Hospitality and Related Services - Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies - page 129

TABLE 6.1 Top Twenty-Five Hotel Chains

Rank a Company Headquarters Rooms Hotels

2009 2009

1 InterContinental Hotels Group, Windsor, England 646,679 4,438

2 Wyndham Hotel Group, Parsippany, New Jersey 597,674 7,114

3 Marriott International, Bethesda, Maryland 595,461 3,420

4 Hilton Worldwide, McLean, Virginia 585,060 3,530

5 Accor Hospitality, Paris, France 499,456 4,120

6 Choice Hotels International, Silver Spring, Maryland 487,410 6,021

7 Best Western International, Phoenix, Arizona 308,477 4,048

8 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains, New York 298,522 992

9 Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, Minneapolis, Minnesota 159,756 1,058

10 Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago, Illinois 122,317 424

11 Westmount Hospitality Group, Houston, Texas 113,771 803

12 Groupe du Louvre, Paris, France 91,409 1,097

13 Jin Jiang International Hotels, Shanghai, China 89,251 546

14 TUI AG, Hannover, Germany 83,728 297

15 Rezidor Hotel Group, Brussels, Belgium 83,200 389

16 LQ Management, Irving, Texas 78,945 766

17 Sol Melia SA, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 76,887 305

18 Extended Stay Hotels, Spartanburg, South Carolina 76,384 686

19 Home Inns & Motels Management, Shanghai, China 71,671 616

20 Vantage Hospitality Group, Coral Springs, Florida 65,232 906

21 NH Hoteles SA, Madrid, Spain 61,317 401

22 GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group, Shanghai, China 49,700 450

23 Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Arlington, Virginia 46,129 228

24 Barcelo Hotels & Resorts, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 45,939 181

25 MGM Resorts International, Las Vega, Nevada 45,701 16

a Rankings are based on total rooms.
Source: Hotels, October 2010.

Bed and Breakfasts, Guest Houses, Inns

Moving from the megacorporate chain to the , guest houses, and inn

establishments demonstrates the diversity in lodging accommodations and the fact that many small
businesses make up much of the tourism industry. Those small business sectors of the lodging industry
encompass a number of different types of operation. A B&B is a small lodging establishment that
offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Typically, B&Bs are private homes with fewer than 10
bedrooms available for commercial use and are family owned.
A guest house is a kind of lodging that is de ned differently around the world. In some parts of the
world, guest houses are similar to a hostel, bed and breakfast, or inn, whereas in other parts of the
world (Caribbean) guest houses are a type of inexpensive hotel type lodging. In still others, they are
private homes that have been converted for guest accommodation. In the United Kingdom, B&B and
guest house enterprises are not signi cantly different.

bed and breakfasts (B&Bs)