glh.
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Hospitality industry |
| Genre | Leisure |
| Headquarters |
2nd Floor, Stephenson House 75 Hampstead Road London, NW1 2PL, London, United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Mike DeNoma (CEO) |
| Services | Upscale and Luxury Hotels |
Number of employees | 1,917 (2005) |
| Parent | GuocoLeisure Limited |
| Divisions | Thistle Hotels, Guoman Hotel Brands, Clermont Hotels & Residences, Amba Hotels |
| Website | http://www.glhhotels.com |
glh. refers to GLH Hotels Management (UK) Limited, a British-based global hotel company.[1]
glh. is the largest owner-operator hotel management company in London with over 4,000 hotel rooms.[2] It currently has thirty-six hotels (2013) with a total of 8,279 hotel rooms and 337 meeting rooms across the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, UK
glh. manages the Thistle brand, the Guoman collection of Hotels, Clermont Hotels & Residences and Amba Hotels.[2][3] The Thistle brand operates 31 hotels throughout the United Kingdom. Guoman has five hotels under its collective branding, The 5-star Royal Horseguards Hotel, The Grosvenor Hotel, The Tower Hotel, The Cumberland Hotel and the Charing Cross Hotel, all located within London.
History
On 11 June 2013, glh. was relaunched by Chief Executive Mike DeNoma. glh. announced its new global owner-operator strategy focusing on the 100 global cities with a 10 year ambition to become "the world’s best managed hospitality company", delivering "the best guest centred experience in the industry". According to their press release,[2] they would launch three new brands within the following 12 months. Prior to the relaunch in June 2013, glh. operated under the name Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited.
On the 1st of October 2013, glh. presented Clermont Hotels & Residences,[4] an international luxury hotel and private residences brand which will make its debut with the conversion of the Royal Horseguards Hotel into 'Clermont London', opening in 2014. The other two hotels under the luxury brand will form part of a mixed development including luxury residences and will be located in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. They are due to open in 2016.
On the 23rd of October, glh. launched Amba, a global 4-star hotel brand catering to “the discerning business and leisure traveller”.[5] The first four Amba Hotels are expected to be located in London with a total of 2,088 rooms available in 2015. The four launch properties announced by glh. are situated in Marble Arch, Tower Bridge, Charing Cross and Buckingham Palace Road in London. The property on Buckingham Palace Road will be the first to open in June 2014. glh. also announced its plans to open the Amba brand across 30 UK cities and expand internationally in China, the USA and Europe.[6][7]
The company is owned by Guocoleisure,[8] an international investment company headquartered in Singapore renamed from BIL International Limited, and has a primary listing on the Singapore Exchange, with secondary listings on the London and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. The company's primary role is as an active investor with strategic shareholdings and active investment management.
Chief Executive
The Chief Executive of the company is Mike DeNoma, who replaced Tim Scoble on 1 August 2012.[9]
Before joining glh. Mike DeNoma was chairman, president and chief executive of Chinatrust Commercial Bank, one of Asia's first international Chinese financial institutions. Previously, from 1999 to 2009, DeNoma was chief executive of the Global Consumer Bank at Standard Chartered.
Earlier in his career he was the founder and chief executive of two nationwide companies in China and held senior executive positions with Hutchison Whampoa, Citibank and PepsiCo after starting his career at Procter & Gamble.
A keen ultramarathon runner, DeNoma regularly competes in athletic challenges to generate funds for vulnerable children, having already raised over US$500,000 for the Impossible Odds Foundation [10]
References
- ↑ Hotel Magazine - Guoman Hotels Rebrand - 12 June 2013
- 1 2 3 glh. website
- ↑ Guoman website - About Us page
- ↑ Big Hospitality - Clermont brand launch - 1 October 2013
- ↑ Big Hospitality - Amba by glh: ‘Europe’s largest four-star hotel brand launch' - 23 October 2013
- ↑ HospitalityNet - glh. announces the launch of a new global 4-star hotel brand: Amba - 23 October 2013
- ↑ The Times - City Diary - 24 October 2013
- ↑ Guoco Leisure - Corporate Profile
- ↑ Caterer and Hotelkeeper - MikeDenoma becomes CEO of Guoman Hotels - 27 July 2012
- ↑ Impossible Odds Foundation - Mike DeNoma