Dorchester Collection
Dorchester Collection is the market presence of the London- based Dorchester Group Limited , which was founded in 2006 and is owned by the state-owned Brunei Investment Agency of the Sultanate of Brunei . It currently operates (as of March 2019) nine 5-star luxury hotels in the United States and Europe. In 2017 the hotel chain had a turnover of £ 384.4 million .
Hotels
United Kingdom:
- The Dorchester , London
- 45 Park Lane , London
- Coworth Park , Ascot
France:
- Hotel Le Meurice , Paris
- Hôtel Plaza Athénée , Paris
Italy:
- Hotel Eden , Rome
- Hotel Principe di Savoia , Milan
United States:
- The Beverly Hills Hotel , Los Angeles
- Hotel Bel-Air , Los Angeles
The Hotel Le Richemond in Geneva (Switzerland) has not been managed by the Dorchester Collection since 2018.
Controversy
The hotel chain has been the subject of public controversy on several occasions after Islamic Sharia law was tightened in Brunei . Several celebrities, including Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno , called for a boycott of the hotel chain in 2014. When Brunei introduced the death penalty for same-sex sex in March 2019 , calls for a boycott were again raised. Deutsche Bank and the Financial Times , among others , announced that they would avoid the Dorchester Collection hotels in the future.
Web links
- Website of the Dorchester Collection (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/535676/dorchester-groups-pre-tax-profits-rocket-to-246m
- ↑ https://cpp-luxury.com/dorchester-collection-no-longer-manages-le-richemond-hotel-in-geneva1/
- ↑ Elaine Glusac: Can a Hotel Boycott Change a Sultan's Policy? In: nytimes.com. May 27, 2014, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ George Clooney calls for a boycott of luxury hotels. In: faz.net. March 29, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ George Clooney finds supporters for the Brunei boycott. In: handelszeitung.ch. April 8, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 .