TRT Holdings is a private holding company based in
Dallas, Texas
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,
[TRT Holdings, Inc.]
Bloomberg Businessweek
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. Retrieved on October 22, 2011. "420 Decker Drive Suite 100 Irving, TX 75062" that owns hotel chain
Omni Hotels
Omni Hotels & Resorts is an American privately held, international luxury hotel company based in Dallas, Texas. The company was founded in 1958 as Dunfey Hotels, and operates 50 properties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, totaling over 2 ...
, Origins Behavioral Healthcare, and many investments in other companies.
[Hoovers, TRT Holdings profile, accessed Oct 15 2010,
http://www.hoovers.com/company/TRT_Holdings_Inc/cksski-1-1njdap.html] It was founded in 1989.
Management
Robert Rowling co-founded the company, and today serves as Owner, Chief Executive Officer and President.
History
TRT Holdings was founded in 1989 by Texas oil entrepreneurs Reese Rowling and his son, Robert Rowling. They had made a fortune in the oil industry through Tana Exploration Company.
The company has made several acquisitions over the years, including the Omni Hotel chain in 1996,
Gold Gym International in 2004, and Cresta Construction in Irving, Texas.
In August 2020, TRT Holdings sold Gold's Gym to German fitness company RSG Group for US$100 million
In 2021, TRT holdings donated $50,000 to Save Austin Now, a Political Action Committee, http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=363567
In 2010, CEO Robert Rowling donated $1 million to
American Crossroads
American Crossroads is a US Super PAC that raises funds from donors to advocate for certain candidates of the Republican Party. It has pioneered many of the new methods of fundraising opened up by the Supreme Court's ruling in ''Citizens United ...
, a
527 organization
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that primarily has supported Republican candidates in state and national elections.
In 2018, Robert Rowling donated $500,000 to Texans ARE, a
Political Action Committee backing Senator Ted Cruz from Texas via their website doyouknowbeto.com.
[FEC records, accessed September 9, 2018, http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00654301]
References
External links
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Omni Hotels websiteGold’s Gym website
Companies based in Irving, Texas