The Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc. is a San Francisco, California, based hotel and restaurant brand owned by the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG). Founded in 1981 by William (Bill) Kimpton and led by Chief Executive Officer Mike DeFrino, the group was the largest chain of boutique hotels in the United States in 2011. It currently operates 65 hotels, all but the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and the Kimpton De Witt in Amsterdam in the United States. New hotels have been announced for Toronto, Los Angeles, Paris, Grenada, Bali, Shanghai, Sanya, and Taipei.
While most Kimpton properties are marketed under their own names as boutique hotels, the company launched two sub-brands in 2005, Hotel Palomar and Hotel Monaco. Each property has a restaurant or bar that is marketed as upscale or trendy. Fortune listed it as the #11 best company to work for in 2015. The company also manages and operates hotels owned by other entitie under contract.
On December 16, 2014, IHG announced that it would acquire Kimpton for $430 million in cash. IHG has retained the Kimpton brand name within the U.S. and may expand it globally. As a result of the acquisition, seven of Kimpton's nine hotels in San Francisco left the brand in July 2015.
Video Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Hotel brands
Hotel Monaco
Hotel Palomar
Other hotels
In addition to the Hotel Monaco and Palomar Hotel brand hotels, other company hotels include:
Maps Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Restaurant brands
Company programs
Environment
The company's environmental program is called Earthcare. Every hotel adopts standard environmentally friendly products and practices, such as eco-friendly cleaning supplies and recycling.
LGBT
Every year, the company sponsors a red ribbon campaign generating awareness and funds for local HIV service agencies. In addition, local hotels make donations to LGBT charities and host events for local community groups. Kimpton formed K-GLEN, the Kimpton Gay and Lesbian Employee Network, to advise the company on personnel and community outreach concerns. The committee meets quarterly and has representation from every region of the country. The company was included as one of the ten best companies for gay and lesbian employees by The Advocate. It has received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign every year since 2005.
Women InTouch
The company sponsors Dress for Success Worldwide, an international non-profit organization that provides professional clothing and employment search programs for women.
See also
- List of California companies
- List of companies based in San Francisco
References
External links
- Official website
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