Rotana: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Rotana is a privately held company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that owns 6 consumer brands.[1]
Rotana is a hotel management company founded in 1992 by Nasser Al Nowais and Selim El Zyr, with its first hotel, Beach Rotana, in Abu Dhabi. Its own site describes more than 100 properties across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Türkiye and a portfolio of six brands. Its copyright line names it as Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC; it is treated here as privately held because no stock listing appears in the documents read. Rotana manages hotels rather than owning all of them, so a Rotana hotel is not necessarily owned by Rotana.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC (also Rotana Hotels)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Founded
- 1992
- Website
- www.rotana.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Rotana in numbers
- Rotana owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is travel & transport with 6 brands.[1]
Everything Rotana owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Rotana own?
Rotana owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Rotana Hotels & Resorts, Edge by Rotana, The Residences by Rotana, Arjaan Hotel Apartments, Centro Hotels and Rayhaan Hotels & Resorts.
Is Rotana an Emirati company?
Yes. Rotana is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and was founded in 1992.
Who owns Rotana?
Rotana is privately held. Rotana is a hotel management company founded in 1992 by Nasser Al Nowais and Selim El Zyr, with its first hotel, Beach Rotana, in Abu Dhabi.
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] Rotana — Our History — Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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