Top 10 companies
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Hyatt Hotels Corporation is an American multinational operator, owner, and franchiser of
resorts, hotels, and vacation properties.
• It is headquartered in Hyatt Center, Chicago, Illinois. Its different brands are Park Hyatt,
Andaz, Hyatt Centric, Ziva, Hyatt Hotels, Residence Club etc.
• One of its popular hotel is located in Mumbai, India.
HLV Ltd (Hotel Leela Venture)
• The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is managed by Hotel Leela Venture Ltd.
• The company was established in Mumbai, India in 1983.
• It was founded by Late Capt. C.P Krishnan Nair.
• It is one of the top 10 Hospitality Companies in India. Currently, The Leela group operates
nine luxury palaces and hotels.
InterContinental Hotels Group
• InterContinental Hotels Group was founded in the year 2003.
• The company is headquartered in Denham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
• Its brands include Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, EVEN Hotels, Kimpton
Hotels, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, Hualuxe, and Resorts and Staybridge Suites.
Marriott International India Pvt Ltd
• Marriott International was founded in the year 1927.
• It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
• Marriott was founded by John Willard Marriott in 1927 when he and his wife, Alice Sheets
Marriott, opened a root beer stand in Washington, D.C.
• Marriott International was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two
companies, Marriott International and Host Marriott Corporation.
• It is one of the top hospitality companies in India. The different Marriott brands are St.
Regis, Ritz- Carlton, JW Marriott
Radisson Blu Hotels
• Radisson Blu Hotels are one of the top 10 hospitality companies in India.
• It is a group of hotels located nationally and internationally.
• It has more than 280 hotels operating throughout the world.
• It was founded in the year 1960. Its hotels are found in major cities, key airport gateways
and leisure destinations.
Shangri La Hotels & Resorts
• Shangri La Hotels & Resorts was founded in the year 1971.
• It is one of the best hospitality companies in India.
• It is hong-kong based multinational hospitality company.
• It has hotels in different countries like the Middle East, North America, Australia, Asia,
Europe. The company has over 100 luxury hotels and resorts across the world.
Taj Hotels,Resorts & Palaces
• Taj Hotels Resorts & Places was founded in the year 1903.
• It is headquartered in Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• It was founded by Jamshedji Tata.
• It is one of India’s largest business conglomerates and top 10 Hospitality Companies in India.
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, opened the Taj Mahal Palace, a
hotel in Mumbai overlooking the Arabian Sea, on 16 December 1903.
The Lalit Hotels
• The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group is India’s leading hotel company.
• The company is headquartered in New Delhi.
• Its first hotel was founded in the year 1988 by Mr Lalit Suri.
• The branches of leading hospitality company is located in all top Indian cities including New
Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Udaipur, Kolkata, Khajuraho, Udaipur, Bangalore etc
The Oberoi Group
• The Oberoi Group is headquartered in Delhi.
• It was founded in the year 1934.
• The founder of Oberoi Group is Mohan Singh Oberoi.
• The group is one of the top hospitality companies of India.
• The company operates 35 luxury hotels and two river cruise ships in six countries.
The Park Hotels
• It is one of the top 10 and leading hospitality companies in India.
• It was founded in the year 1967 and is headquartered in Kolkata, India.
• These hotels are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, New
Delhi, Visakhapatnam, and Goa.
• WORLD
1/ Marriott International
With more than 7500 hotels and over 14 000 rooms in 2021, Marriott International
is the world’s largest hotel chain. Between 2020 and 2021 the amount of rooms
increased from 1,358,400 to 1,400,289 room which is a growth of 3.1%.
2/ Jin Jiang
With more hotels than Marriott International, but with a less amount of rooms, Jin
Jiang is the second-largest hotel chain in the world when looking at the room
supply. In 2021 the Chinese company Jin Jiang operated more than 10,000 hotels
with almost 1,100,000 rooms. The growth was 6.7% compared to last year.
3/ Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels is the third-largest hotel chain in the world. More than 600 hotels
were added to its portfolio between 2020 and 2021. The growth of this group
remains strong mainly in the US, Hilton’s home country. In 2021 Hilton Hotels
operated 1,010,257 rooms which is a 4.9% increase from last year.
4 / InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG)
IHG was for many years the largest hotel chain in the world, today the group is No. 4
worldwide. The growth was only 0.3% between 2020 and 2021. InterContinental
Hotel Group has almost 6000 hotels and 886,036 rooms in its portfolio.
5/ Wyndham Hotel Group
Wyndham Hotel Group is the world’s fifth-largest. This US hotel chain has had a
4.2% decrease in its rooms supply, which makes it the only western hotel chain in
the top 10 with a lower amount of rooms compared to last year. In 2021 Wyndham
Hotel Group owns 8,941 hotels with 795,909 rooms.
6/ Accor Group
This French hotel chain has more than 5000 hotels all over the world. Accor Group’s amount of rooms are
more than 750,000, with annual growth of 3.1% in room supply. The growth has been steady for many years,
for example, Accor Group also had a growth of about 3% between 2019 and 2020.
7/ Huazhu
Huazhu is another Chinese hotel group with a big amount of hotels and rooms in its portfolio. The chain
operates almost 7000 hotels and has a room supply of 607,137 rooms. The growth compared to 2020 has
been extremely high and between 2020 and 2021 the room supply growth was 23.2%.
8/ Choice Hotels
Recording a global room supply growth of 1.2%, American franchiser Choice Hotels has not moved from its
8th position in the ranking. In 2021 the hotel chain owns 7,147 hotels with a total room supply of 597,977
rooms. Choice hotels operates in over 40 countries all over the world.
9/ OYO
OYO is an Indian hotel chain which has been in a lot of trouble the last year. The room supply has decreased
with 54.3% since last year. The company has had some really big problems in China and Europe which has
caused this huge loss in room supply. Comparing to the 2020 hotel chains top 10 rank, OYO has lost 7
positions and is now down on position 9. OYO still operates more than 20,000 hotels with 449,000 rooms.
10/ BTH Hotels
BTH Hotels is the third Chinese hotel chain on the top 10 list. This chain has, just as Jin Jiang and Huazhu, had
a high growth compared to 2020. The rooms supply grew with 6.6% between 2020 and 2021.
