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.

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21 ARTICLES
LHL-009 · P1-02-01Rosewood Hotels & ResortsRosewood began in Dallas in 1979 when Caroline Rose Hunt and Rosewood Corporation transformed a private estate into Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. LHL-010 · P1-02-02JanuJanu was announced by Aman Group in 2020 as a second hotel brand with a deliberately different social rhythm from Aman. LHL-011 · P1-02-03MaybourneMaybourne was formed in 2005 after the former Savoy Group sold The Savoy and reorganised around Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley. LHL-012 · P1-02-04Dorchester CollectionDorchester Collection was founded in 2007 to bring famous luxury hotels under one operating and commercial platform without erasing their individual identities. LHL-013 · P1-02-05Oetker CollectionOetker 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 · P1-02-06BelmondBelmond traces its operating history to 1976, when entrepreneur James B. LHL-015 · P1-02-07AirellesAirelles grew from Les Airelles in Courchevel, an alpine palace first opened in 1988 and acquired by Stéphane Courbit in 2007. LHL-016 · P1-02-08Capella Hotels and ResortsCapella 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 · P1-02-09Société des Bains de Mer, Monte-CarloMonte-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 · P1-02-10Iconic Luxury HotelsIconic Luxury Hotels launched in December 2016 around distinctive British hotels including Chewton Glen, Cliveden House and 11 Cadogan Gardens. LHL-019 · P1-02-11Signiel HotelsSIGNIEL 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 · P1-02-12The Set CollectionThe Set Collection emerged in 2021 as an affiliation for independent luxury hotels seeking global reach without surrendering their names, ownership or operating LHL-021 · P1-02-13AmanAman 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 · P1-02-14Montage Hotels & ResortsMontage Hotels & Resorts was founded in 2002 by Alan J. LHL-023 · P1-02-15La Réserve HotelsLa Réserve began in 2003 under the vision of Michel Reybier and has developed as the signature hospitality brand within Michel Reybier Hospitality. LHL-024 · P1-02-16Ultima CollectionUltima Collection began in 2016 with Ultima Hotel Gstaad, created as a private-world alternative to the conventional five-star hotel. LHL-025 · P1-02-17Iniala (Malta / Thailand)Iniala began in 2013 when entrepreneur Mark Weingard opened Iniala Beach House on Natai Beach in Phang Nga, Thailand. LHL-026 · P1-02-18Vik RetreatsVik 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 · P1-02-19Virgin Limited EditionVirgin 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 · P1-02-20Sereno HotelsSereno Hotels is a small family-owned luxury hospitality house linking two of the world's most established resort destinations: St. LHL-029 · P1-02-21ÀNI Private ResortsÀNI Private Resorts was created around a singular hospitality proposition: an entire luxury resort reserved exclusively for one group at a time, with the staff,