hotel group type strategic partnership between private company carlson and public company rezdior traded as nasdaq stockholm rezt industry hospitality founded 1938 carlson 1960 rezidor founder curtois l. carlson headquarters minnetonka minnesota u.s. and brussels belgium key people david p. berg ceo carlson wolfgang m. neumann ceo carlson rezidor services lodging revenue 7.3 billion 2015 number of employees 88 001 parent carlson website www.carlsonrezidor.com footnotes references annual report the rezidor hotel group 2011 interim reports the rezidor hotel group 2013 q1 3 websites carlson rezidor hotel group is one of the world s largest hotel groups 1 with headquarters in minneapolis and brussels belgium . 2 the carlson rezidor hotel group includes more than 1 370 hotels in operation and under development in over 110 countries employing over 88 000 staff . the hotel brands include quorvus collection radisson hotels radisson blu radisson red country inns & suites park inns and park plaza hotels & resorts . 3 the group loyalty program is called club carlson . contents 1 operations 2 history 3 brands 4 references operations edit the group has more than 1 370 hotels in operation and under development in 110 countries and territories . it is the world s tenth largest hotel group . history edit in 1938 curtois l. carlson founded the gold bond stamp company in his hometown of minneapolis minnesota . over the next 75 years gold bond grew into an international travel and hospitality corporation operating thousands of hotels hundreds of restaurants and the world s leading business travel management company . rezidor was originally the hotel section of sas airlines rezidor opened the first hotel 1960 in denmark the royal copenhagen designed by arne jacobsen . the group developed from a regional player in scandinavia to an international company . in 1980 radisson sas opened in kuwait the first to open outside of scandinavia . in 1994 rezidor signed the first master franchise agreement with carlson for operation and development of the radisson brand in europe the middle east and africa . in 2002 the second master franchise agreement followed for the park inn country inn and regent brands in europe the middle east and africa . when sas sold the hotel business in 2006 and rezidor went public listed at stockholm stock exchange carlson became the largest shareholder and is today the majority shareholder . carlson and rezidor launched their strategic partnership in january 2012 with an initial focus to grow their core brands radisson blu and park inn . brands edit country inns & suites park inn park plaza hotels & resorts quorvus collection radisson hotels radisson blu radisson red references edit company overview of carlson rezidor hotel group . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 21 august 2014 . company profile for rezidor hotel group ab rezt . http www.bloomberg.com . retrieved 21 august 2014 . external link in work help carlson rezidor hotel 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