Dec. 12–RIYADH — Katara Hospitality Company owned by the government of Qatar acquired a 50 percent stake in the London landmark Fairmont Hotel the Savoy from Lloyds Banking Group, making the famous London hotel equally owned by Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) chaired by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and the government of Qatar.
KHC stated that this transaction further solidifies the strategic partnership between the government of Qatar and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal through KHC. KHC owns a 35 percent stake in Fairmont Raffles Holdings International Hotels Company FRHI in partnership with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).
Founded in 1980, KHC is a publicly traded company, which was listed on Tadawul (the Saudi stock exchange) in 2007.
KHC is one of the world’s most successful and diversified business organizations, highly respected in the field of investments and recognized as an elite player in the Gulf region, and internationally. The company is recognized as one of the largest foreign investors in the United States.
KHC’s portfolio has its major interests in investment categories ranging from luxury hotels management hotel companies (Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont Raffles Holding Intl and Movenpick Hotels, Resorts AG and Swissotel) and real estate (Kingdom Tower and project in Jeddah and Kingdom Riyadh project) to hotel real estate investments such as (The Plaza, New York, Savoy Hotel, London and Four Seasons, George V Hotel, Paris and other hotels).
KHC also has investments in Petrochemical (Tasnee), Media and Publishing (News Corporation and Saudi Research and Marketing Group) as well as in Entertainment (Euro Disney SCA).
In addition, finance and investment services (Citigroup), social media and technology (Twitter and Jingdong).
Moreover, the Company has investments in education (Kingdom Schools), health care (Medical Services Projects Company), aviation (NAS Saudi Arabia) and agriculture (Kingdom Agricultural Development Company — KADCO Egypt).
