Carlson Companies
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1938 |
| Seat | Minnetonka , Minnesota |
| Number of employees | 18,500 (2017) |
| sales | 22.9 billion US dollars (2016) |
| Branch | tourism |
| Website | www.carlson.com |
Carlson Companies ( Carlson ) is a United States company headquartered in Minnetonka , Minneapolis , Minnesota . The company was one of the largest privately owned family businesses in the United States.
In 2016 part of the company, the hotel business, was sold to the Chinese HNA Tourism Group ; it is now listed as the Carlson Rezidor .
By 2016, Carlson Companies had around 170,000 employees in around 150 countries; including 5,300 travel agencies, a tourism marketing company, 1,700 hotels, holiday resorts, restaurants and cruise ships.
subsidiary company
- All Aboard Travel
- Carlson Marketing Group - provider of reward and incentive programs for other companies
- Carlson Restaurants Worldwide
- Carlson Wagonlit Travel
- Country Inns & Suites by Carlson
Former hotels (from 2016 Carlson Rezidor )
- Radisson Hotels & Resorts
- The Rezidor Hotel Group
- Park Inn Hotels
- Radisson Blu
- Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts
In 2007, the subsidiary Regent Seven Seas Cruises , which offers luxury cruises , was sold to the investment company Apollo Management .
In 2010 the subsidiary Regent International Hotels was sold to the Taiwanese company Formosa International Hotels .
Web links
- Official company page of Carlson (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b carlson.com: Our Company
- ↑ David Phelps and Rochelle Olson, From hospitality to hostility ( Memento of May 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Star Tribune , May 1, 2007.
- ↑ carlsonrezidor.com: Company History
- ↑ PresseEcho: Apollo Management LP acquires Regent Seven Seas Cruises ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bizjournals: Carlson selling Regent luxury hotel business
