Kempinski
Sign in to saveKempinski Hotels S.A., commonly known as Kempinski, is a German luxury hotel management company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1862, making Kempinski the oldest hospitality company in the world, but the brand opened its first hotel at Berlin in 1897, as the Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft, the group currently operates 75 five-star hotels and residences in 38 countries.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kempinski Hotels S.A.
- Company.logo
- Kempinski Logo 2015.svg
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.founder
- Berthold Kempinski
- Company.key_people
- Barbara Muckermann, Current CEO
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide, except North America, South America and Oceania
- Company.industry
- Hospitality, tourism
- Company.products
- Hotels, restaurants, residences
- Company.num_employees
- 24,000
- Company.location
- Geneva, SwitzerlandKempinski AG Munich, Germany
- Company.foundation
- in Germany
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- History
- Kempinski Hotels worldwide
- Global Hotel Alliance
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Kempinski Hotels S.A., commonly known as Kempinski, is a German luxury hotel management company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1862, making Kempinski the oldest hospitality company in the world, but the brand opened its first hotel at Berlin in 1897, as the Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft, the group currently operates 75 five-star hotels and residences in 38 countries.
== History == thumb|Grand Hotel Kempinski in Vilnius thumb|Hotel Adlon in [[Berlin]] thumb|Kempinski Hotel in Frankfurt Kempinski is the oldest hospitality company in the world, the first hotel brand ever. Also, Kempinski Hotels claims to be Europe's oldest luxury hotel group. Its history began in 1897 with the foundation of the "Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft" in Berlin. A parallel development was that of M. Kempinski & Co, founded by Berthold Kempinski, which was acquired by the "Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft" in 1953.