Kimpton Hotels & Restaurant Group

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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurant Group
Type Private
Founded 1981 (San Francisco, CA)
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA
Key people Bill Kimpton, Founder
Michael Depatie, President and CEO
Thomas W. LaTour, Chairman
Niki Leondakis, COO
Industry Hospitality
Services hotels, restaurants, bars
Revenue $600 million USD (2008)[1]
Employees 6000 (2008)[1]
Website http://kimptonhotels.com/

Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc. is a hotel and restaurant company founded in 1981 by Bill Kimpton and led by CEO Michael Depatie. It is the largest chain of boutique hotels in the United States.[2] The Company's Headquarters are in San Francisco, California. The company's properties are in the United States. Most Kimpton properties are marketed under their own independent names as boutique hotels; however, in 2005 the company launched two sub-brands within the Kimpton brand: Hotel Palomar and Hotel Monaco. Each hotel has a restaurant or bar that is marketed as upscale or trendy. The Kimpton Hotel rewards program is called InTouch.[3]

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[edit] Hotel brands

[edit] Hotel Monaco

[edit] Hotel Palomar

Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C.
Hotel Rouge in Washington, D.C.

[edit] Other Hotels

In addition to the Hotel Monaco and Palomar Hotel brand hotels, other Kimpton hotels include:

  • Alexandria, Virginia:
    • Morrison House - Restaurant: The Grille, American cuisine; Lorien Hotel and Spa - Restaurant: Brabo
  • Aspen, Colorado:
    • Sky Hotel - Restaurant: 39 Degrees, Social cuisine.
  • Boston, Massachusetts:
    • Nine Zero Hotel - Restaurant: KO Prime, traditional steakhouse
    • Onyx Hotel - Restaurant: Ruby Room.
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts:
    • Hotel Marlowe - Restaurant: Bambara, American cuisine.
  • Chicago, Illinois:
    • Hotel Allegro - Restaurant: 312 Chicago, Italian American cuisine
    • Hotel Burnham - Restaurant: Atwood Cafe, Contemporary American comfort food.
  • Dallas, Texas:
    • Hotel Lumen - Restaurant: Social, American cuisine.
  • New York City, New York: 70 Park Avenue Hotel - Restaurant: Silverleaf
    • Muse Hotel - Restaurant: Nios
    • Vu Hotel (opening early 2009)
  • Miami, Florida:
    • Epic Hotel - Restaurant: Area 31, Mediterranean seafood.
  • Portland, Oregon:
    • Hotel Vintage Plaza - Restaurant: Pazzo, Northern Italian cuisine.
  • San Diego, California:
    • Hotel Solamar - Restaurant: J6, Californian cuisine.
  • San Francisco, California:
    • BW Tuscan Inn - Restaurant; Cafe Pescatore, rustic Italian cuisine
    • Prescott Hotel - Restaurant: Postrio, Contemporary American cuisine
    • Serrano Hotel - Restaurant: Ponzu, Asian fusion
    • Sir Francis Drake Hotel - Restaurant: Scala's Bistro, French Italian cuisine
    • Argonaut Hotel - Restaurant: Blue Mermaid, seafood
    • Harbor Court Hotel - Restaurant: Ozumo, Japanese cuisine
    • Hotel Triton - Restaurant: Cafe de le Presse - French cafe.
  • San Jose, California:
    • Cypress Hotel - Restaurant: Park Place, Gourmet American.
  • Scottsdale, Arizona:
    • Firesky Resort and Spa - Restaurant: Taggia, Coastal Italian cuisine.
  • Seattle, Washington:
    • Alexis Hotel - Restaurant: Library Bistro, Local American cuisine
    • Hotel Vintage Park - Restaurant: Tulio, Northern Italian cuisine.
  • Vero Beach, Florida: Vero Beach Hotel and Spa - Restaurant: Cobalt.
  • Washington, D.C.:
    • Hotel George - Restaurant: Bistro Bis, Modernized French bistro
    • Hotel Helix - Restaurant: Helix Lounge
    • Hotel Madera - Restaurant: Firefly, American bistro
    • Hotel Rouge - Restaurant: Bar Rouge, American cuisine
    • Topaz Hotel - Restaurant: Topaz Bar and Restaurant, American cuisine.

[edit] Company programs

[edit] Environment

The company's environmental program is called Earthcare. Every hotel adopts standard environmentally friendly products and practices, such as eco-friendly cleaning supplies and recycling.[5]

[edit] LGBT

Every year, the company sponsors a Red Ribbon Campaign generating awareness and funds for local HIV service agencies. In addition, local hotels make donations to LGBT charities and host events for local community groups. Kimpton formed K-GLEN, the Kimpton Gay and Lesbian Employee Network, to advise the company on personnel and community outreach concerns. The committee meets quarterly and has representation from every region of the country. Kimpton Hotels was included as one of the ten best companies for gay and lesbian employees by The Advocate. Kimpton has received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign every year since 2005.[6]

[edit] Women InTouch

The company sponsors Dress for Success Worldwide, an international non-profit organization that provides professional clothing and employment retention programs for women.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, Inc. Company Profile". Yahoo! Finance. http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/61/61578.html. Retrieved October 15, 2009. 
  2. ^ George Raine (2008-04-27). "Joie de Vivre finds room to grow". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/04/27/BUA910A0QT.DTL. 
  3. ^ "Kimpton Hotels: Boutique Hotels, Luxury Travel and Chef-Driven Gourmet Restaurants". http://www.kimptonhotels.com/. 
  4. ^ Gunts, Edward. "Hotel Monaco Baltimore offers taste of luxury," The Baltimore Sun, Thursday, July 30, 2009.
  5. ^ "Environmentally Friendly Green Hotel Practices - Kimpton EarthCare Program". http://www.kimptonhotels.com/cares_earthcare.aspx. 
  6. ^ "Kimpton Hotels: LGBT (GLBT) Friendly Hotels in the US and Canada". http://www.kimptonhotels.com/lgbt_community.aspx. 
  7. ^ "Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants - Kimpton Programs - Kimpton Cares". http://www.kimptonhotels.com/cares_dress.aspx. 

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