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Industry data: Leading hotel brands in the UK (20 October 2006 17:33)
The Whitbread Hotel Company's Premier Travel Inn is the UK's largest hotel chain by bedroom numbers, ahead of InterContinental Hotels Group, Travelodge and Hilton. British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2006 , published by the British Hospitality Association .bob.bacon@bha.org.uk .
Top 100 hotel groups with more than 200 bedrooms in the UK, September 2006 (by number of bedrooms) - Part I
Company
Number of hotels
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Brands
Number of
1
Whitbread Hotel Company
476
Premier Travel Inn
31,397
2
InterContinental Hotels Group
224
*InterContinental (1), *Crowne Plaza (14)
30,863
3
Travelodge
279
17,700
4
Hilton Hotels
70
15,500+
5
Accor Hotels
94
*Sofitel (1) Novotel (31), Mercure (1), Ibis (47), Etap (3), Formule 1(10)
13,529
6
Marriott International
75
*Courtyard by Marriott (11)
12,500+
7
Thistle Hotels
48
Thistle (46), Guomon (2)
10,300+
8
CHE Hotel Group
99
*Clarion (4), *Comfort (36)
8,000+
9
Wyndham Worldwide
82
*Days Inn (23), *Days Hotels (10), *Ramada (49), *Ramada Encore (3)
7,980+
10
Britannia Hotels
33
6,729
11
London and Edinburgh Swallow Group **
150+
Swallow Hotels
6,500+
12
Macdonald Hotels
71
Macdonald Hotels (65), Resorts (6)
6,374+
13
Carlson Companies USA
27
*Radisson (8), *Park Inn (12), Park Plaza (7)
6,053
14
Arora Family Trust
11
Arora (4), †Sofitel (1), †Hilton (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (1), †Premier Travel Inn (1), †Radisson SAS (1)
5,500+
15
Jarvis Hotels
42
†Ramada (42)
4,758
16
Rezidor SAS Hospitality
8
†Radisson SAS (8), †Park Inn (12)
4,654
17
De Vere Hotels (AHG)
34
De Vere Hotels (18), Village Hotels (16)
4,646
18
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group
18
Hotels (5), Inns (13)
4,361
19
Millennium Copthorne Hotels
18
Millennium (6), Copthorne (12)
4,163
20
Mitchells & Butlers
113
Innkeepers Lodge (88), †Express by Holiday Inn (25)
4,000+
21
Somerston Hotels
31
†Express by Holiday Inn (29), †Holiday Inn (1), †Ramada Encore (1)
3,718
22
WA Shearings Hotels
42
3,550
23
Corus Hotels
39
3,111
24
QMH Hotels
20
†Crowne Plaza (3), †Holiday Inn (12), Best Western (3), Unbranded (2)
3,083
25
Imperial London Hotels
6
3,073
26
Warner Holidays (Bourne Leisure)
13
Historic (6), Coastal (4), Character (3)
2,704
27
Greene King
120
Old English Inns (78), Greene King Inns (37), Hungry Horse (5)
2,700+
28
Paramount Group of Hotels (Dawnay Shore)
20
Signature (3)
2,700
29
Radisson Edwardian Hotels
12
2,496
30 Starwood Hotels and Resorts
9
St Regis (1), Luxury Collection (1), Westin (1), Le Meridien (1), Sheraton (5)
2,204
31 Louvre Hotels
19
Campanile (17), Kyriad (1), Concorde (1)
1,726
32 Kew Green Hotels
17
†Days Hotels (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (3)
1,615+
33 Q Hotels
9
1,479
34 Menzies Hotels
16
1,465
35 Park Plaza Hotels Europe
7
1,399
36 Chardon Hotels
11
†Holiday Inn (6), †Express by Holiday Inn (3), †Quality Hotel (1), Unbranded (2)
1,395
37 morethanhotels
12
*Express by Holiday Inn (12)
1,359
38 Splendid Hotel Group
16
†Express by Holiday Inn(5), †Holiday Inn (2), †Comfort Inn(5), Best Western (1), Unbranded (3)
1,336
39 Alfa-Leisureplex
16
1,324
40 Principal Hotels
6
1,315
41 Cairn Hotel Group
16
1,303
42 Marston Hotels
12
1,156
43 Forestdale Hotels
18
1,149
44 Grange Hotels
13
1,146
45 BDL
7
†Crowne Plaza (2), †Express By Holiday Inn (2), †Holiday Inn (1), †Ramada Encore (2)
1,118
46 Firoka Group
5
†Holiday Inn (1), †Express By Holiday Inn (2), Unbranded (2)
1,100
47 City Inn
4
1,029
48 Malmaison Group (MWB)
16
Malmaison (9), Hotel du Vin (7)
1,004
49 Bespoke Hotels
7
992
50 Cola Hotels
3
969
* Some or all franchised to another operator
Franchised hotels
** Swallow Hotels (London and Edinburgh Swallow Group) has now gone into administration
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