Grand Cinemas
Private company | |
Founded |
2000 (Gulf Film LLC) 2007 (Selim Ramia & Co.) |
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Key people | Selim Ramia (founder) |
Website |
grandcinemasme |
Grand Cinemas is a movie theatre chain operating in the Middle East.
Established in 2000, the Grand Cinemas franchise was originally run by Dubai-based Gulf Film LLC, branding several theatres throughout the United Arab Emirates it had been operating since 1989. In 2007, one of Gulf Film LLC's co-founders, Lebanese businessman Selim Ramia, established a separate corporation in Lebanon called Selim Ramia & Co. (SR&CO) as the owner of the Grand Cinemas franchise in the country. Since July 2007, Grand Cinemas took over several established theatres in Lebanon, mostly outlets formerly run by Circuit Planète. In 2012, SR&CO have successfully expanded the Grand Cinemas franchise into Jordan and Kuwait. Gulf Film LLC itself expanded Grand Cinemas into Qatar and Bahrain in 2012 and 2014 respectively.
Circa 2012, the original franchise owner Gulf Film LLC was acquired by the ELAN Group (formerly Qatar Media Services), and by 2014, all Grand Cinemas theatres it operated at the time were rebranded as Novo Cinemas. The Grand Cinemas theatres in Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait continue under the management of the SR&CO group.
History
The Grand Cinemas brand name was launched in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2000.
Established in 1989 in UAE, Gulf Film was acquired in 2012 by Qatar Media Services (q.media) (now known as the ELAN Group). The Grand Cinemas UAE operation is owned by Gulf Film and was relaunched as Novo Cinemas on May 6, 2014.
Branches
Jordan
- City Mall Centre- Named As Grand Cinemas
- Taj Mall- Named As Taj Cinemas
Lebanon
- ABC Mall (Dbayeh and Achrafieh) - Named As Grand Cinemas ABC
- Concorde Mall- Named As Grand Concorde
- Las Salinas Mall- Named As Grand Las Salinas
- Saida Mall- Named As Grand Saida Mall
- Galaxy Mall- Named As Grand Galaxy
Kuwait
- Al Hamra Luxury Center- Named as Grand Hamra
- The Gate Mall- Named as Grand Gate
See also
The Movie Masters Cinema Group, Grand Cinemas is also a Cinema Chain, operating under parent company Movie Masters, in Western Australia. Movie Masters also operates Ace Cinemas.
References
External links
- Official website
- Selim Ramia & Co
.'s official website - present owner of Grand Cinemas - Grand Cinemas in UAE | Cineklik
- Grand Cinemas in Lebanon | Cineklik
- Grand Cinemas in Jordan | Cineklik
- Gulf Film
- Qatar Media Services (q.media)
- TEN Movies