Omni Hotels

Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C.

The Omni Hotel chain employs nearly 13,000 associates and consists of 43 luxury properties located in the United States, Canada and Mexico. These properties offer four-diamond services and have roughly 15,000 rooms.

One of the things that make Omni Hotels different from some other hotel chains is that none of their properties look the same. Instead, it seems that they’re themed to fit in with the local area, which means that each hotel has its own distinctive touch. Many of the hotels in the chain were acquired by Omni.

This doesn’t mean they cut down on quality or price. There are no cheap rooms available in an Omni Hotel, as rates usually will start around $140 a night for regular rooms, and upwards of $3,500 a night or more for suites.

The Omni Hotel chain is a property of TRT Holdings, whose present owner is Robert Rowling, the 124th richest man in the world with and estimated net worth of $4.2 billion. Rowling made a majority of his money from oil and the sale of the Corpus Christi National Bank for $131 million. Rowling was also a regent for the University of Texas until February of 2009. Because of where he lives, it’s no wonder that the latest Omni hotel to open was is in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Most of the Omni Hotel properties are in the state of Texas.

Omni likes to break some their properties down into what they consider either resort areas or historic areas; some of their properties are included on both lists. The most famous of their hotels, The Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C., has catered to royalty, presidents, foreign dignitaries and has hosted inaugural balls for every president from FDR to Clinton. Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri used to hold all night poker games at the hotel; President Harry Truman frequently showed up.

Omni Bedford Springs Resort Hotel

Some of the most well known Omni Hotel properties include:

Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, PA

Omni Cancun Hotel & Villas, Cancun, Mexico

Omni Puerto Aventuras Beach Resort, Puerto Aventuras, Mexico

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, Orlando, FL

Omni Interlocken Resort, Denver, CO

Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, AZ

Omni Royal Orleans Hotel The Omni Royal Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Omni La Mansion del Rio Hotel The Omni La Mansión del Rio, San Antonio, TX

See Also:

Omni Hotels Homepage – www.OmniHotels.com

Robert Rowlings – Wikipedia.org

The Omni Shoreham Hotel – www.HistoricHotels.org