Pestana Group is a Portuguese tourism and leisure group. Its hotel chain Pestana Hotels and Resorts has 100 hotels with over 12,000 rooms. The group manages

Pousadas de Portugal Pousadas de Portugal () is a chain of luxury, traditional or historical hotels in Portugal. Formerly run by the Portuguese State, they are now run by the Pestana Group, which in September 2003 won a public bid for the sale of 37.6% of parent comp ...

since 2003.

Organization

The firm's main activity is tourism, having also interests in industry and services. It manages hotel units in three different continents: Europe, South America, and Africa. The countries it serves on those continents are n alphabetical order Argentina, Brazil, Cape Verde,

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, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and South Africa. The Pestana Group owns the Portuguese airline

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, and a stake in

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, which is the national airline of São Tomé and Príncipe. Besides the 91

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

s, the Pestana Group has six timesharing properties, three

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courses, two real estate/touristic properties, a gambling concession for a

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, a participation in a charter airline, a travel agency and three Tour Operators. In 2015, Pestana Group partnered with

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to open a hotel chain under the CR7 brand. The first hotel was opened in 2016 in

Funchal Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of its high ...

, above Museu CR7, later that year another hotel was opened in Lisbon. In 2020, Pestana Group opened its second hotel in the United States in

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. The Pestana Group owns Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira, a company in Madeira island that produces and distributes

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, Brisa and Laranjada, some of the top-selling local alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

History

The Pestana Group was founded by José Pestana and his brother Manuel Pestana, when they acquired the Atlântico Hotel in 1965. A new five-star

was built in its place, the work was completed in 1972. Later Jose Pestana sold his part of the business and when Manuel Pestana retired he left control of the company to his son, Dionísio Pestana. In 2003, the Pestana Group took over the management of

Gallery

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Pestana Palace Pestana Palace is a luxury hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, in the Alcântara district. Housed in the historic Palácio Vale Flor, Pestana Palace is the flagship luxury hotel of the Pestana Group, one of Portugal's premier hotel groups. It is a membe ...

, Lisbon, Portugal File:Strand - panoramio (31).jpg, Pestana Bahia Lodge, Salvador, Brazil File:Pestana Carlton Madeira - vista (2010).jpg, Pestana Carlton, Funchal, Madeira File:Casino funchal - do hotel Pestana Casino Park.jpg, Casino da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira File:Porto (30968929994).jpg, Pestana Porto Hotel,

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, Portugal

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