History
Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982 and became the city’s first AAA Five Diamond hotel in 1996 and still holds that distinction today. In 2000 Crescent Real Estate Equities, the owner of Houston Center, sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston to Maritz, Wolff & Co., a hotel investment group, for $105 million.
In 2006, Institutional Investor ranked Four Seasons Hotel Houston the 87th "Best Hotel in the World". The hotel currently houses 404 guest rooms, including 12 suites, throughout 30 floors. The Four Seasons Hotel Houston was the site of 'Anatomy of Greed' author Brian Culver's conversation with an Enron executive who gave details on the "no bad news" culture that pervaded Enron before its collapse.
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