According to 2004 statistics published by HOTELS magazine in July 2005, Hyatt (USA) was ranked No. 9 with 818 hotels and 147,157 rooms, and No. 11 in 2003 with 208 hotels and 89,602,000 rooms. Brands are Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Park Hyatt. Franchise-based. Four hotels in mainland China, entrusted management.
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts hotel group includes two independent group companies - Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Hyatt International Hotel Group, sub-regional management of 215 Hyatt hotels worldwide. Hyatt Hotels Corporation manages the U.S. and Canadian markets; Hyatt International manages the Asia Pacific region. Hyatt Hotels Corporation is part of the Pritzker family of Chicago; Hyatt Regency International is a separate company from the Pritzker family. Hyatt's growth began with the first hotel established at Los Angeles International Airport.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 9. Carlson
Ranked #9 in 2006, Carlson Hotel Group's performance remains steady, and despite the fact that its main distributor, Rezidor, is very active in the EMEA region, as a whole, it still hasn't changed much. The hotel has 922 seats and 147,129 rooms.
According to the 2004 statistics published in July 2005 by the US magazine HOTELS, there were 890 hotels and 147,093 rooms, placing it in 10th place; in 2003 it was in 9th place with 881 hotels and 147,624 rooms.
With more than 1,700 hotels, resorts, restaurants and cruise ship operations in 82 countries, Carlson Hotels Worldwide is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. The company owns the Regent, Radisson, ParkPlaza, CountryInns&Suites and ParkInn brands. Regent is the top brand of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, the one in Hong Kong was withdrawn due to the 2001 takeover by Hong Kong's New World Group and Britain's Bath Group. The F&B brand is Friday's Restaurant.
Carlson Group already has a 25 percent market share in China for the Asia-Pacific region, although its business is bigger in the Indian region, while profits are clearly higher in China. Another seven Regent hotels and five Radisson hotels, which represent Carlson's high-end hotel brand, will also be built in China over the next 10 years. Radisson Hotels & Resorts is a five-star brand with more than 413 hotels in 63 countries.
In the five years since Carlson entered China, the three brands have entered the country and have grown to eight or nine hotels. 2006 will see Carlson Group accelerating its development in the Asia Pacific region, with China being the main market for the Group's MICE campaign. In April 2006, Carlson Group launched a new meeting management tool, MB3 (MeetingBroker3) platform, to fully promote its hotels in China to promote the significant growth of MICE business. MB3 (MeetingBroker3) is a hotel MICE management tool for bookings of more than 10 rooms, which helps hotels to respond quickly to customers' requests. Responding quickly, customers can get a response from the hotel in less than four hours. The Regent and Radisson hotel brands are more suited to hosting international and domestic MICE groups, while the Radisson is primarily targeted at the domestic MICE market. Two Radisson branded hotel projects are under negotiation in Shanghai.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 8. Starwood
Starwood Group, ranked No. 8 in 2006, is another success story of growth through mergers, with the growth of its Starwood Hotels & Resorts (11.8 percent) attributed to its newly taken over LeMeridien brand. There are 845 hotels with 257,889 rooms.
2006 China's Top 10 International Brands in the Hotel Industry No. 5. Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
According to the 2004 statistics published by HOTELS magazine in July 2005, Starwood (USA) (NYSE: HOT) was ranked No. 8 with 733 hotels and 230,667 rooms; in 2003, it was ranked No. 8 with 738 hotels and 229,247 rooms. Brands are Westin, Sheraton, St. Regis, Four Points, Oneworld, Premier Collection, W Hotel. Franchising 41.8%, entrusted management 28.5%, management with capital and other 29.7%.Entered the Chinese market in 1985, there are 19 hotels in China, 17 under construction. The hotels in China are managed under contract, franchised and selectively managed with capital.
Starwood from the money management company through mergers and acquisitions to become a large group, and later to snack on the large merger and acquisition of Sheraton. Sheraton started as a hotel in the 1960s and its stock was purchased by ITT (Northern Telecom) in the 1970s. The combination of ITT's capital and Sheraton's expertise in hotel management made Sheraton famous, and in the late 1990s Sheraton separated from ITT. Sheraton's assets in its home country account for only 30% of its total assets, with 70% of its assets spread around the world. Le Meridien, under Starwood, started out as a hotel company affiliated with Air France.
Sheraton is the group's single largest brand, with more than 400 hotels in more than 70 countries. Sheraton was the first international hotel management group to enter China, starting with the Great Wall Hotel in Beijing in 1985.
Sheraton opened a hotel in Xi'an in 1990.
The St. Regis is an icon of the most exclusive hotels, representing an absolutely private and high level of service with a long history. The first St. Regis was opened in New York City in 1904 by Colonel Astor, who used all-European service to entertain his friends and business associates. This service is unique in the industry and has made the St. Regis Hotel a classic in the global hotel industry. On March 1, 2000, the Beijing International Club Hotel, located on Jianguomenwai Street in Beijing, officially changed its English name to St. Regis Beijing (St. Regis Beijing, the original Chinese name remains unchanged), which marks the hotel will be completely in accordance with the St. Regis Hotel model and standard action, becoming its first hotel in the Asia-Pacific region. Beijing will be its first hotel in the Asia-Pacific region.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 7. Best Western
Best Western held the No. 7 spot for several years in 2006 with a 2.5 percent room growth. The hotel has 4,195 seats and 315,875 rooms.
2006 China's top 10 international brands in the hotel industry 8. Best Western International Group, USA.
According to the statistics of 2004 published by the American HOTELS magazine in July, 2005, Best Western International Group Ltd. was ranked No. 7 in 2004 with 4,114 hotels and 309,236 rooms; it was ranked No. 7 in 2003 with 4,110 hotels and 310,245 rooms.
The U.S. Best Western International Group (BestWesternInternational, Inc.) is the world's largest hotel chain group of a single brand, with more than 4,100 member hotels, hotels in 88 countries and regions, 4,200 hotels, 330,000 rooms. It is the largest single-brand hotel chain group in the world. More than 250,000 people worldwide stay at its hotels every day.
Best Western Hotel Management Group was founded in the United States in 1946 and has entered China since 2002, with 18 hotels of four-star rating or above. Reservations through the system are increasing at a rate of more than 100 percent, with plans to reach 100 hotels by the 2008 Olympics.
On April 18, 2005, the Best Western website launched its services in eight languages. The Best Western website (www.bestwestern.com) has officially launched a non-English booking page in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean for all Best Western member hotels in Asia, Australia, Hawaii, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Best Western's online bookings have reached 44% of total bookings. Over the past five years, Best Western's online bookings have grown at a rate of 54% per year.
World's Newest Hotel Rankings 6. Select
Rooms were up 3.4 percent at the end of 2005, but still slipped one spot from No. 5. The hotel has 5,132 seats and 417,631 rooms.
Select Hotels Group was No. 5 in 2004 with 4,977 hotels and 403,806 rooms, and No. 5 in 2003 with 4,810 hotels and 38,618 rooms, according to 2004 statistics published by U.S. HOTELS magazine in July 2005.
ChoiceHotelsInternational, also known as Choice Hotels International, was founded in 1939 and operates a chain of 5,132 hotels in 48 countries around the world and has developed a series of internationally renowned hotel brands. Headquartered in Maryland (Silver Spring), the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CHH).
Originally a pioneer in the hotel industry with the QualityInn chain, which offered consistently high quality service at moderate prices, the boutique began to grow rapidly with the opening and development of ComfortInns in 1981. After acquiring Clarion, RodewayInn and EconoLodge, Boutique has revolutionized SleepInn and MainStaySuites, expanding its business scope from economy to high consumption, from basic services to high-grade entertainment and enjoyment of all kinds of services to meet the needs of people from all walks of life. The company's services include a wide range of services to meet the needs of people from all walks of life.
The world's newest hotel ranking 5. Hilton
Ranked 5th in 2006. The American Hilton Group spent 475 million euros to take over the British Hilton International. Through this merger, the Hilton brand has become a unified entity. Its world ranking has also risen from 6th to 5th. The hotel has 2,747 seats and 472,720 rooms.
2006 China Hotel Industry Top 10 International Brands No. 9. Hilton International Asia Pacific Ltd.
According to the 2004 statistics published by HOTELS magazine in July 2005, Hilton Group (USA) was ranked 11th in 2004 with 2,259 hotels and 358,408 rooms, and 10th in 2003 with 2,173 hotels and 348,483 rooms.
Under the inter-corporate agreement, Hilton International and Hilton HotelsCorp. (HLT) share operating rights to the Conrad brand, which includes 17 hotels in 13 countries. Hilton International, which has the rights to use the Hilton brand name worldwide except in the U.S., operates 403 hotels under the Hilton, Scandic and Conrad brands, 261 of which are branded as Hilton and 142 under the Scandic brand, which is aimed at the mid-market. Hilton Hotels International is a branch of the Hilton Group of companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, which owns the right to use the Hilton trademark worldwide except in North America, manages 405 hotels, including 263 Hilton hotels and 142 Scandic hotels, and employs more than 70,000 people in 78 countries around the globe, with more than 10 different levels of hotel brands. Hilton Worldwide is known for its prudent approach to global growth.
Hilton started as a hotel in the 1950s.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 4. Accor
In 2006 Accor Group's room growth was 2.6% and ranked No. 4. 4,065 hotels with 475,433 rooms.
2006 China Hotel Industry Top 10 International Brands of 6. Accor International Hotel Group, France.
2006 China Economy Hotel Brand Pioneer No.6. Tianjin Accor Hotel Management Co.
According to the statistics of 2004 published by American HOTELS magazine in July, 2005, Accor (France) has 3973 hotels and 463427 rooms, listed in the 4th place; in 2003, it was listed in the 4th place, with 3,894 hotels and 453,403 rooms. The brands are Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Sofitel, Fomule 1st, Motel 6th. 46.5% with capital management, 21.8% leased hotels, 15.4% commissioned management, 16.3% franchising; Sofitel and Novotel are mainly commissioned management. The five major brands under the Accor name are Sofitel (luxury), Novotel (premium), Mercure hotels (multi-level mid-market brand), Ibis hotels (economy), and Formule1 (mass market). ibis (ibis) is the name of a water bird.
The Accor Group, founded in the 1960s and headquartered in Paris, is Europe's largest tourism and hotel management services group, with 150,000 employees, hotels operated under its umbrella in 92 countries and regions, and joint-venture projects in 140 countries and regions around the world. Since entering the Chinese market in 1985, it has managed more than 35 hotels in China, including 21 Sofitel, 12 Novotel and 2 Ibis. In mid-January 2006, Accor revealed that it would open 11 new hotels in China in 2006, and would purchase more than 20 plots of land in the next three to four years with an investment of 1.8 billion yuan. RMB.
Accor plans to flip Century, the equivalent of a four-star hotel brand, into Mercure, Century is a brand acquired by Accor, and there are more than 10 Century-branded hotels in the Asia-Pacific region***. There are 2 Century in China, so one of them, the Century Court Shanghai Bay in Shanghai, will probably be the first Mercure hotel in Shanghai. the first Mercure hotel in China opened in Xi'an in 2005.
Accor plans to open more than 12 Ibis per year from 2007, with the brand expected to reach 50 by 2009. In the Yangtze River Delta region, two to three hotels will be invested in each key city and 20 to 30 hotels will be arranged by ****.
World's Newest Hotel Rankings 3. Marriott International
Ranked No. 3 in 2006, adding 15,000 rooms, up 3.6 percent. 2,672 hotels with 485,979 rooms.
2006 China's top 10 international brands in the hotel industry, No. 4. Marriott International Inc.
According to the 2004 statistics published by HOTELS magazine in July 2005, Marriott International (U.S.A.) was ranked No. 3 with 2,632 hotels and 482,186 rooms; in 2003, it was ranked No. 3 with 2,718 hotels and 490,564 rooms. Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) has more than 2,600 business units in the United States and 66 other countries and territories. The Group manages Marriott, JW Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, ResidenceInn, Courtyard, TownePlaceSuites, FairfieldInn, TownePlaceSuites, SpringHillSuites, and SpringHillSuites on an operating and franchise basis, SpringHillSuites, and Bulgari hotel brands; through MarriottVacationClubInternational, Horizons, TheRitz-CarltonClub and the Marriott Grand Residence Club; develops and manages ownership-operated resorts through the MarriottVacationClubInternational, Horizons, TheRitz-CarltonClub and MarriottGrandResidenceClub brands; and franchises 53.1%, delegates 42.3%, and manages 4.6% under management and others; Ramada is fully franchised. The company also operates Marriott Executive Apartments, a fully equipped corporate lodging service through Marriott's ExecuStay business unit, and a convention center business. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., and employing approximately 133,000 people, Marriott International has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 100 employee favorite companies for six consecutive years. Marriott ranked third among large companies with 100,000 or more employees and was the only U.S.-based hospitality company to make the list. Fortune Magazine General*** selected 40,000 employees at 1,000 companies to be surveyed about their trust in management and their pride in the company, their work and their coworkers.
Marriott International had revenue of $11.6 billion in fiscal 2005.
There are 61 Ritz-Carlton hotels worldwide. Ritz-Carlton will add about six Ritz-Carlton luxury hotels in China within three years, including two in the Beijing area, one in Guangzhou, one in Shenzhen, one in Hong Kong and one in Sanya. Plans call for the group's Asia Pacific headquarters to open in Hong Kong in the summer of 2006, followed by an international sales office in Shanghai. A letter of intent has been signed for the construction of a second Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, next to Century Boulevard in the heart of Shanghai's Pudong Lujiazui area, which is expected to open in 2010 and is owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 2. Sentry
Ranked No. 2 in 2006, the takeover of Wyndham increased the group's room capacity by 2.2 percent. This modest increase (30,000 rooms) ensured that the group's ranking remained stable. 6,344 hotels and 532,284 rooms.
2006 China Hotel Industry Top 10 International Brands No. 3.Shanghai Hawthorne Hotel Management Co.
2006 China Economy Hotel Brand Pioneer No. 4.Speedboat Aite (Beijing) International Hotel Management Co.
According to the 2004 statistics published by HOTELS Magazine (U.S.A.) in July 2005, Sentry (U.S.A.) has a total hotel inventory of 6,396 seats and 520,860 rooms, ranked No. 2; in 2003, ranked No. 2, with 6,402 hotels and 518,747 rooms. The brands are Days (Everyday), Hawthorne, Speed 8, etc. It is the No. 1 franchised hotel group in the world, and the number of franchised hotels accounted for 100 percent. in early October 2005, Shengteng Hotel Group became the new owner of the Ramada brand on a global scale.
Summit Group (NYSE: CD) in New York City, is a global travel and real estate services group of companies, in the 2005 Fortune 500 with a turnover of 20 billion U.S. dollars, ranked 107. the Sumitomo Hotels Group is a subsidiary of the Summitomo Group, which is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S., and is one of the world's largest hotel operators in the world on five continents. The ten most famous brands are: Super8?, DaysInn?, Ramada?, BaymontInn?, Travelodge?, HowardJohnson?, KnightsInn?, WingateInn?, AmeriHostInn? and Wyndham Hotels. employs more than 25,000 people worldwide and supports more than 6,460 franchised hotels with more than 540,000 rooms. All of the hotels are franchised and operated under management agreements with The Sentinel Group.
Sentinel is the result of a phased acquisition by HFS of Ramada, Howard Johnson, DaysInns, Super8motels, Redcarpet/MasterHostInns, PassportandScottishInns, Travelodge, Knight'sInn, ParkInn, CUC, etc. became a large group of, such as the acquisition of the Daily Inn in 1992, and the acquisition of the Super8motels in 1993.
Super8?Motels, Inc. is one of the world's largest operators of budget hotels, operating nearly 2,100 hotels worldwide. The first Super 8 hotel opened in 1974 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.A., with a rate of $8.88 per night. Speed 8 Hotels have always been committed to providing clean rooms and friendly service to all of their residents. Speed 8 Hotels entered the Chinese market in April 2004 and opened its first hotel in Wangfujing, Beijing on June 8 of the same year. Currently, there are 54 hotels open or about to open in 31 cities in China.
World's Newest Hotel Ranking 1. InterContinental Hotels Group
Ranked No. 1 hotel group in the world for the third consecutive year in 2006, with room growth of 0.9 percent. 3,606 hotels with 537,533 rooms.
2006 China's hotel industry top 10 international brands of 1. InterContinental Hotels Group
According to the United States in July 2005, "HOTELS" magazine published 2004 statistics, InterContinental Hotels Group (UK) in more than 100 countries with 3,540 hotels, 534,202 rooms, listed in the No. 1; in 2003 ranked No. 1, 3,520 hotels, rooms 536,318 rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (London Stock Exchange: IHG, New York Stock Exchange: IHG (ADRs)), United Kingdom, owns a number of hotel brands, including InterContinental(R) Hotels, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels, Holiday Inn Express(R) Hotels, StaybridgeSuites(R), CandlewoodSuites(R) and HotelIndigo(TM). Franchising accounts for approximately 88.9%, delegated management for approximately 6%, and strip management and other for 5.1%. The Group also has a 47.5% controlling stake in Britvic, the UK's second largest soft drinks producer. InterContinental Hotels Group's hotels in the Asia-Pacific region rank first among international hotel companies. In China they are all managed on a commissioned basis, with minimal investment.
IHG also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Premier Club(R), which has more than 25 million members worldwide. IHG's loyalty rewards program, UHG, won six championships, eight runners-up and 14 of the 16 awards at the 2004 FREDDIE Awards, which are voted on by customers themselves. Since 1989, FREDDIE Awards has been awarded the best travel loyalty program in the travel industry, which is voted by more than 277,000 frequent flyers from 130 countries and regions around the world to be the best hotel and airline loyalty program in their hearts, and can be called the Oscars in the travel industry. privileges at 3,500 hotels in 100 countries around the world. With an average of more than 300,000 new members joining the program every month, UHH has become the fastest growing loyalty program in the hospitality industry, nearly doubling its membership in the past three years to more than 19 million members worldwide. UHG members enjoy privileges at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, STAYBRIDGESUITES and CANDLEWOODSUITES. The rewards program compares favorably with other hotel offers with popular benefits such as points conversion, points purchases, and the fastest way to become an elite member, with no blackout dates on award stays and points that are valid forever, the core attraction of the program. The program is also the only one of the major hotels in the industry to offer a personal shopping program where members can redeem points for any prize. Holiday Inn Express Guangzhou Culture, one of IHM's most popular Holiday Inn brands, is actively involved in the promotion of the UHG Club and is committed to making every guest feel special, whether they are dining or staying at the hotel.
IHM sold its Britvic business, the UK's second largest soft drinks business, to recoup ￡371 million, which will be used to invest in InterContinental's global markets.
China is set to become InterContinental's third largest market in the world after the US and UK. 40m was spent on setting up a Chinese language booking center in China, and $20m was invested in staff training in 2005.
InterContinental Greater China, with 51 hotels, is currently the group with the largest number of hotels in China, and plans to expand the total number of hotels in China to 125 by 2008.