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The Group runs its hotel operations through its
London-listed subsidiary, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
(M&C), which is chaired by Mr Kwek Leng Beng. M&C owns
and operates a portfolio of 88 hotels with close to 25,000 rooms
in 16 countries.
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M&C is ranked 40th amongst
the world's top 325 international hotel groups. Millennium Seoul
Hilton, the five-star Korean hotel was also acquired by
the Group in late 1999.
M&C hotels are marketed under
the two principal brands- "Millennium" & "Copthorne". It also
owns hotels managed by International hotel chains such as
Kingsgate, Hilton, Hyatt, JW Marriott, Nikko and The
Regent in New Zealand, South Korea, Taipei, Hong Kong and
Malaysia.
In Singapore, the hotels in the M&C portfolio comprises
Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Copthorne Orchid, Copthorne King's,
Orchard Hotel and M Hotel.
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Millennium
Seoul Hilton
(South Korea)
Grand
Copthorne Waterfront Hotel (Singapore)
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M&C was included in the top 100 of "Britain's Most Admired Companies",
in a ranking conducted by leading business magazine Management
Today.
In May 2001 Millennium & Copthorne
Hotels plc and Maritim Hotels jointly entered into an agreement to
form a global strategic marketing alliance. This alliance creates a
combined portfolio of 128 hotels with almost 35,000 rooms in Europe,
the USA and Asia. Maritim is one of Germany's largest and most
prestigious hotel companies with properties located in all of
Germany's key cities and destinations plus in three international
locations : Mauritius, Tenerife and Riga.
Long term management contracts awarded
include a five-star property in Marrakech (Morocco),
a five-star hotel in Sharjah in the United Arab
Emirates, two five-star hotels in Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey and
the luxurious Royal Palm Hotel in the Galapagos Islands.
Visit http://www.millenniumhotels.com/ for the
worldwide rates and promotions.
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