HOTELS
10 TOP
MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
Rank Company Hotels Managed
1 Huazhu Group Limited 3,309 2 Qingdao Sunmei Group Co . 2,352 3 AccorHotels 2,275 4 Dossen International Group 2,247 5 Marriott International 2,020 6 IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ) 965 7 BTG Hotels Group Co . 925 8 Aimbridge Hospitality 834 9 Hilton 689 10 Extended Stay Hotels 608
10 TOP
FRANCHISORS
Rank Company Hotels Franchised
1 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 8,717 2 Jin Jiang International Holdings Co . Ltd . 7,257 3 Choice Hotels International 7,021 4 Hilton 4,925 5 Marriott International 4,735 6 InterContinental Hotels Group 4,615 7 BTG Hotels Group Co . 3,124 8 GreenTree Hospitality Group 2,728 9 Qingdao Sunmei Group Co . 2,349 10 AccorHotels 2,258
10 TOP
COUNTRIES
Rank Company Countries 1 Marriott International 130 2 Jin Jiang International Holdings Co . Ltd . 120 3 Hilton 113 4 Best Western Hotels & Resorts 101 4 AccorHotels 100 6 InterContinental Hotels Group 100 7 Preferred Hotels & Resorts ( consortium ) 85 8 Small Luxury Hotels of the World ( consortium ) 82 9 The Leading Hotels of the World ( consortium ) 82 10 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 81
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 , 2018 . 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 fund-owned hotel groups are excluded .
Unfortunately , there are some inconsistencies in reporting from year to year due to discrepancies in reporting by companies listed in the ranking .
NOTEWORTHY CHANGES
• Several changes in the ranking reflect mergers and acquisitions made in 2018 . The biggest change comes from Shanghai ’ s Jin Jiang International , which took majority ownership of Radisson Hotel Group and Radisson Hospitality AB , making it the second-largest hotel company in the world . Another noteworthy change is Minor International , which jumped to 23 from 68 after acquiring NH Hoteles .
• The most noteworthy newcomer is India-based Oyo Hotels & Homes , which debuts at 8 with 515,144 rooms , mostly as hotel franchises in the budget segment throughout India and China , but also with vacation and multi-room rentals .
• Among mergers reflected in this year ’ s listing is Wyndham ’ s acquisition of the La Quinta Inns & Suites brand .
• Associated Luxury Hotels International ’ s consortia listing still includes WorldHotels , which it sold to Best Western Hotels & Resorts early in 2019 .
• In last year ’ s ranking , Interstate Hotels & Resorts should have been listed with 67,958 rooms and 390 hotels , which would have put its rank at 25 .
• Omitted from last year ’ s ranking were Greenland Hotel and Tourism Group and Playa Hotels & Resorts . Others listed this year were likely eligible last year , but accurate data was not made available . Special thanks to contributing editor Chris Scott ; Horwath HTL ; Yu Qin , Beijing International Studies University .
36 hotelsmag . com July / August 2019