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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is an international luxury hotel and resort company founded in Dallas in 1979 by Caroline Rose Hunt, the daughter of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt. Currently owned by Hong Kong–based Rosewood Hotel Group which also owns New World Hotels & Resorts, Carlyle & Co. and Asaya. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts currently operates 38 hotels in 23 countries/regions and has 21 hotels slated for future development.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
Founded1979; 47 years ago (1979) in Dallas, Texas
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Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, LLC
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
Founded1979; 47 years ago (1979) in Dallas, Texas
FounderCaroline Rose Hunt
HeadquartersHong Kong[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key peopleSonia Cheng (CEO)
Radha Arora (President)[2]
ParentRosewood Hotel Group
Websiterosewoodhotels.com
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History

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel in New York City
Rosewood Hong Kong
Rosewood Hotel Munich, 2026

Foundation

Rosewood was founded in Dallas by Caroline Rose Hunt in 1979.[3] A year later, Hunt converted the mansion of Texas cotton magnate Sheppard King into Rosewood's first hotel, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, located in the upscale Turtle Creek neighborhood.[4][5][6]

Acquisition

Hong Kong–based company Rosewood Hotel Group (formerly New World Hospitality and rebranded in May 2013) is a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, a privately owned Hong Kong–based company. Previously, Rosewood Hotel Group was the hotel management arm of New World China Land, a subsidiary of New World Group. The company announced in June 2011 that it had signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Rosewood Hotels & Resorts from Rosewood Corp. and Maritz, Wolff & Co. The Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotel Group, Sonia Cheng.[7][8][9][10] The deal was completed on July 29, 2011, with Rosewood Hotel Group stating in a press release that the company was looking to double the size of Rosewood's property portfolio within five years.[11]

Chief executives

  1. Robert D. Zimmer (1979–1988)[12]
  2. Denny Alberts (1988–1998)[13]
  3. James F. Brown (1998–2003)[14]
  4. John M. Scott III (2003–2011)[14]
  5. Sonia C.M. Cheng (from 2011)[15]

Properties

This is a list of current Rosewood properties:

Americas
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Americas
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort Kailua-Kona United States 2023[16]
2 Las Ventanas Al Paraíso, a Rosewood Resort Los Cabos Mexico 1997[17]
3 Rosewood Baha Mar Nassau The Bahamas 2018[18]
4 Rosewood Barbuda Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 2028[19]
5 Rosewood Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda 2009[20]
6 Rosewood Exuma Exuma Bahamas 2028[21]
7 Rosewood Hotel Georgia Vancouver Canada 2011[22]
8 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi Santa Fe United States 1991[23]
9 Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth Saint Barthélemy France 2021[24]
10 Rosewood Little Dix Bay British Virgin Islands United Kingdom 1993[25]
11 Rosewood Mandarina Nayarit Mexico 2025[26]
12 Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Dallas United States 1981[27]
13 Rosewood Mayakoba Riviera Maya Mexico 2007[28]
14 Rosewood Mexico City Mexico City Mexico 2026[29]
15 Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito United States 2019[30]
16 Rosewood San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende Mexico 2011[31]
17 Rosewood Sand Hill Menlo Park United States 2009[32]
18 Rosewood São Paulo São Paulo Brazil 2022[33]
19 Rosewood The Raleigh Miami Beach Miami United States 2025[34]
20 Rosewood Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. United States 2016[35]
21 The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel New York City United States 2001[36]
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Europe
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Europe
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Hôtel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel Paris France 2017[37][38]
2 Rosewood Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands 2025[39][40]
3 Rosewood Blue Palace Crete Greece 2026[41][42]
4 Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco Castiglion del Bosco Italy 2015[43][44]
5 Rosewood London London United Kingdom 2013[45][46]
6 The Chancery Rosewood London United Kingdom 2025[47][48]
7 Rosewood Milan Milan Italy 2026[49][50]
8 Rosewood Munich Munich Germany 2023[51][52]
9 Rosewood Rome Rome Italy 2026[53][54]
10 Rosewood Schloss Fuschl Salzburg Austria 2024[55][56]
11 Rosewood Vienna Vienna Austria 2022[57][58]
12 Rosewood Villa Magna Madrid Spain 2021[59][60]
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Middle East
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Middle East
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Rosewood Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2013[61]
2 Rosewood Amaala Amaala Saudi Arabia future opening[62][63]
3 Rosewood Diriyah Diriyah Saudi Arabia 2027[64]
4 Rosewood Doha Doha Qatar 2025[65]
5 Rosewood Jeddah Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2007[66]
6 Rosewood Red Sea Shura Island Saudi Arabia future opening[67]
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Asia and Pacific
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Asia and Pacific
No. Name Location Country Opening Year
1 Rosewood Bangkok Bangkok Thailand 2019[68]
2 Rosewood Beijing Beijing China 2014[69]
3 Rosewood Cape Kidnappers Cape Kidnappers New Zealand 2023[70]
4 Rosewood Guangzhou Guangzhou China 2019[71]
5 Rosewood Hangzhou Hangzhou China future opening[72]
6 Rosewood Hoi An Hoi An Vietnam future opening[73]
7 Rosewood Hong Kong Hong Kong China 2019[74]
8 Rosewood Kauri Cliffs Matauri Bay New Zealand 2023[70]
9 Rosewood Luang Prabang Luang Prabang Laos 2018[75]
10 Rosewood Matakauri Closeburn New Zealand 2023[70]
11 Rosewood Miyakojima Miyako Island Japan 2025[76]
12 Rosewood Ningbo Ningbo China future opening[77]
13 Rosewood Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Cambodia 2018[78]
14 Rosewood Phuket Phuket Thailand 2017[79]
15 Rosewood Ranfaru Malé Maldives 2027[80]
16 Rosewood Sanya Sanya China 2017[81]
17 Rosewood Seoul Seoul South Korea 2027[82]
18 Rosewood Shanghai Shanghai China 2028[83]
19 Rosewood Shenzhen Shenzhen China 2026[84]
20 Rosewood Tokyo Tokyo Japan future opening[85]
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