please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources design hotels news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message design hotels type public industry hotel management tourism travel hotel hospitality marketing public relations management consulting business development founded 1993 in sausalito ca united states key people claus sendlinger ceo & president dr. holger peres chairman of the supervisory board services marketing branding creative services hotel development sales hotel management public relations revenue 6.29 million 1 2008 website www.designhotels.com design hotels ag b rse m nchen lba is a publicly traded company providing hospitality services to a network of over 280 independently owned small boutique and luxury hotels in over 50 countries worldwide . the firm maintains offices in london barcelona new york city and singapore in addition to its headquarters in berlin . contents 1 member hotels 2 history 3 business model and services 4 publications and events 5 references 6 external links member hotels edit design hotels represents and markets a curated selection of over 280 independent hotels in more than 50 countries across the globe . 2 history edit design hotels was founded in 1993 as a california corporation design hotels inc. by j. peter schweitzer and claus sendlinger . claus was a part owner with hans peter knodler of german full service travel agency co ordinates gmbh based on augsburg germany ; the two firms and several others consolidated in 1998 under the holding company lebensart.net gmbh subsequently known as lebensart global networks ag in 1999 . the holding company went public in germany on dec. 10 1999 . in 2000 lebensart global networks ag with daniel adams as the cfo raised sufficient capital to transfer trading from the over the counter otc markets to the b rse m nchen . in 2001 the firm re branded itself as design hotels with 23 initial member hotels . that same year the firm completed the corporate merger of wholly owned subsidiaries resexpress inc. younger direct marketing inc. and lebensart technology inc. the company began trading under the name lebensart technology arizona inc. with headquarters in scottsdale arizona . in 2004 after several relocations of its headquarters from arizona california to new york the firm settled its headquarters in its current location in berlin germany with its current name design hotels ag . business model and services edit design hotels charges member hotels a base membership fee and earns additional revenue by providing various supportive services on an a la carte basis . services include sales marketing pr and other creative services ; online and telephone booking services with associated customer service ; yield revenue management and third party business development deals ; and hotel consultancy . publications and events edit design hotels publications include directions a bi annual magazine on travel architecture and lifestyle ; the design hotels book an annual edition showcasing the full range of member hotels ; and various newsletters . architecture and design symposia include design hotels arena an educational event for member hoteliers on trends affecting the hospitality and design industries as well as other events . the firm also participates in industry wide trade shows for travel companies including itb in berlin germany and itb asia in singapore international luxury travel market itlm in cannes france ; and in shanghai china and le miami florida . references edit 3q08 financial quarterly results unique hotels and resorts across the globe design hotels . external links edit design hotels official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title design hotels & oldid 737369893 categories hotel and leisure companies of germanycompanies based in berlinpublicly traded companieshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles that may contain original research from april 2015all articles that may contain original researcharticles lacking reliable references from april 2015all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 09 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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