HotelsMag July-August 2020 | Page 36

TOP
MANAGED
RANK
COMPANY
NUMBER OF HOTELS
1
Huazhu Group Ltd .
4,519
2
Dossen International Group
3,062
3
Qingdao Sunmei Group Co .
2,988
4
Accor
2,310
5
Marriott International
2,144
6
Aimbridge Hospitality
1,266
7
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group )
1,007
8
BTG Hotels Group Co .
851
9
Westmont Hospitality Group
724
10
Hilton Worldwide Holdings
703
TOP
FRANCHISE
RANK
COMPANY
NUMBER OF HOTELS
1
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
8,888
2
Jin Jiang International Holdings Co .
8,595
3
Choice Hotels International
7,148
4
Hilton Worldwide Holdings
5,342
5
Marriott International
5,205
6
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group )
4,870
7
BTG Hotels Group Co .
3,599
8
GreenTree Hospitality Group
3,149
9
Qingdao Sunmei Group Co .
2,985
10
Accor
2,477
TOP
COUNTRIES
RANK
COMPANY
COUNTRIES
1
Marriott International
134
2
Jin Jiang International Holdings Co .
120
3
Hilton Worldwide Holdings
119
4
Accor
110
5
BWH Hotel Group ( Best Western )
101
6
IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group )
100
7
Small Luxury Hotels of the World
90
8
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
90
9
Preferred Hotels & Resorts
85
10
Hotusa Hotels
84

ABOUT THE RANKING

Data for HOTELS 325 is gathered through an online survey completed by hotel company contacts reporting guestrooms and hotels open systemwide as of December 31 , 2019 . Companies that do not respond are subject to an estimate through public records , previous years ’ data , industry sources and 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 .
Unfortunately , there are some inconsistencies in reporting from year to year due to discrepancies in reporting by companies listed .
Special thanks to Horwath HTL for the its help gathering data , as well as project coordinator Chris Scott .

NOTEWORTHY CHANGES

Some changes in the ranking reflect mergers and acquisitions made during 2019 . Among noteworthy M & A activity was Aimbridge Hospitality ’ s acquisition of Interstate Hotels & Resorts . Additionally , Australia ’ s Mantra Group ’ s data is now included with Accor ; NH Hotels data is now reflected in Minor International ’ s data .
Oyo Rooms and RedDoorz are included in HOTELS ranking but should be noted as unique hotel organizations not easily compared with traditional hotel companies .
Magnuson Worldwide , which last year claimed to represent almost 100,000 rooms , did not respond to repeated requests for data . As a result , HOTELS estimated Magnuson ’ s data based on a manual count and found only 30,000-plus rooms in its system . London-based Barony Hotels & Resorts Worldwide , which reported more than 33,000 rooms last year , did not respond to HOTELS request for data . No web-based data was found and the company was dropped from the ranking . Also dropped : Thomas Cook Group , which liquidated its hotel holdings in September 2019 , and Wanda Hotels & Resorts , which did not respond to requests for data and did not have web-based data available .
São Paulo-based Atlantica Hotels returned to the ranking after being inadvertently excluded last year .
Rosewood Hotel Group ’ s sale of Pentahotels created a reduction in its system of nearly 5,000 rooms .
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