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The Worldwide Ranking of Hotel Groups 2003
The World�s Top Ten International Groups Increase Their Supply by 2.6%
April 18, 2003 - MKG Consulting has the largest hotel database in the world, outside the United States, with the best coverage of all the hotel segments. The MKG Consulting Database contains more than 40,000 hotels, representing over 2.2 million rooms. The activity results in the MKG Database are based on a sample of 9,000 corporate operated hotel chains worldwide, representing 900,000 rooms. These results are provided by chain hotels throughout the world, of which MKG Consulting is the official statistical supplier. Certain results of this worldwide assessment as well as much more in-depth analyses on Europe are developed in MKG Consulting's annual "Marketing, Trends, and Strategies of the European Hotel Industry - 2003 Edition" (more than 200 pages), which is currently available.

In preview of the detailed worldwide hotel report, the ranking of the first ten world groups and the first twenty world brands

Annual worldwide ranking of hotel groups (at 01/01/2003)

Hotels
Rooms
Variation
2002 Rank
2003 Rank
Group 
Country
2002
2003
2002
2003
Rooms
%
1
1
Cendant
USA
6,624
6,553
553,771
539,410
-14 361
-2,6%
2
2
Six Continents*
GB
3,234
3,325
507,091
515,525
8,434
1,7%
3
3
Marriott International
USA
2,333
2,504
427,489
455,858
28,369
6,6%
4
4
Accor
FRA
3,654
3,829
415,774
440,807
25,033
6,0%
5
5
Choice
USA
4,545
4,664
362,549
373,722
11,173
3,1%
6
6
Hilton Corp.
USA
1,934
2,084
319,550
337,116
17,566
5,5%
7
7
Best Western
USA
4,109
4,060
312,207
308,627
-3,580
-1,1%
8
8
Starwood
USA
751
748
225,737
226,970
1,233
0,5%
9
9
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide
USA
795
857
135,429
145,337
9,908
7,3%
10
10
Hilton International
GB
385
392
94,058
97,223
3,165
3,4%
Source : MKG Consulting Database � 03/03
* Supply on 31/09/2002
** The Choice hotel supply rises to 4664 hotels and 373,722 rooms. If one takes into consideration hotels "under development", the supply reaches 5138 hotels and 415,287 rooms. By hotel "under development", Choice includes hotels that have signed a franchise management contract by 31/12/02 and are sold through central reservation and the internet site of the group, but do not yet benefit from the entire range of services provided by Choice (brand computer system, etc).

Compared to 2001, which saw Hilton�s International entry into the top 10 following the purchase of Scandic and Marriott International reaching the third place, 2002 was largely marked by a stability in the classification of the top 10 international hotel groups. Cendant remains, despite a light drop, the number one group in the world. Though there has not been a major change in the ranking of the groups during the course of the year, the majority of the worldwide leaders has increased hissupply in 2002. In the face of a morose economic situation and the state of uncertainty concerning the war in Iraq, they have mostly given preference to an organic growth in their supply. Carlson Hospitality has experienced the fastest growth.Few major acquisitions opportunities were available in 2002. It is foreseeable that 2003 will be more active in the matter if one judges it by current negociations surrounding the Six Continents dossier. If the war in Iraq should drag on, certain groups may also emerge weakened, becoming tempting targets.

Annual worldwide ranking of hotel brands (at 01/01/2003)

Hotels
Rooms
Variation
2002 Rank
2003 Rank
Chains
Groups
2002
2003
2002
2003
Rooms
%
1
1
Best Western Best Western
4,109
4,060
312,207
308,627
-3,580
-1,1%
2
2
Holiday Inn* Six Continents
1,587
1,567
297,710
293,346
-4,364
-1,5%
5
3
Comfort Inns Choice
2,032
2,268
157,119
169,750
12,631
8,0%
4
4
Marriott Hotels Marriott Int�l
424
450
158,112
165,200
7,088
4,5%
3
5
Days Inn of America, Inc. Cendant
1,946
1,912
164,092
159,851
-4,241
-2,6%
6
6
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Starwood
389
396
130,498
133,519
3,021
2,3%
7
7
Super 8 Motels Cendant
2,054
2,089
125,016
127,254
2,238
1,8%
9
8
Hampton Inn Hilton Corp.
1,144
1,206
117,806
123,041
5,235
4,4%
8
9
Ramada Franchise Systems Cendant
978
979
120,515
116,762
-3,753
-3,1%
10
10
Express by Holiday Inn* Six Continents
1,254
1,352
100,993
109,205
8,212
8,1%
11
11
Radisson Carlson 
428
440
100,874
104,734
3,860
3,8%
13
12
Motel 6 Accor
852
863
90,276
90,890
614
0,7%
14
13
Hilton Hotels Hilton Corp.
229
231
86,063
87,710
1,647
1,9%
12
14
Hyatt Hotels  Hyatt (Corp.+Int�l)
214
206
91,657
87,000
-4,657
-5,1%
15
15
Quality Inns Choice
799
820
84,760
86,662
1,902
2,2%
17
16
Mercure Accor
655
733
72,536
86,525
13,989
19,3%
16
17
Courtyard Marriott Int�l
553
587
78,785
84,356
5,571
7,1%
18
18
Hilton Hilton Int�l
231
253
66,898
73,671
6,773
10,1%
19
19
Ibis Accor
583
622
60,939
65,791
4,852
8,0%
20
20
Novotel Accor
341
369
57,917
62,694
4,777
8,2%
Source : MKG Consulting Database � 03/03

Best Western remains the top hotel chain in the world, though like Holiday Inn, it saw a light drop. This may be explained by a higher standard in its network in terms of quality norms manifesting itself through a weeding-out of under performing properties. The brand of the Choice Group, Comfort Inn & Suites, confirms the dynamism of the franchised operations, notably in the United States, and became the third best hotel chain in the world. Six Continents pursue a worldwide and active development of its brand Express by Holiday, as well as Accor with its brand Mercure, that progressed by steps, through acquisitions and partnerships. The brand Mercure was the fastest to grow in 2002. The Scandic hotels rebranded under the flag of Hilton, have notably allowed this brand to expand by 10%. Looking at losses, Hyatt has seen the flight of several contracts, not compensated by a prudent development policy.


 
Contact:

Georges Panayotis
00 33 (0)1 56 56 87 90
[email protected]
http://www.mkg-consulting.com


 
Also See: The Worldwide Ranking of Hotel Groups; The worldwide supply of hotel groups grows by 3% in 2001 (4.9 million rooms) / June 2002


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