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Kimpton Group
San Francisco, CA
Corporate Profile
Properties42  
Year Established1981  
Employees6,000  
Job Openings  
Website
Kimpton Group

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Kimpton Group

222 Kearny Street Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94108

Phone (415) 397-5572

 Company Description

Kimpton is a San Francisco-based company known for its collection of stylish independent lifestyle hotels that are coupled with fine chef-driven restaurants. No two are the same. Founded in 1981, the company currently operates 40 hotels and restaurants across the United States and Canada. Kimpton’s combination of unique design, outstanding service and an adjacent destination restaurant has proven a great success. Kimpton’s signature elements are care, comfort, style, flavor and fun.

 Why People Like to Work for Us

Benefits

Full time employees are eligible for benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401K Plan. We also offer tuition reimbursements and discounts at any of our properties nationwide. Kimpton University is our in-house training program that is offered monthly. We are committed to fostering a work environment that is open, interactive, creative, challenging, stimulating, rewarding, and without barriers to fair employment and career advancement.

Join our Team

If you are a self-driven leader and have a passion for hospitality, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU. Similar to the uniqueness of our hotels and restaurants, we look for these qualities in our employees: independent creative people who enjoy learning new skills and advancing both professionally and personally. One of our goals is to support employee personal development.

Our Mission

Getting and Keeping Guest, Keeping and Developing Employees. We would not have jobs unless there were guests in our hotels and restaurants. So we strive to develop our employees and encourage a happy healthy work environment. If our employees are happy this attitude will transfer to our guests who will visit us in the future.

Our Promise

Balance the needs of our Guest, Employees and Investors. As a Management Company, Kimpton Group is hired by the owners to manage a profitable business. It is our philosophy that all three; the Guest, Employee and Investor are interdependent on each other.

Awards
  • 2004 - One of 56 companies to achieve a perfect score on the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index and the first hospitality company to achieve this perfect score.
  • 2004 – Top 500 – Best Hotels in the World
  • 2005 – Top 500 – Best Hotels in the World
  • 2004 – “40 Great Hotels across the United States”
  • AAA Four Diamond Award
  • #1 Domestic hotel company in the Value for Cost category
  • Top 10 Restaurants
  • Best venue of the year


Kimpton First
  • First Hotel Company to offer complimentary yoga baskets to guests.
  • First Hotel Company to offer high speed internet access in all rooms
  • First Hotel Company to offer “tall” rooms
  • First Hotel Company to offer complimentary wine hour to all guest.

 Company Statistics

Year founded  1981
Number of employees  6,000
Computer software  various
Regional offices in  San Francisco and Chicago

 Property Portfolio

Types of properties we operate   Hotel, Resort, Free Standing Restaurant
Types of locations   Major Cities
Franchise affiliations  All hotels are independent
Properties are located in   British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington D.C., Vancouver, British Columbia

  • We operate a total of 77 properties.
  • We manage properties for others, with management contracts on 77 properties.
  • We represent 77 properties.

 Company Characteristics

Accounting  Decentralized.
Reporting Requirements  We are very entrepreneurial and give our properties broad direction and then let them operate with a minimum of reporting. (Less than 3 hours of reporting requirements per month.)

  • The company is very sound financially.
  • We are adding additional properties to the portfolio every year.
  • We have a strong track record of promoting people based on performance, results, and willingness to relocate.

 Internet Links

Kimpton Group Homepage
http://www.kimptongroup.com

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