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MANAGED |
RANK |
COMPANY |
NUMBER OF HOTELS |
1 |
BTG Homeinns |
3,079 |
2 |
China Lodging Group |
3,075 |
3 |
GreenTree Hospitality Group |
2,263 |
4 |
Marriott International |
1,949 |
5 |
AccorHotels |
1,172 |
6 |
Dossen International Group |
1,087 |
7 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
907 |
8 |
Hyatt Hotels Corp . |
728 |
9 |
Aimbridge Hospitality |
706 |
10 |
Hilton |
656 |
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FRANCHISE |
RANK |
COMPANY |
NUMBER OF HOTELS |
1 |
Wyndham Hotel Group |
8,524 |
2 |
Choice Hotels International |
6,627 |
3 |
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotel Group Co . |
5,639 |
4 |
Hilton |
4,555 |
5 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
4,433 |
6 |
Marriott International |
4,400 |
7 |
AccorHotels |
2,030 |
8 |
G6 Hospitality |
1,417 |
9 |
Magnuson Hotels |
1,274 |
10 |
RLH Corp . |
984 |
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COUNTRIES |
RANK |
COMPANY |
COUNTRIES |
1 |
Marriott International |
127 |
2 |
Hilton |
105 |
3 |
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) |
103 |
4 |
Best Western Hotels & Resorts |
102 |
4 |
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group ( now Radisson Hotel Group ) |
102 |
6 |
AccorHotels |
95 |
7 |
Preferred Hotels & Resorts |
85 |
8 |
Small Luxury Hotels of the World |
82 |
9 |
Wyndham Hotel Group |
80 |
10 |
Global Hotel Alliance |
78 |
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 , 2017 . 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
• The biggest change to this year ’ s ranking is the separation of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group ’ s ( now Radisson Hotel Group ) portfolio from its owner , HNA Group . A separate HNA listing includes its owned and operated hotel portfolio .
• Several listings reflect mergers and acquisitions made in 2017 . However , deals made early in 2018 are not reflected in this year ’ s ranking . For example , La Quinta Inns & Suites has its own listing , as it was not acquired by Wyndham until this year .
• Some groups made significant jumps or falls in the rankings ( Club Med jumping to 34 from 62 , for example ) due to inaccurate reporting in previous years .
• Several new groups joined the listing , especially those from China such as Zhuyou Hotel Group and Anhui Gujing Hotels Development Co .
• Some companies have rebranded in 2018 , but the new names will not be reflected until next year . For example , Londonbased hotel management company Redefine | BDL Hotels in May 2018 rebranded as RBH .
• Hotel companies that have sold stakes but remain autonomous ( AccorHotels ’ stakes in Rixos and Banyan Tree , for example ) still maintain their own rankings .
Special thank you to Horwath HTL ; Yu Qin , Beijing International Studies University ; Chris Scott , contributor
32 hotelsmag . com July / August 2018