SPECIAL REPORT
Some of the largest hotel companies by number of rooms have only a handful of hotels. Here is a look at how things differ when counting actual properties.
TOP COMPANIES BY NUMBER OF HOTELS Rank
Company
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Hotels
Rank
Company
Rooms
1
Wyndham Hotel Group
7,043
1
Best Western
305,000
2
Choice Hotels International
5,827
2
Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts
249,691
3
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)
4,186
3
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
193,230
4
Best Western International
4,000
4
Hilton
185,540
Holiday Inn Express
173,794
5
Accor
3,982
5
6
Hilton Hotels Corp.
3,265
6
Hampton Inn
159,689
Comfort Inn
153,019 152,971
7
Marriott International
3,178
7
8
Carlson Hotels Worldwide
1,013
8
Days Inn
9
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
942
9
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts
856
10 Super 8
10 Groupe du Louvre
TOP
TOP 50 BRANDS
143,278 130,920
845
11
12 Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
788
12 Courtyard by Marriott
117,258
13 LQ Management LLC
721
13 Ramada
114,986
689
14 Motel 6
95,753
15 Extended Stay Hotels
686
15 Ibis
94,742
16 Whitbread plc
568
16 Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
93,382
17 Home Inns
471
17 Radisson Hotels & Resorts
89,314
18 Jin Jiang International Hotels
465
18 Mercure
85,969
19 Global Hyatt Corp.
375
19 Novotel
71,456
20 The Rezidor Hotel Group
361
20 Residence Inn by Marriott
68,917
21 Red Roof Inn
343
21 Hyatt Regency
65,180
22 NH Hoteles SA
341
22 Westin Hotels & Resorts
64,426
23 Sol Meliá SA
304
23 Hilton Garden Inn
58,658
24 TUI AG/TUI Hotels & Resorts
297
24 Home Inn
55,362
25 Hospitality International Inc.
276
25 InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
54,736
26 Interstate Hotels & Resorts
226
26 Econo Lodge
53,106
27 AmericInn Lodging System
219
27 Doubletree
52,541
28 Tharaldson Lodging Cos.
219
28 Americas Best Value Inn
52,019
29 America’s Best Franchising Inc.
203
29 Fairfield Inn by Marriott
50,787
186
30 NH Hoteles
49,677
155
31 Renaissance Hotels & Resorts
49,389
146
32 Embassy Suites Hotels
48,022
11
Vantage Hospitality Group
14 Westmont Hospitality Group
30 Barceló Hotels & Resorts 31 Longhouse Hospitality/Park Management 32 Budget Host International 33 Husa Hotels Group
144*
Quality
123,042
33 Jin Jiang Inn
47,918
34 White Lodging Services
139
34 Howard Johnson
47,177
35 Scandic Hotels
138
35 Comfort Suites
43,670
36 Ocean Hospitalities
136
36 Extended Stay America
40,426
37 GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group
131
37 Riu Hotels & Resorts
39,371
38 Protea Hospitality Corp.
126
38 Radisson SAS (now Radisson Blu)
39,317
39 Drury Hotels Co. LLC
124
39 La Quinta Inn & Suites
39,229
40 Royal Host Hotels & Resorts
122
40 Premier Inn
38,000
41 Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
119
41 Clarion
37,862
42 Grupo Posadas
110
42 Country Inns & Suites By Carlson
37,443
43 Royco Hotels
108
43 Red Roof Inn
36,654
44 ITC - Welcomgroup
102
44 Travelodge
36,154
100
45 Iberostar Hotels & Resorts
36,000
100
46 La Quinta Inns
35,186 34,521
45 Iberostar Hotels & Resorts 46 Riu Hotels & Resorts 47 Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces
95
47 Sofitel
48 Paradores de Turismo
93
48 Barceló
33,000
49 AC Hotels
91
49 Etap
32,508
50 Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
91
50 Jin Jiang
29,940
*HOTELS estimate
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