JULY / AUGUST 2019
Vol . 53 , No . 6
FEATURES
HOTELS
SPECIAL REPORT
325 : TOP HOTEL COMPANIES
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About the cover
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The growth of China-based companies continues to make an impression on HOTELS ranking of 2018 ’ s biggest hotel companies by rooms – six made the top 20 , and one , Jin Jiang International , even knocked Hilton out of the number two spot through its acquisition of Radisson Hotel Group ( spoiler alert : You already know who ’ s number one ). Also ranked : Brands , companies by number of hotels , and top 25 consortia . Some new rankings , too : biggest newbies , biggest drop-offs and biggest gainers .
More than seven years in the making , the Rosewood Hong Kong on the tip of the Victoria Harbor cultural district has special meaning for the Rosewood Hotels Group ownership family , which put its stamp on the area in the 1980s . The “ vertical estate ” takes up the top 43 levels of a 65-story skyscraper and captures the views of the city and harbor while retaining the feel of a country manor . See page 40 .
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