Industry Hospitality, Tourism Number of employees >16,000 CEO Olivier Chavy (Sep 2016–) Founded 1948 Type of business Private | Key people Olivier Chavy, CEO Headquarters Baar, Switzerland Founder Ueli Prager Revenue 978.8 million CHF (2015) | |
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Area served Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Products Business/Leisure Hotels, Resorts Subsidiaries Marché International AG Profiles | ||
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts ( [ˈmœːvənˌpɪk]; /ˈmuːvənˌpɪk/) is a hotel management company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. They are owned by Mövenpick Holding (66.7%) and the Kingdom Group (33.3%). They operate more than 80 properties, including hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers, with another 30 resorts planned or under construction across the Middle East and Asia.
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The hotel chain serves 5.8 million people per year, and in 2003 was named the “fastest growing hotel chain in the Middle East” by The World Travel Market.
Olivier Chavy took up the position of CEO in September 2016
Mövenpick Group
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts traces its roots back to the privately-owned Mövenpick Group, which was founded by the late Ueli Prager in 1948 when he opened his first restaurant in Zurich. The name was apparently inspired by the feeding action of a gull (in German, a Möwe) and how its simple movements reflected the restaurant’s theme of food served as quickly as possible.
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
The official launch of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts was marked by the opening of two hotels at Zurich-Airport and Zurich-Regensdorf. Expansion beyond Europe started in 1976 with the opening in Cairo of the Mövenpick Hotel Jolie Ville. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts were among the first companies to operate hotels under management contracts, which helped allow rapid growth. Expansion continued through the 1980s into Egypt, with the chain’s first cruise ship (HS Radamis) beginning operations in 1991.
New expansions into Africa and the Middle East saw “pilgrim hotels” opened in Madinah in Saudi Arabia, and a period of hotel renovation and portfolio consolidation began. Rapid expansion continued through the early 2000s.
A strategic partnership with Green Globe was announced in 2010, beginning a drive towards sustainability with a specific focus on the travel and tourism industry across all Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts properties.
Certification and awards accompany further expansion into India, the Philippines, Singapore, and Ghana (2011). New hotels opened in China in 2013, and Pakistan in 2014, and Bangladesh in 2015.
As of 2015, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has 56 properties that are Green Globe certified: the highest number of certifications currently attained by any one hotel company.
In January 2014, Mövenpick took over the Sheraton Karachi for a fifteen year period. On October 8th, 2015, Mövenpick announced its second property in Pakistan, after a contract to take over The Centaurus Hotel by early 2018.