Mount Washington Resort	2009[15]
Minnesota	Eagan	Omni Viking Lakes Hotel	2020[28]
North Carolina	Asheville	The Omni Grove Park Inn	2013[12]
	Charlotte	Omni Charlotte Hotel	1998[29]
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Omni Oklahoma City Hotel	2021[30][31]
Pennsylvania	Bedford Springs	Omni Bedford Springs Resort	2009[32]
	Pittsburgh	Omni William Penn Hotel	2001[33]
Rhode Island	Providence	Omni Providence Hotel	2013[34]
South Carolina	Hilton Head	Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort	2012[35]
Tennessee	Nashville	Omni Nashville Hotel	2013[36]
Texas	Austin	Omni Austin at Southpark
		Omni Austin Hotel Downtown	1992[37]
		Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa	2013[12]
	Corpus Christi	Omni Corpus Christi	1996
	Dallas	Omni Dallas Hotel	2011[38]
		Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West
		Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas	1992[5]
	Fort Worth	Omni Fort Worth Hotel	2009[39]
	Frisco	Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star	2017[40]
	Houston	Omni Houston Hotel	1991[5]
		Omni Houston Hotel at Westside	2000[41]
	San Antonio	Omni La Mansion del Rio	2006[42]
		Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade
		Mokara Hotel & Spa	2010[43]
Virginia	Charlottesville	Omni Charlottesville Hotel	1985[44]
	Hot Springs	The Omni Homestead Resort	2013[12]
	Richmond	Omni Richmond Hotel	1987[5]

International

The Omni King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.

Country	City	Name	Since
Canada	Montreal, Quebec	Hotel Omni Mont-Royal	1999[5]
	Toronto, Ontario	The Omni King Edward Hotel	2013[14]
Mexico	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Omni Cancun Hotel and Villas	1988[5]

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• List of chained-brand hotels

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