Who owns Crowne Plaza Bahrain?
Crowne Plaza Bahrain is operated by Gulf Hotels Group (Bahrain, Bahrain Bourse: GHG) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2016; Gulf Hotels Group does not own the name.[1] The Crowne Plaza Bahrain name is owned by InterContinental Hotels Group.
Evidence: Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. Annual Report 2025 — Building Momentum for Future Growth, 22 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain, Manama
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- Bahrain Bourse: GHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Crowne Plaza Bahrain is a 278-bedroom five-star hotel in the Diplomatic Area, attached to the Bahrain Conference Centre. Gulf Hotels Group acquired it in 2016 by buying Bahrain Tourism Company, which owned it, and owns and manages it through that subsidiary — but it trades under franchise from InterContinental Hotels Group, so the group owns the building and rents the name.
Ownership timeline of Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Where Crowne Plaza Bahrain sits in Gulf Hotels Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Al Waha Restaurant
- Bahrain Airport Hotel (51%)
- China Garden
- Doña by Margarita Mexicana
- Fishbone
- Fusions
- Gulf Executive Residence
- Gulf Executive Residence Juffair
- Jahazi Restaurant
- Kaju
- La Mosaique Restaurant
- La Pergola
- La Perle
- Margarita Mexicana
- Maverick
- Mawimbi Restaurant
- Rasoi
- Sato Restaurant
- Sofra
- Takht Jamsheed
- The Gulf Hotel Bahrain
- Zen by China Garden
- Zytoun
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Other brands owned by Gulf Hotels Group
Gulf Hotels Group controls 24 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in travel & transport.
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Other brands in luxury hotels, and who owns them
The 39 brands in luxury hotels on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Genting, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Fairmont | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| InterContinental | IHG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| St. Regis | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Song Hotels | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Gulf Hotels Group
Gulf Hotels Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, founded in 1967.
Gulf Hotels Group is Bahrain's largest hotel owner-operator, incorporated in 1967 as Bahrain Hotels Company and renamed in 1969, the year it opened the Gulf Hotel — the country's first five-star hotel. It runs eight properties with about 1,200 keys, roughly twenty restaurants and twelve cafés and lounges, and reported net profit up 44 per cent in 2025 on a net margin of 23 per cent. Unusually for a hotel company its restaurant brands travel on their own: Takht Jamsheed and China Garden are being franchised and opened away from the hotels, in Bahrain malls, at Time Out Market Bahrain and in Saudi Arabia.
Gulf Hotels Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Crowne Plaza Bahrain and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Crowne Plaza Bahrain among them.
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- Arriva UK Bus — Arriva 🇬🇧
- Avanti West Coast — FirstGroup 🇬🇧
- BA CityFlyer — IAG 🇬🇧
- Birmingham Airport — Birmingham Airport Holdings 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Crowne Plaza Bahrain?
Gulf Hotels Group makes and sells Crowne Plaza Bahrain under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2016.
Does Gulf Hotels Group own Crowne Plaza Bahrain?
No. Gulf Hotels Group holds a licence to make and sell Crowne Plaza Bahrain, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Crowne Plaza Bahrain come from?
Crowne Plaza Bahrain originated in the United Kingdom.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. Annual Report 2025 — Building Momentum for Future Growth — Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C., Annual report, published 22 February 2026; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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