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<b style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Omni Hotels & Resorts</b><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately_held" title="Privately held" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">privately held</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, international luxury </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel" title="Hotel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">hotel</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company" title="Company" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">company</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> based in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas,Texas" title="Dallas, Texas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dallas, Texas</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels%26_Resorts#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The company is currently owned by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">private equity</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor" title="Investor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">investor</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rowling" title="Robert Rowling" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Robert Rowling</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRT_Holdings" title="TRT Holdings" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">TRT Holdings</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, who bought the company in February 1996 from World International Holdings, Ltd. and the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hong Kong</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-based conglomerate, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wharf(Holdings)Limited" title="The Wharf (Holdings) Limited" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Wharf (Holdings) Limited</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels%26_Resorts#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The company currently operates 60 properties in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Canada</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mexico</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> totaling over 20,010 rooms and employing more than 23,000 people.</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels%26_Resorts#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels%26_Resorts#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Of the properties only three are franchised (Cancun, Puerto Aventuras, and Philadelphia), with the remaining hotels being managed or owned by Omni Corporate. Omni was the largest hotel chain to not offer in-room adult movies, until </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_Hotels%26_Resorts" title="Marriott Hotels & Resorts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Marriott</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> announced a similar policy in 2011.</span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels_%26_Resorts#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup>