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GLH Hotels Management (UK) Ltd
Subsidiary
Industry Hospitality industry
Genre Leisure
Headquarters 2nd Floor, Stephenson House
75 Hampstead Road
London, NW1 2PL, London, United Kingdom
Area served
 United Kingdom
Key people
 Neil Gallagher (CEO)
Services Upscale and Luxury Hotels
Number of employees
 1,917 (2005)
Parent GuocoLeisure Limited
Divisions Thistle Hotels, Guoman Hotel Brands, Clermont Hotels & Residences, Amba Hotels
Website http://www.glhhotels.com

glh. refers to GLH Hotels Management (UK) Limited, a British-based global hotel company,[1] headquartered in London, and subsidiary of the Malaysian Hong Leong Group.[2]

glh. is the largest owner-operator hotel management company in London with over 5,000 hotel rooms.[3] In 2013 it had 36 hotels with a total of 8,279 hotel rooms and 337 meeting rooms across the United Kingdom.

glh. manages the Thistle brand, the Guoman collection of hotels, Clermont Hotels & Residences, every hotels and Amba Hotels.[3][4] The Thistle brand operates 31 hotels throughout the United Kingdom. Guoman has five hotels under its collective branding: the 5-star Royal Horseguards Hotel, the Grosvenor Hotel, the Tower Hotel, the Cumberland Hotel and the Charing Cross Hotel, all located in London.

History

On 11 June 2013, glh. announced its new global owner-operator strategy focusing on the 100 global cities with a 10-year ambition to become "the world’s best managed hospitality company", delivering "the best guest centred experience in the industry". According to their press release,[3] they would launch three new brands within the following 12 months. Prior to the relaunch in June 2013, glh. operated under the name Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited.

On 1 October 2013, glh. presented Clermont Hotels & Residences,[5] an international luxury hotel and private residences brand which will make its debut with the conversion of the Royal Horseguards Hotel into 'Clermont London', opening in 2014. The other two hotels under the luxury brand will form part of a mixed development including luxury residences and will be located in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. They are due to open in 2016.

On 23 October 2013, glh. launched Amba, a global 4-star hotel brand catering to “the discerning business and leisure traveller”.[6] The first four Amba hotels are expected to be located in London with a total of 2,088 rooms available in 2015. The four launch properties announced by glh. are situated in Marble Arch, Tower Bridge, Charing Cross and Buckingham Palace Road in London. The Grosvenor Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road will be the first to open in June 2014. glh. also announced its plans to open the Amba brand across 30 UK cities and expand internationally in China, the USA and Europe.[7][8]

The company is owned by Hong Leong Group subsidiary Guocoleisure,[9][2] an international investment company headquartered in Singapore renamed from BIL International Limited, and has a primary listing on the Singapore Exchange, with secondary listings on the London and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. The company's primary role is as an active investor with strategic shareholdings and active investment management.

References

  1. ↑ Hotel Magazine - Guoman Hotels Rebrand - 12 June 2013
  2. 1 2 "GuocoLeisure Limited". Hong Leong Group. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 glh. website
  4. ↑ Guoman website - About Us page
  5. ↑ Big Hospitality - Clermont brand launch - 1 October 2013
  6. ↑ Big Hospitality - Amba by glh: ‘Europe’s largest four-star hotel brand launch' - 23 October 2013
  7. ↑ HospitalityNet - glh. announces the launch of a new global 4-star hotel brand: Amba - 23 October 2013
  8. ↑ The Times - City Diary - 24 October 2013
  9. ↑ Guoco Leisure - Corporate Profile
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