10 TOP
MANAGED
RANK |
COMPANY |
NUMBER OF HOTELS |
1 |
China Lodging Group |
2,473 |
2 |
Marriott International |
1,911 |
3 |
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Co . |
1,110 |
4 |
AccorHotels |
1,085 |
5 |
BTG Homeinns Hotels Group |
988 |
6 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
845 |
7 |
Hilton |
700 |
8 |
Extended Stay America |
628 |
9 |
Interstate Hotels & Resorts |
425 |
10 |
Westmont Hospitality Group |
410 |
10 TOP
FRANCHISE
RANK |
COMPANY |
NUMBER OF HOTELS |
1 |
Wyndham Hotel Group |
7,924 |
2 |
Choice Hotels International , Inc . |
6,514 |
3 |
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotel Group Co . |
4,775 |
4 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
4,321 |
5 |
Hilton |
4,175 |
6 |
Marriott International |
4,041 |
7 |
BTG Homeinns Hotels Group |
2,413 |
8 |
AccorHotels |
1,877 |
9 |
Magnuson Hotels |
1,274 |
10 |
RLHC |
1,117 |
10 TOP
COUNTRIES
RANK |
COMPANY |
COUNTRIES |
1 |
Marriott International |
122 |
2 |
Hilton |
104 |
3 |
Best Western Hotels & Resorts |
101 |
4 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
100 |
5 |
HNA Hospitality Group |
96 |
6 |
AccorHotels |
95 |
7 |
Preferred Hotels & Resorts |
89 |
8 |
Small Luxury Hotels of the World |
80 |
9 |
Wyndham Hotel Group |
77 |
10 |
The Leading Hotels of the World |
75 |
325
HOTELS
ABOUT THE STUDY
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 , 2016 . 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
• This year ’ s ranking reflects the addition of multiple Chinese hotel companies not previously discovered
• With the deal having closed before the end of 2016 , Marriott International ’ s data now includes Starwood Hotels & Resort ’ s hotels and brands . Starwood on its own is no longer included in the ranking .
• HNA Hospitality numbers only reflect the hotels that HNA owns and operates ( which includes all Carlson Rezidor hotels ), whereas last year ’ s numbers also included the hotels that HNA invested in .
• BTG Homeinns data reflects the merger between the two Chinese hotel companies .
• RLHC data reflects its acquisition of Vantage Hospitality Group .
• Shanghai Jin Jiang ’ s data reflects the acquisition of Louvre Hotels Group .
• Deutsche Hospitality ’ s entry reflects a name change from Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts .
• Two Roads Hospitality ’ s entry reflects the merger of Destination Hotels and Commune Hotels & Resorts .
• Benchmark ’ s data reflects its merger with Gemstone Hotels & Resorts
• SBE Entertainment ’ s data reflects its acquisition of Morgans Hotel Group .
Special thank you to Horwath HTL ; MKG Group ; Yu Qin , Beijing International Studies University ; Chris Scott , contributor
36 hotelsmag . com July-August 2017