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Federico J. González is the President & CEO of RADISSON HOTEL GROUP

Federico J. González is the CEO of Radisson Hotel Group (RHG), based in the EMEA headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The Group has more than 1,500 hotels in operation and development around the world.

González has extensive global executive leadership experience in the hospitality, leisure, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors. Prior to joining Radisson Hotel Group, he was Chief Executive Officer of NH Hotel Group, where he led a major turnaround of the company. González was previously Deputy General Manager of Disneyland Paris, and worked 16 years in senior management positions at Procter & Gamble in Brussels, Madrid, and Stockholm before becoming the company’s country Head of Portugal in 2000.

A respected marketer and change driver, González has written three books, Living and Working Abroad, How to Live and Work with the Portuguese, and How to succeed in doing business the Swedish way.

As a global leader, González’s personal mission is to motivate and energize large organizations to be more ambitious in profitability, purpose, and people, through respect for diversity of thought, culture, gender, experience, and beliefs.

González majored in Economics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received a Master’s of International Trade and Finance from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. In January 2021, González became an independent member of the Board of Sodexo.

Radisson Blu is an international chain of hotels operated by Radisson Hotels. With roots dating back to the 1960s, the Radisson Blu brand name came into existence in 2009 with a rebranding from Radisson SAS. Its hotels are found in major cities, key airport gateways and leisure destinations.

Radisson BluTypeSubsidiaryIndustryHospitality, Hotels, TourismFounded1960; 62 years ago (1960)HeadquartersMinneapolis, United States and Brussels, Belgium

Number of locations

380

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Wolfgang M. Neumann (President & CEO), Knut Kleiven (Deputy President & Chief Financial Officer), Olivier Harnisch (Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer), Eric De Neef (Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer)ParentRadisson HotelsWebsiteradissonblu.com

Room 606 at the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen

Radisson Blu has roots dating back to the opening of the SAS Royal Hotel in Denmark in 1960. Designed by Arne Jacobsen for SAS Group, it was the world's first designer hotel.[1]: 378–379 The hotel was initially under the catering division of the group but merged with the hospitality division to become SAS Catering and Hotels.[1]: 379 In 1982, the hotels were spun off as a separate division, operating under the name SAS International Hotels.[2] and became known as SAS International Hotels in 1985.[1]: 379 [2]

Radisson Blu Aqua hotel in Chicago, United States.

In 1994, Radisson SAS was created as a partnership with Radisson and SAS International Hotels for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[2] By the year 2000, the brand was operating 100 hotels.[3]

2009 to present; Rebrand as Radisson Blu

The Radisson Blu brand first came into being in 2009 when Radisson SAS rebranded and changed its name to Radisson Blu.[4] The name ‘Blu’ was chosen as part of a research project to find a new visual identity as the company looked to replace the familiar SAS blue box.[3]

Radisson Blu entered the United States market with the opening of its first hotel in Chicago, Illinois in 2011. The hotel occupies part of the Aqua skyscraper developed by Studio Gang Architects.[5] In 2013, it opened its second location. It is connected to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.[6] In 2010, Radisson Blu was named the largest upper upscale hotel chain in Europe.[7]

Radisson Blu hotels are mainly located in major cities, key airport gateways and leisure destinations. It is described as an "upper upscale" hotel brand.[8]

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Radisson Hospitality, Inc. (trading as Radisson Hotel Group) is an American multi-national hospitality company. It started as a division of Carlson Companies, which owned Radisson Hotels, Country Inns & Suites and other brands. In 1994, Carlson signed a franchise agreement with SAS International Hotels (SIH), after which SIH started to use the brand Radisson SAS in the Europe, Middle East and Africa markets. In 2005, Carlson acquired 25% of the shares of SIH, at that time known as Rezidor SAS Hospitality. In 2010, Rezidor Hotel Group (formerly Rezidor SAS) became a subsidiary of Carlson. The enlarged hotel group adopted a new trading name, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which was one of the top hotel corporations in 2013.[7]

Radisson Hospitality, Inc.

Trade name

Radisson Hotel GroupFormerlyCarlson Hotels, Inc.TypePrivateIndustryHospitalityFounded

1962	(Carlson's first hotel acquisition)[1]
2012	(merger of Carlson and Rezidor hotel groups)

FounderCarlson Companies
SAS ABHeadquarters701 Carlson Parkway,

Minnetonka, Minnesota[2]

United States

Number of locations

120 countries and territories[3] (2021)

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Fredrico J. González Tejera[4] (CEO)
Sergio Amodeo [4] (CFO)
Chema Basterrechea[4] (COO & EVP)

Brands

Radisson Collection
Radisson Blu
Radisson
Radisson RED
Radisson Individuals
Park Plaza
Park Inn by Radisson
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
prizeotel

Revenue

$7.3 billion[5]OwnerAplite Holdings AB
(a consortium led by Jin Jiang of China)[6]

Number of employees

Over 100,000[3] (2021)Subsidiaries

Radisson Hospitality AB
Radisson Hospitality Inc.
and others

Websiteradissonhotelgroup.com

In 2016, Carlson Companies sold Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group to Chinese conglomerate HNA Group. In the fourth quarter of 2017, Carlson Hotels, Inc. (the holding company of the hotel group) was renamed Radisson Hospitality, Inc., while the listed subsidiary (Rezidor Hotel Group AB) was renamed Radisson Hospitality AB. In 2018, HNA Group re-sold Radisson to a consortium led by a multinational holding hospitality company, Jin Jiang International.[6]

As of 2021, Radisson Hotel Group owns or operates nine hotel brands: Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Radisson Individuals, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson and prizeotel. The loyalty program is known as Radisson Rewards.

Curt Carlson, founder of the namesake company, bought Radisson Hotel in downtown Minneapolis in 1962[8][1]: 90 (Radisson Hotel Group claimed it was 1960).[9] 40 years later, the hotel division of Carlson had expanded into one of the top hotel corporations, as of 2013.[7] On top of Radisson Hotels, the division also owned several other brands, such as Park Inn, Park Plaza (acquired in 2000), Country Inns & Suites (founded by Carlson in 1986), etc. The division acquired the brand Regent in 1997, but sold the brand in 2010.

In 1994, the division expanded into Europe, the Middle East and Africa markets (EMEA) by signing a franchise agreement with SAS Group's SAS International Hotels (SIH). SIH would use Carlson's brand Radisson in EMEA.[10] The agreement gave birth of the co-brand Radisson SAS, which became Radisson Blu since 2009. SAS International Hotels, later known as Rezidor SAS Hospitality in 2001 and then Rezidor Hotel Group in 2006, had expanded into a hotel group that consisted of more than 320 hotels as of 2008.[11]

The franchise agreement was renewed in 2002 and again in 2005. The 2002 deal added Park Inn, Regent and Country Inns into the agreement, while in 2005 agreement, Carlson purchased 25% shares of Rezidor SAS from SAS Group. The 2005 franchise agreement would last until year 2052.

Rezidor Hotel Group also had other brands, such as Hotel Missoni, which was licensed from Missoni.

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Logo of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Rezidor Hotel Group, formerly Rezidor SAS, became a listed company in 2006.[12]: 380 [13][14] SAS Group ceased to be the shareholder of Rezidor Hotel Group in 2007,[12]: 380 [15] while Carlson, a significant shareholder of Rezidor SAS since 2005, became the parent company of Rezidor Hotel Group in 2010.[16]

Since January 2012, the enlarged hotel group was trading as Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.[17]

In February 2014, Carlson Rezidor terminated the license agreement of Hotel Missoni.[18] Carlson Rezidor's Hotel Missoni Edinburgh and Hotel Missoni Kuwait would cease to use the brand Hotel Missoni not later than June 30, 2014.[19] In the same month, two new brands of the group were introduced, namely Quorvus Collection and Radisson Red.[20]

In March 2016, Carlson Rezidor acquired a 49% stake in German hotel chain prizeotel, for €14.7 million, with a future right to acquire the remaining 51% of the shares.[21][22] (On October 4, 2019, Radisson announced that it was purchasing the remaining 51% of prizeotel.[23])

In April 2016, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group was sold to HNA Tourism Group, a division of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group.[24][25] The loyalty programs: HNA Group and Hainan Airlines' Fortune Wings Club and Radisson's Radisson Rewards, signed a partnership agreement in June 2018.[26]

In the fourth quarter of 2017, Carlson Hotels, Inc. (the US-based holding company of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group) was renamed Radisson Hospitality, Inc.,[27] while the Brussels-based Swedish-listed subsidiary (Rezidor Hotel Group AB) was renamed Radisson Hospitality AB in May 2018.[28] The whole group received a new trading name – Radisson Hotel Group.[29] The Club Carlson customer loyalty program was renamed Radisson Rewards.[30]

In August 2018, Radisson Hotel Group was sold to Aplite Holdings AB, a consortium led by a Chinese state-owned hospitality company, Jin Jiang International.[31][6] According to the press release, Radisson Hotel Group had more than 1,400 hotels in operation and under development at that time.[6] As of December 2017, the listed subsidiary Rezidor Hotel Group AB had been operating 369 hotels.[27]: 3

As of October 2021:[3]

Current

Radisson Collection
Radisson Blu
Radisson
Radisson RED
Radisson Individuals [32]
Park Plaza with art’otel
Park Inn by Radisson
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
prizeotel

Former

Hotel Missoni (license agreement was terminated in 2014)
Regent (sold in 2010)

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson

Country Inn & Suites logo

An entrance of a Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotel in Gillette, Wyoming, in 2018

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, formerly Country Inns & Suites by Carlson[33] and Country Inns by Carlson, is a hotel chain of the Radisson Hotel Group (former Carlson Hotels). It was established by the former Carlson Hotels' owner, Carlson Companies in 1986 as a "middle-class" brand.[1]: 92 The sister brand, Radisson Hotels was classified as full-service, upscale brand of the group.[1]: 92 Carlson Companies also owned the namesake, Country Kitchen restaurant chain at that time.[1]: 90–91 In January 2018, two years after Carlson sold Carlson–Rezidor hotel group to HNA Group, the chain was rebranded into "Country Inn & Suites by Radisson".[33]

Radisson Collection

Radisson Collection logo

Radisson Collection was formerly known as Quorvus Collection from 2014 to 2018.[34] Quorvus Collection was introduced in 2014 as a luxury brand.[20] The first hotel of former Rezidor Hotel Group in Copenhagen, was converted to use Radisson Collection brand.[35]

PPHE Hotel Group, licensee of Park Plaza brand in Europe and the Middle East regions; PPHE Hotel Group also owns art'otel and other brands, and participated in Radisson Hotel Group's loyalty program, Radisson Rewards.[36]
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