metro hotels was founded in 1976 in sydney, by john mcevoy who is the current chairman of the company and has served as the chairman and the managing director of transmetro corporation limited since 1979. metro hotels is the main trading entity of the metro hospitality group, the operating arm of transmetro corporation. from 2007 to 2015, george bedwani served as the chief operating officer of the company. peter frawley joined in 2015, following george bedwani's retirement, and is the current managing director of the company. the company operates 8 hotels in sydney, 2 hotels in gladstone, 1 each in ipswich, perth, darwin and groote eylandt with 2 pubs in adelaide and sydney. in 2007, metro hotels entered into a marketing alliance with argyle hotel group, an australian hotel management company operating an extensive range of hotels in china. the group is also a participant in the qantas frequent flyer program.