5 TOP
10 TOP Managed 10
Noteworthy changes : 25 hotel companies not ranked last year joined the 300 corporate ranking this year , either due to growth , mergers and acquisitions or because they were previously unidentified . Among the most noteworthy gainers in the ranking were two Chinese companies : Shanghai Jin Jiang , which jumped to No . 5 from No . 9 after its acquisition of Plateno Hotels , and HNA Hospitality Group , which jumped to No . 47 from No . 75 and should jump much more next year with its planned acquisition of Carlson ’ s hotel group . TOP
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Franchised
Rank Company
Number of Hotels
1 Marriott International 3,073 2 China Lodging Group 2,067 3 GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group 1,927 4 Home Inns & Hotels Management 1,384 5 AccorHotels 921 6 IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) 806 7 Extended Stay Hotels 629 8 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide 608 9 Hilton Worldwide 544 10 Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotel Group Co . 500
Rank Company
Number of Hotels
1 Wyndham Hotel Group 7,727 2 Choice Hotels International 6,423 3 IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) 4,219 4 Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotel Group Co . 3,875 5 Hilton Worldwide 3,857 6 GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group 1,896 7 AccorHotels 1,664 8 Home Inns & Hotels Management 1,384 9 Vantage Hospitality Group 1,203 10 Marriott International 1,116
About the ranking
Data for HOTELS ’ 325 is gathered through an online survey completed by hotel company contacts . Individuals are asked to report the number of guestrooms and hotels in operation systemwide as of December 31 , 2015 . Companies that do not respond are subject to an estimate through public records , previous years ’ data , industry sources and independent research .
In some cases , rooms and hotels are counted more than once because HOTELS chooses to separately report data from owner-operators , managers and franchisors on the same list . Thus , a single property that is owned by one party , managed by another and branded by a third would be counted three times . Furthermore , this ranking omits companies that exclusively or overwhelmingly own hotels ; only companies that also manage , own and operate , or franchise hotels are included . As a result , REITs and private equity companies are excluded .
Noteworthy changes : 25 hotel companies not ranked last year joined the 300 corporate ranking this year , either due to growth , mergers and acquisitions or because they were previously unidentified . Among the most noteworthy gainers in the ranking were two Chinese companies : Shanghai Jin Jiang , which jumped to No . 5 from No . 9 after its acquisition of Plateno Hotels , and HNA Hospitality Group , which jumped to No . 47 from No . 75 and should jump much more next year with its planned acquisition of Carlson ’ s hotel group . TOP
10 Countries
Rank |
Company |
Countries |
1 |
Best Western Hotels & Resorts |
101 |
2 |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide |
100 |
3 |
Hilton Worldwide |
100 |
4 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
96 |
5 |
AccorHotels |
92 |
6 |
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group |
91 |
7 |
Marriott International |
87 |
8 |
Preferred Hotels & Resorts |
85 |
9 |
Small Luxury Hotels of the World |
82 |
10 |
Global Hotel Alliance |
76 |
Special thanks to the following companies and individuals who |
helped HOTELS collect data : |
• Horwath HTL |
• MKG Group |
• Chris Scott , contributor |
38 hotelsmag . com July / August 2016