Hotel marketing consortia 2008 - Industry data

Best Western remained the UK's largest hotel marketing consortium in 2008, counting 285 member hotels with a combined 15,305 bedrooms. 

The 140-strong Independents Hotel Association retained its grip on the second place thanks to a total tally of 9,000 bedrooms. This was 2,000 fewer than in 2007 when the group numbered more than 180 hotels.

These facts and figures are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2008, published by the British Hospitality Association.

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UK HOTEL MARKETING CONSORTIA 2008

	Consortia	Number of hotels in the UK	Number of rooms in the UK
01	Best Western	285	15,305
02	The Independents Hotel  Association	140	9,000
03	The Circle	450	5,500+
04	Classic British Hotels	81	4,741
05	Leading Hotels of the World	16	2,120
06	Small Luxury Hotels	35	1,750
07	Fine Individual Hotels	50	1,415
08	Pride of Britain	34	1,110
09	Design Hotels	13	935
10	Relais & Chateau	24	520

Source: Wordsmith & Company