references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message pestana group type hotel group industry hotel chain tourism hospitality founded 1972 founders jose pestana and manuel pestana headquarters funchal portugal number of employees 6 000 slogan memorable stays website pestana hotels & resorts pestana group is the largest portuguese tourism and leisure group its hotel chain ph & r pestana hotels and resorts has 91 hotels and more than 10 700 rooms . 1 and since 2003 ph & r manages the pousadas de portugal . the firm s main activity is tourism having also interests in industry and services . 2 it manages hotel units in three different continents europe south america and africa . the countries it serves on those continents are in alphabetical order argentina brazil cape verde mozambique portugal s o tom and pr ncipe and south africa . the pestana group owns the portuguese airline euroatlantic airways and a stake in stp airways which is the national airline of s o tom and pr ncipe . besides the 38 hotels the pestana group has six timesharing properties three golf courses two real estate touristic properties a gambling concession for a casino a participation in a charter airline a travel agency and three tour operators . the pestana group owns empresa de cervejas da madeira a company in madeira island that produces and distributes coral brisa and laranjada some of the top selling local alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages . contents 1 history 2 hotels 3 references 4 external links history edit the pestana group was founded by jos pestana and his brother manuel pestana when they acquired the atl ntico hotel in 1965 . a new five star hotel was built in its place the work was completed in 1972 . when jose pestana retired he left control of the company to his son dion sio pestana . 3 in 2003 the pestana group took over the management of the portuguese pousada chain pousadas de portugal taking responsibility for more than 40 pousadas in national territory . hotels edit pestana hotels and resorts pestana pousadas de portugal pestana collection hotels pestana cr7 hotels references edit pestana hotels & resorts official site pestana group structure pestana profile external links edit pestana group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pestana group & oldid 741465399 categories companies of portugalhotels in portugalresorts in portugalhospitality companies of portugalhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from december 2013all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 espa olportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 17 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view