Luxury Hotels: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts

If you’re thinking about luxury hotels in the United States and around the world, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts should be an option. A look at The Carlyle Hotel in New York City proves that the folks at Rosewood Hotels and Resorts have glamor down to a science.

The Carlyle has hosted royalty, celebrities, famous politicians, and the wealthy for decades and is a New York landmark. The first president to stay there was Harry Truman, President John Kennedy actually owned an apartment in the hotel for 10 years.

Of course, the Rosewood corporation has its own history, which began in 1979. In 1980, they opened their first property, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. It was originally the mansion of the King family, who built the building in 1908, only to see it destroyed by fire in 1923. The building was rebuilt in 1925 into a 10,000 square foot estate.

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek - The Terrace

The King family ended up having to sell the mansion in 1935, and by 1979, it began renovation to become a luxury hotel and restaurant. It opened in 1981 with 143 rooms and a lot of fanfare, also winning the first of many awards, the Keystone Award, by the Historic Preservation League of Dallas. Since then, it has won numerous awards, and is one of the few five-star, five-diamond hotels in the state of Texas.

In all, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts consists of more than 15 properties scattered around the globe. Half of those properties are in the United States; they are:

The Carlyle, New York City;
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas;
Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Dallas;
The Mansion on Peachtree, Atlanta;
Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, Santa Fe, NM;
Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, CA;
San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA;
CordeValle, San Martin, CA

International properties are located in Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Antigua, Japan, and the Virgin Gorda Islands.

Already in 2009, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts have been honored with these awards:

• AAA Five-Diamond Award, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Las Ventanas al Paraíso
• Condé Nast Traveler Gold List: Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Rosewood Little Dix Bay, Las Ventanas al Paraíso, King Pacific Lodge
• Condé Nast Hot List, The Mansion on Peachtree
• Mobil Five-Star Award, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek
• Travel + Leisure: World’s Best Service, Caneel Bay, Las Ventanas al Paraíso
• Saudi Arabia’s Leading Hotel: Rosewood Corniche
• Saudi Arabia’s Leading Business Hotel: Al Faisaliah Hotel