references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message thistle hotels type private industry hospitality founded 1965 headquarters uxbridge england area served united kingdom key people tim scoble ceo quek leng chan chairman steve bailey cfo revenue 287m 2004 parent guoman hotel management uk limited website www.thistle.com sceiment hhttpp ; www sc 018653 b vat 100 revenue taxes net king george tsagkarakis 02021973 date birth gtsignature sthistle hotels com swift card busines apartment employers employment managers secretraies sunboleo property raimment 2016 yeras reference platformen masein trasport sc 018653 b invoice receipt thistle hotels apartment king george tsagkarakis thistle hotels com swift card busines derect reseption office com busines paratment voic db live lokistc thistle hotel com copy right c company chec 05361736 registration propertys uk london wikipedia sceiment the thistle city barbican hotel in london thistle hotels run by glh . is a uk based hotel company with a portfolio of 12 hotels 1 operating in the three and four star sector . contents 1 history 2 management 3 guoman brand 4 references 5 external links history edit it was set up by scottish & newcastle in 1965 to combine its own traditional legacy hotels with purpose built hotels . mount charlotte investments bought thirty four thistle hotels from s & n and acquired the thistle brand name for 645m in november 1989 . debt acquired from the transaction surrogated mount charlotte investments with no choice but to be taken over by brierley investments of new zealand for 664m in 1990 . the chain was the main shirt sponsor for leeds united afc from 1993 96 . in 1997 the company floated on the stock exchange to become thistle hotels plc valued at 620m . in september 1998 it sold 30 provincial hotels to grace hotels owned by the lehman brothers investment bank for 62.7 m becoming managed by peel hotels . in july 1999 it sold the charles dickens hotel in london to the ryan hotel group for 20m . in june 2002 it initially sold 37 of its hotels to orb estates of jersey for 598m continuing to manage the properties but the hotels are eventually sold to atlantic hotels for 700m and being operated under the thistle name . in june 2003 the company was bought for 627m by bil international a private equity company based in singapore owned by the hong leong group and the majority shareholder since 1990 . bil is actually for accountancy purposes registered in bermuda . thistle hotels was delisted from the london stock exchange . in 2004 it opened its cumberland hotel in london after a 95 million renovation which operated under the guoman deluxe brand . in may 2005 it sold six hotels to the topland group under a leaseback deal for 185m . it used to be based in the calls in leeds then moved to uxbridge . in 2004 budget hotel company travelodge bought two thistle hotels in london . thistle hotels is currently undergoing a re branding of 100 million in order to maintain consistency across the group . thistle cardiff the parc has now re opened after being closed for 17 months due to fire and has been refurbished throughout . from 1993 until 1996 thistle hotels sponsored leeds united . in 2015 the managed part of the estate was sold by its owners cit holdings ltd and unfortunately glh ltd were unsuccessful in their bidding 2 meaning the vast majority of the provincial estate changed management . accor hotels now manage a large part of the former thistle sites . 3 management edit the ceo was tim scoble until 2012 he was the ceo of little chef for two years from 2004 6 . mike de noma joined as the new ceo in 2012 guoman brand edit thistle now operates five luxury hotels in london under this brand namely the tower hotel the cumberland hotel the charing cross the royal horseguards the grosvenor formally thistle victoria in april 2009 after a 19 million refurbishment the royal horseguards received official 5 star accreditation and was the first hotel in the guoman portfolio to receive this rating . references edit http www.thistle.com . missing or empty title help http www.glhhotels.com press press releases glh ceases management of cit estate . missing or empty title help http www.headforpoints.com 2015 06 17 thistle quietly losing more than half its hotels on july 31st . missing or empty title help external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to thistle hotels . london portal companies portal official website guoman hotels review at dooyoo two reviews of the thistle euston at ciao thistle cardiff damaged by an arson attack in december 2006 tourism downturn hits thistle hotels in 2002 v t e hotel chains accor adagio formule 1 f1 formula 1 ibis budget styles mama shelter mercure grand mercure mgallery novotel suite novotel pullman the sebel sofitel thalassa sea & spa carlson rezidor 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