Top 10 hotel chains with 1,500 hotels in development

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Hotel sectors across the globe are booming. With promises of returns from the rising number of travellers, the top 10 hotel chains in the world are developing more than 1,500 new hotels.

According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS – the leading data provider for hotel construction projects and hotel chain headquarter contacts, the worldwide leading hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group has more than 250 new hotels currently in development. They are way ahead any other groups, with more than 658,000 hotel rooms and another 1,000 more new hotels in their global pipeline.

The second largest hotel chain Hilton Worldwide is expanding their luxury portfolio of 307 hotels construction projects. Following behind is the Accor Group, Europe’s leading hotel group and also No.5 in World Ranking Position, is having 349 new hotels under construction. Starwood Hotels & Resorts, whose No.7 in the World Ranking Position has got 277 top hotel projects.

Having a strong presence in the EMEA region, Carlson Rezidor Group whose No.10 in the World Ranking Position, have development plans of 130 new hotels. Here’s a list of hotel chain on hotel development ranking 2012 list:

• InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – 4.480 hotels in operation – 658.348 rooms in operation – 259 hotel projects
• Hilton Worldwide – 3.843 hotels – 633.238 rooms – 307 hotel projects
• Marriott International – 3.537 hotels – 617.837 rooms – 98 hotel projects
• Wyndham Hotel Group – 7.205 hotels – 613.126 rooms – 37 hotel projects
• Accor – 4.426 hotels – 531.714 rooms – 349 hotel projects
• Choice Hotels International – 6.203 hotels – 502.460 rooms – 10 hotel projects Starwood Hotels & Resorts – 1.077 hotels – 315.346 rooms – 277 hotel projects
• Best Western – 4.078 hotels – 311.598 rooms – 53 hotel projects
• Home Inns/Motel 168 – 1.426 hotels – 176.562 rooms – not named
• Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group – 1.077 hotels – 165.802 rooms – 130 hotel projects

(Numbers are taken from TOPHOTELPROJECTS database;date: 18.09.2012)

Source: TOPHOTELPROJECTS

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