Largest Hotel Chains In The World: Be Ready To Be Proudly Surprised

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Top 10 Largest Hotel Chains in The World
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10. China Lodging Group Limited 3656 locations

• This hotel group is also known as the Huazhu
  Hotels Group. It is a Chinese company with its
  headquarters in the Chinese city of Shanghai. The
  chain is not that old at all. It was in 2005, the
  China Lodging Group Limited saw the light of day.
  The company mainly tries to focus on young
  people. Many of the hotels, therefore, have the
  price and appearance of youth hostels.

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9. Best Western Hotels 4200 locations

• This American hotel chain is slightly older, and
  a lot more famous in western countries. Best
  Western Hotels was founded in 1946. The start of
  the hotel chain was remarkable. In the 1940s,
  there were mainly large and luxury hotels or
  small family hotels along the road.

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8. Accor Hotels 4283 locations

• Accor Hotels was started in 1967, with the
  opening of a Novotel hotel in the French city of
  Lille. Accor Hotels is a French company and has
  all kinds of different hotel chains among them.
  In addition to Novotel, Ibis and Formula 1 also
  belong to the chain. Accor Hotels has more than
  twenty different brands to its name and therefore
  has hotels for everyone.

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7. InterContinental Hotels Group 5431 locations

• The history of this hotel group goes far back.
  The year 1777 is seen as the start of
  InterContinental Hotels Group. In that year the
  Bass Brewery was opened in England. It is this
  Bass family that opened the first hotel in the
  InterContinental Hotels Group. It was only around
  1980 that the chain really began to grow with
  several international branches. Famous brands of
  this hotel chain are Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.

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6.Hilton Worldwide 5456 locations

• Almost no chain is as famous worldwide as Hilton
  Worldwide and considered as one of the largest
  hotel chains in the world. This may have
  something to do with Paris Hilton, the
  granddaughter of the founder of this hotel chain.
  In 1919, the chain was started by Conrad Hilton,
  when he bought a small hotel in Texas.

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5. Choice Hotels 6627 locations

• The start of Choice Hotels is similar to the Best
  Western system. Choice Hotels became a chain
  because seven different hotels used each other as
  references. This increased the number of bookings
  and it became clear that a chain is more
  accessible than an isolated hotel. Choice Hotels
  now consists of more than 6000 different branches
  of several brands (including Ascend, Comfort Inn)

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4. Marriott International 6717 locations

• This hotel chain is also originally American.
  Even today, the head office is still in the state
  of Maryland. The Marriott company started in 1927
  when John Willard Marriott decided to open a root
  beer stand where he sold soft drinks. Later they
  became small shops and the Marriott brand became
  a restaurant chain. It was not until the 1950s
  when the company opened its first hotel.

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3. Jin Jiang International 7,000 branches

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2. Wyndham Worldwide 9221 locations

• Wyndham Worldwide does not only provides
  comfortable hotel rooms but the company also has
  several holiday homes, apartments and facilitates
  house exchange for holidaymakers. The hotel is
  headquartered in Orlando, Florida and employs
  more than 40,000 people from around the world.

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1. OYO 10,000 Locations

• All hotel chains on this list are Chinese, French
  or American, except the number 1. OYO comes from
  India and has more than 8,500 hotels in India and
  some surrounding countries. In addition, you can
  also come across OYO hotels in the United
  Kingdom. OYO scores mainly by offering budget
  rooms. The company not only has the top spot but
  is also the youngest in the list.

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