LHLThe Luxury Hospitality Library ← LVXVRY
VOLUME II · 21 ENTRIES IN REGISTER V50.0

Ultra-Luxury Houses & Owner Collections

Small portfolios at the top of the market — mostly privately held, almost always under twenty houses.

Published entries

21 ARTICLES
LHL-009 · P1-02-01

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts

Rosewood began in Dallas in 1979 when Caroline Rose Hunt and Rosewood Corporation transformed a private estate into Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.

LHL-010 · P1-02-02

Janu

Janu was announced by Aman Group in 2020 as a second hotel brand with a deliberately different social rhythm from Aman.

LHL-011 · P1-02-03

Maybourne

Maybourne was formed in 2005 after the former Savoy Group sold The Savoy and reorganised around Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley.

LHL-012 · P1-02-04

Dorchester Collection

Dorchester Collection was founded in 2007 to bring famous luxury hotels under one operating and commercial platform without erasing their individual identities.

LHL-013 · P1-02-05

Oetker Collection

Oetker Hotels was established in 2008 to operate the Oetker family’s existing four hotels and expand a European hospitality tradition whose roots reach back to

LHL-014 · P1-02-06

Belmond

Belmond traces its operating history to 1976, when entrepreneur James B.

LHL-015 · P1-02-07

Airelles

Airelles grew from Les Airelles in Courchevel, an alpine palace first opened in 1988 and acquired by Stéphane Courbit in 2007.

LHL-016 · P1-02-08

Capella Hotels and Resorts

Capella Hotels and Resorts was created by hotelier Horst Schulze after his Ritz-Carlton career, emerging from West Paces Hotel Group in the early 2000s and laun

LHL-017 · P1-02-09

Société des Bains de Mer, Monte-Carlo

Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer was created in 1863 by sovereign order of Prince Charles III, with François Blanc shaping its commercial model.

LHL-018 · P1-02-10

Iconic Luxury Hotels

Iconic Luxury Hotels launched in December 2016 around distinctive British hotels including Chewton Glen, Cliveden House and 11 Cadogan Gardens.

LHL-019 · P1-02-11

Signiel Hotels

SIGNIEL was launched by LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS in 2017 with SIGNIEL SEOUL, a 235-room hotel occupying floors 76 to 101 of LOTTE WORLD TOWER.

LHL-020 · P1-02-12

The Set Collection

The Set Collection emerged in 2021 as an affiliation for independent luxury hotels seeking global reach without surrendering their names, ownership or operating

LHL-021 · P1-02-13

Aman

Aman began in 1988 with Amanpuri on Phuket’s west coast, where Adrian Zecha created a small resort of private pavilions rather than a conventional international

LHL-022 · P1-02-14

Montage Hotels & Resorts

Montage Hotels & Resorts was founded in 2002 by Alan J.

LHL-023 · P1-02-15

La Réserve Hotels

La Réserve began in 2003 under the vision of Michel Reybier and has developed as the signature hospitality brand within Michel Reybier Hospitality.

LHL-024 · P1-02-16

Ultima Collection

Ultima Collection began in 2016 with Ultima Hotel Gstaad, created as a private-world alternative to the conventional five-star hotel.

LHL-025 · P1-02-17

Iniala (Malta / Thailand)

Iniala began in 2013 when entrepreneur Mark Weingard opened Iniala Beach House on Natai Beach in Phang Nga, Thailand.

LHL-026 · P1-02-18

Vik Retreats

Vik Retreats grew from Alex and Carrie Vik’s long relationship with South America and their conviction that hospitality could operate as a meeting point between

LHL-027 · P1-02-19

Virgin Limited Edition

Virgin Limited Edition was launched in 2000 as Sir Richard Branson's collection of exceptional retreats, initially bringing together Necker Island in the Britis

LHL-028 · P1-02-20

Sereno Hotels

Sereno Hotels is a small family-owned luxury hospitality house linking two of the world's most established resort destinations: St.

LHL-029 · P1-02-21

ÀNI Private Resorts

ÀNI Private Resorts was created around a singular hospitality proposition: an entire luxury resort reserved exclusively for one group at a time, with the staff,