Carlson Companies

Carlson Companies ( Carlson ) is a company from the United States with headquarters in Minnetonka in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is one of the largest privately owned by a family company in the United States.

The company operates 5,300 travel agencies, a tourism marketing company, 1,700 hotels, holiday accommodations, restaurants and cruise ships. Carlson Companies employs approximately 170,000 employees in around 150 countries.

Subsidiaries

  • All Aboard Travel
  • Carlson Marketing Group - provider of Reward and incentive programs for other companies
  • Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Pick Up Stix
  • T.G.I. Friday's
  • Art'otel
  • Park Inn Hotels
  • Radisson Blu ( to February 2009, Radisson SAS)
  • Regent International Hotels (2010 sold to Taiwan's Formosa International Hotels )

The end of 2007 Carlson Companies sold the subsidiary Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the luxury cruises offering, to the investment company Apollo Management.

Types of business entity Minnetonka, Minnesota Carlson Wagonlit Travel Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Radisson Hotels
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