Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in owning and operating group-oriented, destination hotel assets in urban and resort markets. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and currently employs 1,047 full-time employees. Its holdings include Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, and Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, which are non-gaming convention center hotels in the United States based on total indoor meeting space. The company owns the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa and JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa and two ancillary hotels adjacent to its Gaylord Hotels properties. Its hotel portfolio is managed by Marriott International and includes a combined total of 12,364 rooms and over three million square feet of total indoor and outdoor meeting space in top convention and leisure destinations across the country. The company owns an interest in Opry Entertainment Group.
