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Hôtel Martinez

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Hotel in Cannes, France

The Hôtel Martinez is an Art Deco hotel on the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes. It was opened on 20 February 1929 by Emmanuel Michele Martinez, son of Baron Giovanni Martinez and Giuseppa Labiso Costanza, members of a noble Italian family of Spanish origins from Palermo. Karan Singh, the crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir, was born there in 1931.2 It is headquartered in Paris, France.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1929Founded1

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Martinez vue de la plage
Photo: Nicoleon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Hôtel Martinez is an Art Deco hotel on the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes. It was opened on 20 February 1929 by Emmanuel Michele Martinez, son of Baron Giovanni Martinez and Giuseppa Labiso Costanza, members of a noble Italian family of Spanish origins from Palermo. Karan Singh, the crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir, was born there in 1931.2

Corporate structure

Hôtel Martinez is part of a group headed by SOCIETE DU LOUVRE - LA FAYETTE. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 1927, Emmanuel Michele Martinez, a manager of hotels in London and Paris and the director of the Cannes Luxury Hotel Association, decided to build his own hotel on the Côte d'Azur. Using the connections his family had with nobility, Martinez bought the "Villa Marie-Therese" on September 22, 1927, from Alfonso XII. The Hôtel Martinez opened in 1929.

During World War II, the hotel was occupied successively by the French Army, the Italian Army, the Commission d'armistice, the German Army, and (after Victory in Europe Day) by the US Air Force.

In 1981, the hotel was sold to the Concorde Hotels & Resorts Group (belonging to the Taittinger Group).

In 2005, four hotels, including the Hôtel Martinez, were sold to Starwood Capital Group.

The hotel was sold in 2012 and joined the Hyatt Group on April 9, 2013. It was renamed the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez. The hotel closed for renovations on October 30, 2017, and reopened for business on March 5, 2018, under its original name.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hôtel Martinez, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Products and brands

The Hôtel Martinez is located on the Croisette at Cannes, 500 meters from the palais des Festivals, facing the Mediterranean Sea, the Bay of Cannes and the Lérins Islands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hôtel Martinez, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Villa Marie Thérèse1

Timeline

  1. Jan 31, 2013Parent Directly consolidated by SOCIETE DU LOUVRE - LA FAYETTE3
  2. 1929Founded Founded1

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