Gleneagles Hotel and golf resort has been sold by drinks company Diageo, which has owned it for 31 years. The selling price is believed to have been about £150m. It has been bought by Ennismore, a private investment company, which already owns the small Hoxton chain of boutique hotels.
Ennismore2015. Gleneagles was purchased from Diageo by Ennismore, a London-based owner and developer of unique hospitality properties and experiences. The Gleneagles Arena, a new 2,500 sq m events space and tennis centre, was officially opened.
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Famous guests who have graced its doors include actors Sir Sean Connery and John Travolta, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Sir Bruce Forsythe, while politicians have long used the hotel for conferences, including famously Tony Blair and George Bush.
Sharan PasrichaSharan Pasricha is the Founder & Co-CEO of Ennismore - a creative hospitality company rooted in culture and community.
Gleneagles, which opened its doors in 1924, has more than 230 bedrooms, 850 acres of grounds and three championship golf course. It was owned by British Rail until 1981, when it was sold to a consortium of Scottish businessmen.
The Gleneagle GroupThe Brehon has 125 bedrooms, a bar, a restaurant and a choice of function spaces. It has won numerous industry awards and is numbered among Trip Advisor's Top Ten Hotels in Ireland. In March 2007 The Gleneagle Group began managing The Maritime Hotel in Bantry, West Cork.
Sharan PasrichaBorn in 1980, Sharan Pasricha founded the hospitality company Ennismore in 2011. A year later, he bought the Hoxton Hotel in Shoreditch, expanding the brand to Amsterdam, the Netherlands and, in September 2018, Brooklyn.
AccorThe 73 hotels making up the combined company include brands like Hoxton, Gleneagles, SLS, Delano, and Mondrian. The entity will be two-thirds owned by Accor and a third by Pasricha.
More than 850 acres of hill, field, stream and green for play and adventure, no matter if you're a beginner or an expert.