The Group‘s London-listed subsidiary, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C), owns and operates a portfolio of over 120 hotels with more than 36,000 rooms in 18 countries*. M&C was included in the top 100 of "Britain's Most Admired Companies" - a ranking conducted by leading business magazine Management Today.

M&C hotels are marketed under two principal brands- "Millennium" & "Copthorne", with a third brand "Kingsgate" primarily operated in New Zealand. It also owns hotels managed by International hotel chains such as Hilton, Hyatt, JW Marriott and Nikko in New York, Taipei, and Hong Kong.

In May 2001, M&C and Maritim Hotels entered into an agreement to form a global strategic marketing alliance. Maritim Hotels has 49 hotels with 14,520 rooms in 7 countries.

In 2008, the Group opened a total of 7 new hotels, the Grand Millennium Beijing, Copthorne Hotel Qingdao and the Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen in China, both operating under franchise agreements, and four in the Middle East - Grand Millennium Dubai, Copthorne Hotel Dubai, Al Jahrah Copthorne Hotel and Resort and Kingsgate Abu Dhabi Hotel - operating under management contracts.

The Group has also announced the signing of an additional eight management contracts, with seven in the United Arab Emirates and one in Kuwait. The properties are due to be completed between 2009 and 2011, accounting for almost 2,300 additional rooms.

M&C's listed subsidiaries are the Auckland-listed Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited, CDL Investments New Zealand Limited and Philippines-listed Grand Plaza Hotel Corporation.

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*The 125 hotels comprise 103 hotels that are open and a further 22 that are in the pipeline.