Who owns The Gulf Hotel Bahrain?
The Gulf Hotel Bahrain is owned by Gulf Hotels Group (Bahrain, Bahrain Bourse: GHG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. Annual Report 2025 — Building Momentum for Future Growth, 22 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain, Manama
- Origin
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- Bahrain Bourse: GHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Gulf Hotel Bahrain
The Gulf Hotel was Bahrain's first five-star hotel when it opened in Adliya in 1969, and it remains one of the largest in the country with 361 rooms and suites, a three-storey spa and health club and the restaurant collection the group is now franchising outwards. It has joined Marriott Bonvoy and the Autograph Collection, but the group is explicit that the hotel stays under its own full management and keeps its own name, so the brand is not Marriott's.
Ownership timeline of The Gulf Hotel Bahrain
- Current owner Gulf Hotels Group [1] reported
Where The Gulf Hotel 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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See the full Gulf Hotels Group brand portfolio (23) →
Other brands owned by Gulf Hotels Group
Gulf Hotels Group controls 23 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
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. Brandtree records 23 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bahrain Bourse: GHG.
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 →
🇧🇭 The Gulf Hotel Bahrain and other Bahraini brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 31 brands that began in Bahrain. 2 of them (6%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Gulf Hotel Bahrain is not one of them.
- Gulf Air — Gulf Air 🇧🇭
- Alosra — BMMI 🇧🇭
- Babyshop — Landmark Group 🇦🇪
- Life Insurance Corporation (International) — LIC of India 🇮🇳
- Alosra On The Go — BMMI 🇧🇭
- Alto — BMMI 🇧🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Gulf Hotel Bahrain?
The parent company of The Gulf Hotel Bahrain is Gulf Hotels Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Bahrain.
Is The Gulf Hotel Bahrain Bahraini?
Yes. The Gulf Hotel Bahrain originated in Bahrain in 1969 and its owner, Gulf Hotels Group, is also headquartered in Bahrain.
Is The Gulf Hotel Bahrain still owned by Gulf Hotels Group?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, The Gulf Hotel Bahrain is still owned by Gulf Hotels Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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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