Industry data: Leading hotel brands in the UK 2007 (part 1)

Company

Number of hotels

Brands

Number of rooms

Hotels (and rooms) worldwide

1

Whitbread Hotel Company

488+

Premier Inn

32,600+

2

InterContinental Hotels Group

241

InterContinental (1), *Crowne Plaza (15)
*Holiday Inn (116)
*Express by Holiday Inn (109) 

32,540

3,821 (563,676)

3

Travelodge

310+

18,950

322 (20,000+)

Accor Hotels

 119

*Sofitel (2) Novotel (30), Mercure (26), Ibis (49), Etap (7), Formule 1 (5)

 15,722

 3,800+ (475,000)

5

Hilton Hotel Corporation

73 

Hilton (73)

15,300

2,900 (500,000)

6

Marriott International

63

Renaissance (9), Marriott (54)

13,041

2,898 (521,240)

Wyndham Worldwide

 99

 *Days Inn (25), *Days Hotel (9), *Ramada (59), *Ramada Encore (5), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (1)

 9,696

 6,500 (542,000)

8

Thistle Hotels

39

Thistle (37), Guomon (2)

8,792

9

The Real Hotel Group (was CHE Hotel Group)

104

†Clarion (3), †Comfort (35)
†Quality (52), †Sleep Inn (9), Stop Inn (5)

8,154

Choice Hotels International: 5,400 (440,000)

10

Carlson Hotels Worldwide

33

*Radisson (11), *Park Inn (14), Park Plaza (7), *Country Inns & Suites (1)

7,069

948
(1 46,448)

11

Britannia Hotels

33

7,000

12

De Vere (AHG)

57

De Vere Deluxe (8), De Vere Heritage (5), De Vere Venues (27), Village (17)

6,989

 13

 13

 Arora (4), †Sofitel (1), †Renaissance (2) †Hilton (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (1), †Premier Travel Inn (1), †Radisson  (1)

 5,500

 14

 26

 †Radisson SAS (11), †Park Inn (14), †Country Inns & Suites (1)

 5,369

 300 (61,000)

 15

 41

 †Ramada (41)

 4,701

 16

Millennium Copthorne Hotels

 20

 Millennium (7), Copthorne (13)

 4,496

 110 (29,408)

 17

Mitchells & Butlers

 115

 Innkeepers Lodge (90), †Express by Holiday Inn (25)

 4,204

 18

 15

 4,145

 21 (5,082)

 19

 34

 †Express by Holiday Inn (32), †Holiday Inn (1), †Ramada Encore (1)

 4,000

20

Macdonald Hotels

46

 Hotels (46), Resorts (7)

3,904

   56 hotels and resorts

21

WA Shearings Hotels

40

3,450

22

Imperial London Hotels

6

3,355

23

QMH Hotels

19

†Crowne Plaza (3), †Holiday Inn (12), Best Western (3)

3,000

24

Q Hotels

22

2,800+

25

Principal Hotels

16

Principal hotels (8), Hayley Venues (8)

2,789

26

Crerar Hotels

35

Swallow (27), Crerar (8)

2,730+

27

Paramount Hotels (Barceló Hotels & Resorts)

20

2,712

28

Warner Holidays

13

2,704

29

Starwood Hotels and Resorts

9

St Regis (1), Luxury Collection (1), Westin (1), Sheraton (6)

2,487

871 (266,000)

30

Radisson Edwardian Hotels

13

2,469

31

 36

 2,322

32

Menzies Hotels

23

2,288

33

Oxford Hotels & Inns

56

2,194

34

Greene King

75

Old English Inns (49), Greene King Inns (26)

1,885

35

Kew Green Hotels

18

†Holiday Inn (12), †Days Hotels (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (3)

1,750

36

Malmaison Group (MWB) 

21

Malmaison (11), Hotel du Vin (10)

1,634

37

BDL/Ramcore

11

†Crowne Plaza (2), †Express By Holiday Inn (4), †Holiday Inn (3), †Ramada Encore (2) 

1,556 

Chardon Management

12

†Holiday Inn (6), †Express by Holiday Inn (3), †Quality Hotel (1), Best Western (1)

1,395

19

†Express by Holiday Inn (5), †Holiday Inn (3), †Comfort Inn (4), †Comfort Inns & Suites (1), Best Western (1), Easy Hotel (1)

1,353

16

1,324

5 

1,314

16

1,308

11

  †Express by Holiday Inn (11)  

1,270

19 

1,256

20 (1,291)

8

Hotels (2), Inns (6) 

1,321

630 (58,000)

13 

1,146

4

 includes apartments

1,136

5 (1,550)

5 

1,098

9

 †Crowne Plaza (3), †Holiday Inn (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (2), 62 Castle Street

1,052

3

1,030

   735 (136,000)