COMO Hotels and Resorts is a Singapore-based company that operates hotels in Australia, Bhutan, France, Indonesia, Italy, the Maldives, Thailand, Turks and Caicos, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded by Christina Ong in 1991.
History The company was founded in 1991 by Christina Ong and her husband Ong Beng Seng. The company commenced operations with the opening of The Halkin hotel in London, England in 1991. This was followed by the opening of Parrot Cay resort in Turks and Caicos in 1998, and the Cocoa Island resort in the Maldives in 2002. In 2004, the company acquired and assumed management over the Begawan Giri Estate in Ubud, Bali.
Subsidiary company COMO Shambhala introduced a wellness app and website in June 2020.
The group's Parrot Cay resort was named the location of numerous celebrity death hoaxes, including hoaxes on the supposed deaths of Ted Nugent, Ja Rule, Chad Kroeger and Vince Vaughn.
In 2018, the company acquired Castello Del Nero, historic Tuscan castle-turned-hotel, in a deal worth €39.6 million. The property reopened in 2019 as COMO Castello Del Nero following extensive restorations led by Milanese designer Paola Navone.
Properties
As of July 2021, COMO Hotels and Resorts operates 18 hotels in nine countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. COMO Shambhala Estate in Ubud, Bali is the group's flagship.
Asia-Pacific
COMO Uma Paro, Bhutan COMO Uma Punakha, Bhutan COMO Shambhala Estate, Bali, Indonesia COMO Uma Canggu, Bali, Indonesia COMO Uma Ubud, Bali, Indonesia COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives COMO Maalifushi, Maldives COMO Metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand COMO Point Yamu Phuket, Thailand COMO Metropolitan Singapore
Australia/Oceania
COMO The Treasury, Perth, Australia COMO Laucala Island, Fiji
Europe
COMO Castello del Nero, Italy COMO Alpina Dolomites, Italy COMO Le Montrachet, Burgundy, France COMO The Halkin London, United Kingdom COMO Metropolitan London, United Kingdom
North America
COMO Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos
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