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Bill Kimpton opened the first property in 1981. This San Francisco-based hotel and restaurant group grew to become the largest chain of boutique hotels in the United States by 2011.
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced an acquisition of Kimpton on the 16th of December 2014. The deal valued at $430 million in cash closed shortly after the announcement.
The company launched two sub-brands in 2005 to diversify its offerings beyond core properties. Hotel Monaco opened locations in Baltimore, Denver, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Seattle while Hotel Palomar established presence in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, and Miami Beach.
By January 2024, the brand had expanded to operate 81 hotels worldwide. New properties were announced for cities including Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Paris, Barcelona, Charlottesville, Frankfurt, Grenada, Bali, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Rotterdam, and Sanya.
Fortune magazine ranked Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants at number 10 on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on employee survey data. The company received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign every year since 2005.