About Denihan Hospitality Group
DHG is a privately owned company, developing and managing a diverse portfolio of real estate assets and overseeing the acquisition, development, management and disposition needs of a sizable hotel collection including two successful brands -- Affinia Hotels and The Benjamin.
Throughout our more than 40-year history DHG, formerly Affinia Hospitality, has demonstrated success in both hotel operations and asset management. Founded as Manhattan East Suite Hotels in 1962 by Benjamin Denihan Sr., DHG is owned and managed today by the second generation of Denihans, with the third generation in training and poised for entrance. The company has grown steadily over the years with fiscally sound development and acquisitions that have taken DHG from its first venture (a 130-suite hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan) to its coveted position today as New York City's largest owner and operator of all-suite hotels.
The success of our ownership strategy is acknowledged industry-wide. We have built two local brands into nationally recognized and respected entities. In fact, Affinia Hotels and The Benjamin, and each of the individual hotel properties, have won a host of prestigious awards for environmental responsibility and management, guest relations, interior design, employee service, marketing, advertising, public relations, and more. One key indicator of our success is an exceptionally high repeat guest factor of more than 30%, well above the industry average.
Ethics & Values
As a privately-owned, family-run organization, DHG does not answer to larger corporations or stockholders. Instead, we answer to the values, traditions, and business practices that bore and nurtured our company. We have built a solid reputation as an involved, caring, and effective company. Our operations are centralized through our headquarters office, allowing us to efficiently make decisions and develop creative and flexible solutions.
Our corporate values are reflected in all facets of our business and also extend to our partnerships. We form relationships with companies that share our traditional values of customer-focused endeavors and listening to our customers' feedback and input. Paying attention to our end-users is essential to DHG's core philosophies.
Our Team
The executive team at DHG is a strategic blend of industry talent, well-versed in the business of hospitality and real estate portfolio management. Our executives use their collective knowledge to capitalize on both the strength of DHG's own successful history and the experience acquired from tenures at some of the most recognizable names in hotel management, institutional investment, hospitality development, and the venture capital industry.

