Top 10 hotel chains of the world

Thousands and thousands of different hotels around the world offer their services to the visitors. Many of them are independent, private or family hotels and many are the part of the giant hotel chains. Which of them offer the best quality of service and are the largest ones? Then welcome to the review of the largest hotel networks according to MKG Hospitality.

1. InterContinental Hotels Group.
Since 2004 InterContinental Hotels Group is the largest hotel chain in the world, managing more than 600 000 rooms in different countries. In the first half of 2008 to the housing stock of the chain were added 25 000 rooms. In the next 5 years the company intends to acquire another 250 000 hotel rooms, which will support the status of the world's largest hotel group. The growth of hotel group is due to the aggressive expansion of the Holiday Inn Express brand, supported by the Crowne Plaza and the spread of Staybridge Suites and the Indigo boutique hotel in the European arena. The growth of housing stock is about 5.9% that makes InterContinental Hotel Group the world's largest hotel chain.

2. Wyndham Hotel Group.
Wyndham Hotel Group is the second largest in the world. This American group of hotels showed an increase of housing stock by 7.7%. The acquisition of two brands of Global Hyatt the economy Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites has increased the number of managed hotels of the chain to 400 units.

3. Marriott International hotel chain
Marriott International chain showed the growth of 4.7% and the aggressive expansion plans of 800 hotels with total housing stock of 125 000 rooms. This group of hotels also makes significant investments in their existing brands.

4. Holton Hotels
Holton chain is the fourth largest world hotel chain. In 2008 the group added to the portfolio of the group 300 new hotels. Although the main growth is happening in the U.S., a country where the group was created, the international development groups are also successful. Doubletree, Homewood Suites, and, of course, Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn began its seven-league steps to make global development network.

5. Accor Group
Accor Hotel Chain is located on the fifth place with additional 500 000 rooms, which is approximately 3.7%. Last year the group opened its 800th “Ibis” Hotel in Shanghai (China). The joint increase of housing stock of Etap Hotels and “Formule 1” brands allows the network to securely hold their position in sector of budget hotels. In the coming year the housing stock of Accor brand is planned to be expanded for 105000 rooms.