"[2][3] The "United Hotels Company" was founded in 1910 and incorporated in the state of New York by Frank A. Dudley and F. W.

[4] The company built and operated "first class fire proof hotels" in the more important cities of the United States and Canada.

[4] Under the direction of hotelier and president Frank A. Dudley, the company eventually grew to become one of North America’s premier hotel companies, operating some of the finest hotels across the United States and Canada.

[5] By the 1930s, and with the onset of the Great Depression, the company was forced into receivership in November 1933, but it managed to reorganize in May 1934.

"Unione Nazionale Industrie Turistiche Italiane" in Italy; the "Japan Hotel Association",[20] Tokyo, Japan; "United Travel and Hotel Bureau", headquarters in Paris.