The Whitbread Hotel Company retained its position as the UK's largest hotel chain by bedrooms numbers.
Its Premier Inn budget chain had more than 488 hotels with in excess of 32,600 bedrooms by September 2007.
InterContinental was not far behind, with 32,540 bedrooms across its 241 UK hotels while the third position went to Premier Inn's arch-rival, the budget Travelodge chain, with more than 18,950 bedrooms across 310 venues.
These figures for the year to September 2007 are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2007, published by the British Hospitality Association.
The full report (which is free to BHA members) can be bought for £195 (for the printed version) or £146.25 (for a PDF file). For enquiries or orders, phone 0207 404 7744 or contact bob.bacon@bha.org.uk.
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TOP 100 HOTEL GROUPS WITH MORE THAN 200 BEDROOMS IN THE UK, SEPTEMBER 2007 (BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS) - PART II
| | Company | Number of hotels | Brands | Number of
rooms | Hotels (and rooms) worldwide |
| 51 | Corus Hotels | 11 | | 1,013 | 13 (1,652) |
| 52 | Cola Hotels | 3 | | 969 | |
| 53 | London Plaza Hotels | 4 | | 957 | 5 (1,010) |
| 54 | Ascott International | 7 | Citadines (4), Ascott (1),
Somerset (1) | 910 | |
| 55 | Legacy Hotels | 14 | Associates (6) | 826 | |
| 56 | Crimson Hotels | 6 | †Quality (2), †Comfort (2), †Crowne Plaza (1) | 807 | 11 (1,538) |
| 57 | Shire Hotels (Daniel Thwaites) | 8 | | 798 | |
| 58 | Elizabeth Hotels | 17 | Hotels (13), Inns (4) | 796 | |
| 59 | Jurys Doyle Hotels | 4 | | 788 | 12 (2,664) |
| 60 | Strathmore Hotels | 8 | | 773 | |
| 61 | Vienna Group | 7 | | 761 | |
| 62 | Four Pillars Hotels | 6 | | 731 | |
| 63 | Hastings Hotels | 6 | | 715 | |
| 64 | Brook Hotels | 14 | | 705 | |
| 65 | Hand Picked Hotels | 14 | | 667 | |
| 66 | Quinn Hotels | 3 | †Crowne Plaza (1), †Holiday Inn (1), The Belfry (1) | 650 | 9 (2.427) |
| 67 | Pederson Hotels | 6 | †Holiday Inn (2), †Crowne Plaza (1) | 644 | |
| 68 | Peel Hotels | 8 | | 639 | |
| 69 | Apex Hotels | 5 | | 638 | |
| 70 | Brend Hotels | 11 | | 617 | |
| 71 | Von Essen Hotels | 24 | | 580 | 25 (601) |
| 72 | NH Hoteles | 3 | Jolly (1) | 596 | 337 (49,157) |
| 73 | Ralph Trustees Group | 4 (inc 1 apartments) | Grove, Runnmede, Athenaeum, Greengarden | 764 | |
| 74 | Sol Melia Hotels | 1 | Sol White House | 581 | 350 (85,000) |
| 75 | JJW Hotels & Resorts | 8 | Eton Collection | 558 | 46 (3,184) |
| 76 | Choice Hotels | 5 | | 539 | |
| 77 | Red Carnation Hotels | 7 | | 528 | 11 (727) |
| 78 | Portland Hotels | 6 | | 524 | |
| 79 | Seymour Hotels | 3 | | 519 | |
| 80 | Elite Hotels | 4 | | 514 | |
| 81 | Butterfly Hotels | 7 | †Ramada (4), †Express By Holiday Inn (1), Citilodge (1) | 513 | |
| 82 | Maybourne Group | 3 | Claridge's, Connaught, Berkeley | 509 | |
| 83 | Feathers Hotel & Catering Group | 8 | | 507 | |
| 84 | Prem Group | 2 hotels, 6 apartments | †Ramada (1) | 502 | 17 (1,917) |
| 85 | Cedar Court Hotel Group | 4 | | 494 | |
| 86 | Four Seasons | 3 | | 494 | 74 |
| 87 | McKever Hotels | 15 | | 487 | |
| 88 | Rocco Forte Hotels | 3 | | 470 | 11 (1,561) |
| 89 | Fairmont Hotels & Resorts | 2 | Savoy, St Andrews | 472 | 51 |
| 90 | Aristel Hotels | 7 | †Ramada (1), Best Western (5) | 457 | |
| 91 | TLH Leisure Resort | 4 | | 457 | |
| 92 | Paten Hotels | 4 | | 444 | |
| 93 | Louvre Hotels | 17 | Concorde (1), Campanile (16) | 432 | 900+ |
| 94 | Morvan Hotels | 6 | | 423 | |
| 95 | English Rose Hotels | 8 | Including 1 apartment | 422 | |
| 96 | Mill House Inns (Spirit Group) | 16 | | 415 | |
| 97 | Richardson Hotels | 7 | | 413 | |
| 98 | Dhillon Hotels | 5 | | 394 | |
| 99 | Firmdale Hotels | 7 | | 389 | |
| 100 | Meridien Leisure Hotels | 5 | †Express By Holiday Inn (2) | 382 | |
* Some or all franchised to another operator
† Franchised hotels
