Luxury Hotel Cheat Sheet

PHOTO: Guestroom at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver.

Just who are the major providers of luxury accommodations in the market today? We’ve presented an alphabetical list of these companies in the past, but this time we’re providing only the highlights, by category — big brands, boutique brands, all-inclusive resorts and collections — to give you a quick guide to the top sellers of luxury in the hotel and resort space today.

BIG BRANDS

Carlson Rezidor Hotels: This global hotel company features more than 1,500 properties, including several in the luxury sphere, such as more 280 Radisson Blu hotels and a new luxury collection of independent hotels called Quovarus Collection. Visit www.carlsonrezidor.com.

Conrad Hotels & Resorts: This luxury Hilton brand offers 27 high-end properties in China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Bali, Ireland, Japan, Ireland, Macao, Maldives, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the U.S. and Uruguay. Visit www.conradhotels.com.

Dan Hotels & Resorts: Dan features 14 top hotels in Israel, including the famed King David in Jerusalem. Visit www.danhotels.com.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts: This company, operating as FRHI, offers luxury hotels under the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel brands throughout the world from its base in Canada. Visit www.frhi.com. www.fairmont.com, www.raffles.com or www.swissotel.com.

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts: This quintessential luxury brand, based on Toronto, offers hotel and resort locations around the globe, North America, South and Central America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and Asia and the Pacific. Visit www.fourseasons.com.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts: Hyatt offers a global portfolio of hotels and resorts, many of them very high end, such as the Park Hyatt and Andaz brands. Visit www.hyatt.com or www.andaz.com.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts: This historic and well-known brand, with more than 4,600 properties in 10 countries offers high-end city hotels and resorts many locations around the globe. Visit www.ihg.com.

ITC Hotels: This chain of luxury hotels offers 10 properties under the ITC brand in destinations around India. Visit www.itchotels.in.

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts: This Dubai-based luxury hotel company has properties in Abu Dhabi, Baku, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kuwait, London, Maldives, Mallorca, Rome and Shanghai. Visit www.jumeirah.com.

Kempinski Hotels: This hotel and resort chain, founded in Germany in 1897, features city hotels and resort properties across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Visit www.kempinski.com.

Kerzner International: Kerzner features Atlantis in Paradise Island, the Bahamas, as well as Atlantis in Dubai and another Atlantis on the way in China. It also operates nine boutique One&Only resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, Dubai, Maldives and South Africa, with more on the way. Visit www.kerzner.com and www.oneandonly.com.

Langham Hotels International: This luxury hotel company, which takes its name and heritage from the original Langham London, features three brands — Langham, Langham Place and Eaton. It has properties in U.S., Europe, Middle East, India, China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Pacific regions. Visit www.langhamhotels.com.

Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts: This company features eight palaces, hotels and resorts throughout India. Visit www.theleela.com.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group: This luxury hotel group operates or has under development more than 30 properties in Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Visit www.mandarinoriental.com.

Marriott International: This iconic company has two luxury brands in its portfolio, the fast-growing JW Marriott, with 65 properties worldwide, and the boutique Edition Hotels, developed in conjunction with Ian Schrager, with four properties and six on the way. Visit www.jwmarriott.com or www.editionhotels.com.

MGM Resorts: This company, known mostly for its Las Vegas casino resorts, includes a number of high-end luxury properties. In Las Vegas, high-end properties include Aria (including the Sky Suites), Bellagio, The Mansion at MGM Grand, Skylofts at MGM Grand, Signature at MGM Grand, and The Delano at Mandalay Bay, among others. MGM also has resorts in Macao and Sanya in China. Visit www.mgmresorts.com.

Movenpick Hotels & Resorts: A famed hotel brand with Swiss roots, Movenpick now manages more than 80 hotels and resorts in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, many of which are on the level. Visit www.moevenpick-hotels.com.

Oberoi Hotels: This famed India-based luxury hotel group has 19 city hotels and resorts in India, Indonesia, Dubai, Mauritius, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Visit www.oberoihotels.com.

Omni Hotels & Resorts: This high-end company features 41 hotels and resorts, mostly in the U.S., but with properties in Mexico and Canada as well. Visit www.omnihotels.com.

Peninsula Hotel Group: This iconic luxury hotel company has 19 properties in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Beijing, New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Bangkok, Manila and Paris, with more to come. Visit www.peninsula.com.

Regent Hotels & Resorts: Taiwan-based Regent offers eight luxury properties in Bali, Beijing, Taipei, Berlin, Turks & Caicos, Phuket and Montenegro. Visit www.regenthotels.com.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company: This iconic luxury brand, owned by Marriott, more than 100 locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Visit www.ritz-carlton.com.

Rocco Forte Hotels: This is a group of 11 luxury hotels located in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Brussels, Frankfurt, Sicily, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Munich, Rome and Florence. Visit www.roccofortehotels.com.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: This luxury hotel company has over 32 hotels and resorts either existing or under development in the United States and Canada, Caribbean and Atlantic, Mexico, Middle East and Asia. Visit www.rosewoodhotels.com.

Sands Las Vegas: This parent company of The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas features very high-end accommodations among its many offerings. Sands also has major casino resort operations in Macao. Visit www.venetian.com.

Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts: This group of nearly 100 luxury hotels has properties in Australia, Canada, China, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Qatar, Maldives, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Oman, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.A.E., and United Kingdom. Visit www.shangri-la.com.

Sofitel: Accor’s French luxury brand, Sofitel, has 122 hotels and resorts in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa and the Middle East. Visit www.sofitel.com.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts: This company offers one of the largest collections of luxury hotels and resorts in the world showcasing three high-end brands: The Luxury Collection, St. Regis and W Hotels. Visit www.starwoodhotels.com, www.luxurycollection.com, www.stregis.com or www.whotels.com.

Sun International: This leading Southern Africa hospitality group features 10 casinos and resorts, mostly in southern Africa, including the famed Sun City and Palace of the Lost City properties. Visit www.suninternational.com.

Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces: This high-end Indian hotel and resort, which includes the original Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, comprises 93 hotels in 55 locations across India with an additional 16 properties in the Maldives, Malaysia, Australia, U.K., U.S., Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africa and the Middle East. Visit www.tajhotels.com.

Trump Hotel Collection: This luxury hotel group features 12 top properties in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, Washington, D.C., Waikiki, Panama, Toronto Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro, Ireland and Azerbaijan. Visit www.trumphotelcollection.com.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotels & Resorts: Another Hilton luxury brand, which takes its name from the iconic New York property, this company now has 28 properties in the U.S., Central America, China, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Visit www.waldorfastoria.com.

Warwick International Hotels: This is a collection of more than 40 high-end hotels, resorts and spas in Europe, the Americas, South Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. www.warwickhotels.com.

Wynn Resorts: This casino resort company features two high-end properties in Las Vegas, Wynn and Encore, both with extensive suite accommodations, as well as a resort in Macao. Visit www.wynnresorts.com.

BOUTIQUE BRANDS

Amanresorts: This company’s flagship luxury resort is the Amanpuri in Phuket, Thailand, but it also has properties in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, France, French Polynesia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Montenegro, Morocco, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Turks & Caicos, U.S. and Vietnam. Visit www.amanresorts.com.

Armani Hotels & Resorts: This designer luxury brand has just two hotels so far in Dubai and Milan. Visit www.armanihotels.com.

Baglioni Hotels: This Italian company offers high-end properties in Milan, Venice, Florence, Tuscany and Rome in Italy, as well as one in London, three in France and one in Morocco. Visit www.baglionihotels.com.

Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts: This spa-oriented boutique resort company has properties in China, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mexico, Seychelles, South Korea, Vietnam and United Arab Emirates. Visit www.banyantree.com.

Belmond: This high-end company, formerly known as Orient-Express Hotels, features more than 30 boutique properties in North America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as luxury trains and river cruises. Visit www.belmond.com.

Boscolo Hotels: This Italian boutique hotel company features hotels in Rome, Milan, Venice, Bari, Budapest, Nice and Prague. Visit www.boscolohotels.com.

Bulgari Hotels & Resorts: This designer brand features hotels and resorts in Bali, London and Milan, with another one on the way in Shanghai by 2016, Beijing by 2017 and Dubai by 2017. Visit www.bulgarihotels.com.

Capella Hotels & Resorts: This global luxury brand has five properties in Germany, Mexico, Singapore, the U.S., and St. Lucia, with two on the way in Riviera Maya (2016) and Bangkok (2017). Visit www.capellahotels.com.

Como Hotels & Resorts: This group, based in Singapore, offers 11 hotels and resorts in London, Bali, Bhutan, Maldives, Turks & Caicos and Thailand. Visit www.comohotels.com.

Corinthia Hotels: This company has nine high-end luxury hotels located in London, Budapest, St. Petersburg, Tripoli, Lisbon, Prague, Malta and Khartoum. Visit www.corinthia.com.

Dorchester Collection: Dorchester Collection, named after the famed London hotel, features 10 boutique luxury properties in and outside of London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Geneva. Visit www.dorchestercollection.com.

Destination Hotels & Resorts: This company features an eclectic mix of more than 40 high-end classic properties around the U.S. in all regions. Visit www.destinationhotels.com.

Island Outpost: This collection of four distinctive resorts and villas in Jamaica includes Golden Eye, Strawberry Hill, the Caves and Pantrepant. Visit www.islandoutpost.com.

Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos: These 17 upscale hotels are located in great locations in France, including Paris, La Baule, Deauville and Cannes, as well as Morocco. Visit www.lucienbarriere.com.

Maybourne Hotel Group: This company, based in London, owns and operates three iconic properties — Claridge’s, the Connaught and the Berkeley. Visit www.maybourne.com.

Montage Hotels & Resorts: This California-based chain features luxury properties in Beverly Hills, Deer Valley, Kapalua Bay, Laguna Beach and Palmetto Bluff. Visit www.montagehotels.com.

Monte Carlo SBM: This company owns and operates four top hotels in Monte Carlo, including the Hotel Hermitage and Hotel de Paris. Visit www.montecarlosbm.com.

Morgans Hotel Group: Morgans, which claims to have originated the boutique hotel concept, with such brands as Delano and Mondrian, has seven properties in New York, Miami Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London and Istanbul. Visit www.morganshotelgroup.com.

Oetker Collection: This luxury hotel company offers nine hotels and resorts in Paris, Vence, Cap d’Antibes and Courcheval in France; Baden Baden in Germany; Marrakech in Morocco; Seychelles; St. Barths and London. Visit www.oetkercollection.com.

Red Carnation Hotels: This group of 17 boutique hotels features high-end properties in England, Ireland, South Africa, Switzerland and Florida, with a specific concentration in London and a castle in Ireland. Visit www.redcarnation.com.

RockResorts International: This famed brand now has five ski resorts in Colorado and one beach resort, Half Moon, in Jamaica. Visit www.rockresorts.com.

Six Senses Resorts & Spas: This resort and spa management company has two brands, Six Senses and Evason, and nine properties in six countries, including China, Maldives, Thailand, Vietnam, Oman and Jordan. Visit www.sixsenses.com.

Sixty Hotels: This boutique hotel company features three properties in New York, one in Miami and one in Beverly Hills. Visit www.sixtyhotels.com.

Soneva Resorts & Spas: This resort and spa brand has two resorts in the Maldives and Thailand, as well as a sailing yacht. Visit www.soneva.com.

Standard Hotel Group: These innovative and stylish hotels can be found in New York (two locations), Los Angeles (two locations) and Miami. Visit www.standardhotels.com.

Viceroy Hotel Group: This luxury boutique hotel group has 15 properties under the Viceroy brand in Anguilla, Beverly Hills, Maldives, New York, Palm Springs, Riviera Maya, Santa Monica, Snowmass, St. Lucia, Abu Dhabi and Zihuatanejo. Visit www.viceroyhotelgroup.com.

Virgin Limited Edition: Sir Richard Branson’s collection of boutique hotels and resorts includes Necker Island (British Virgin Islands), Ulusaba Private Game Reserve (South Africa), Kasbah Tamadot (Morocco), The Roof Gardens (England), The Lodge (Switzerland), Mahali Mzuri (Kenya), and Makepeace Island (Australia), as well as two private yachts. Visit www.virginlimitededition.com.

COLLECTIONS

Autograph Collection: This collection of more than 60 independent upscale properties in the U.S., Europe, Caribbean, South America, Central America and Asia is marketed and managed by Marriott International. Visit www.autograph-hotels.marriott.com.

Connoisseurs Scotland: The company represents 27 top luxury city hotels, golf resorts, castles, townhouse hotels and country house hotels in Scotland. Visit www.luxuryscotland.co.uk.

Design Hotels: Design Hotels represents and markets more than 272 independent hotels in more than 40 countries with a certain artistic and design sensibility. Visit www.designhotels.com.

Healing Hotels of the World: This company offers a collection of more than 100 resorts and hotels around the world with holistic health and well-being in luxury surroundings. Visit www.healinghotelsoftheworld.com.

Historic Hotels of America: This organization counts among its more than 250 members many of the most historic, elegant and famous hotels in the U.S. Visit www.historichotels.org.

Leading Hotels of the World: This hotel collection includes more than 400 of the world’s top luxury properties in more than 80 countries, from grand palaces to city hideaways to ancient castles and more. Visit www.lhw.com.

Preferred Hotel Group: This global hotel marketing group has a membership of more than 650 properties from more than 70 countries with such brands as Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Preferred Boutique, Summit Hotels & Resorts, Sterling Hotels, Sterling Design, Preferred Residences and Summit Serviced Residences. Visit www.preferredhotelgroup.com.

Relais & Chateaux: This association of some of the world’s finest boutique hotels, resorts and restaurants has more than 500 members in 60 countries. Visit www.relaischateaux.com.

Small Luxury Hotels of the World: This is a network of small luxury independent hotels that includes 520 properties in more than 70 countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Indian Ocean, Australasia, Caribbean and the Middle East. Visit www.slh.com.

Swiss Deluxe Hotels: This association of luxury hotels in Switzerland currently numbers 38 five-star properties around the country. Visit www.swissdeluxehotels.com.

XO Private: This is a referral network for more than 750 small independent luxury hotels and resorts located in Africa and Indian Ocean, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Pacific and South America. Visit www.xoprivate.com.