Radisson Hotels
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Radisson Hotels & Resorts is a worldwide chain of 435 hotels, with a total of 102,000 guest rooms, in 61 countries. The first Radisson Hotel was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1909, and was named for the 17th century French explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The hotel was purchased by Curt Carlson (1914-1999) in 1962, and is still owned by his Carlson Companies (the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota is named for the businessman).
Radisson Hotels in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia are branded Radisson SAS and are operated by the Belgian hotel firm Rezidor SAS Hospitality under a master franchise contract with Carlson. Carlson and SAS, the Scandinavian airline, are equity holders of Rezidor SAS.
Radisson hotels exist in the following countries:
- Aruba
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- People's Republic of China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Polynesia
- Guatemala
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Panama
- South Korea
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States (including Puerto Rico)
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- People's Republic of China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Lebanon
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
See also
- List of Radisson hotels
- SAS Group
External links
- [Radisson Hotels]
- [Radisson family]
- [Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts]
- [James Lileks: Radisson Hotel] – historical images of the original hotel
- [Obituary of Curtis Carlson]
| Members of the SAS Group |
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| Scandinavian Airlines • SAS Braathens • Widerøe • Blue1 • Spanair • airBaltic
Affiliated Airlines: Estonian Air • Air Greenland • Skyways
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