Dunfey Hotels was founded in 1958, when the Dunfey brothers added a 32-room motel to their Lamie's Tavern restaurant property in Hampton, New Hampshire. They soon established a hotel chain throughout New England, including 14
Sheraton Hotels franchises in 1964. In 1968, the Dunfeys acquired the near-bankrupt
Parker House Hotel in Boston. In 1983, Dunfey Hotels acquired the small Atlanta-based Omni International Hotels chain from
Cousins Properties. The chain had been formed in 1973 and consisted of three hotels in Atlanta, Norfolk and Miami. who moved the chain's headquarters from Hampton to his own base of Corpus Christi, Texas. The following year, Omni's headquarters moved again, this time to Dallas. In 2010, Omni Hotels purchased the
Amelia Island Plantation in Florida for $67.1 million. With this deal - worth $900 million according to
The Wall Street Journal - Omni Hotels became an owner and operator of iconic American golf resorts. In July 2013, Omni Hotels assumed management and operations of the
King Edward Hotel in
Toronto, and bought shares of the property. In December 2015, Omni Hotels acquired the
Omni Mount Washington Resort from
CNL Financial Group, which it had operated under its brand since 2009. In March 2018, Peter Strebel was named President of Omni Hotels & Resorts. In March 2021, Omni sold five aging properties - Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West, Omni Houston Hotel at Westside, Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade, Omni Jacksonville Hotel and Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark. In 2022, Kurt Alexander was appointed President of Omni Hotels & Resorts. ==Properties==