Did you know that a whopping 146 hotel brands are parts of the worldwide portfolios of only ten lodging brands? Those lodging companies include, in alphabetical order:
- AccorHotels
- Best Western International, Incorporated
- Carlson Rezidor Hotels Group
- Choice Hotels International, Incorporated
- Hilton
- Hyatt Corporation
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Marriott International, Incorporated
- Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Incorporated
- Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC
How Well Do You Know Hotel Brands?
Listed in alphabetical order are 146 hotel brands — some of which had their parent lodging companies removed from their official names. Can you guess which hotel brands belong to which of the aforementioned lodging companies by matching the numbers of the list below with the letters of the above list? You get worthless bonus points if you can state the specific purpose of each brand — for example, if it is suites, luxury or extended stay.
- AC Hotels
- Adagio
- Adagio Access
- Adagio Premium
- Aloft
- Andaz
- Angsana
- Ascend Hotel Collection
- Autograph Collection Hotels
- avid
- Banyan Tree
- Baymont Inns & Suites
- Best Western
- Best Western Plus
- Best Western Premier
- Best Western Premier Collection
- Best Western Signature Collection
- Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts
- Cambria Hotels & Suites
- Candlewood Suites
- Canopy
- Clarion
- Comfort Inn
- Comfort Suites
- Conrad Hotels & Resorts
- Country Inns & Suites
- Courtyard by Marriott
- Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
- Curio – A Collection
- Days Inn
- Dazzler Hotels
- Delta Hotels
- Design Hotels
- Dolce Hotels and Resorts
- DoubleTree
- EconoLodge
- EDITION
- Element
- Embassy Suites
- Esplendor Boutique Hotels
- EVEN Hotels
- Executive Residency
- Exhale
- Fairmont
- Fairfield Inn & Suites
- Four Points
- Gaylord Hotels
- GLō
- Grand Hyatt
- Grand Mercure
- Hampton Inn
- Hawthorn Suites
- Hilton Garden Inn
- Hilton Grand Vacations
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Club Vacations
- Holiday Inn Express
- Holiday Inn Resort
- Home2 Suites
- Homewood Suites
- Hotel F1
- Hotel Formule1
- Hotel Indigo
- Howard Johnson
- Hualux Hotels and Resorts
- HUAZHU Hotels Group
- Hyatt
- Hyatt Centric
- Hyatt House
- Hyatt Place
- Hyatt Regency
- Hyatt Residence Club
- Hyatt Zilara
- Hyatt Ziva
- ibis
- ibis Budget
- ibis Styles
- InterContinental Hotels and Resorts
- JW Marriott
- Jo&Joe
- Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
- Knights Inn
- Le Méridien
- The Luxury Collection
- M/RAVAL
- MainStay Suites
- Mama Shelter
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Marriott Vacation Club
- Mercure
- MGallery by Sofitel
- Microtel
- Moxy Hotels
- Novotel
- OneFineStay
- Park Hyatt
- Park Inn
- Park Plaza
- Protea Hotels
- Pullman
- Quality
- Quorvus Collection
- Radisson
- Radisson Blu
- Radisson RED
- Raffles
- Ramada Worldwide
- Renaissance Hotels
- Residence Inn
- The Ritz-Carlton
- Rixos Hotels
- Rodeway Inn
- St. Regis
- Sheraton
- Sleep Inn
- Sofitel
- Sofitel Legend
- SpringHill Suites
- Staybridge Suites
- Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
- Super 8
- SureStay Collection
- SureStay Hotel
- SureStay PLUS Hotel
- Swissôtel
- The Sebel
- Tapestry Collection
- Thalassa Sea & Spa
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott
- Trademark Hotel Collection
- Travelodge
- Tribute Portfolio
- Tru
- Tryp
- Twenty Five Hours Hotels
- The Unbound Collection
- Vīb
- W
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
- Westin
- Wingate
- Wyndham
- Wyndham Garden
- Wyndham Grand
Summary
How do you think you did on the quiz?
Some of the hotel brands listed above are rather obvious as to which lodging company they belong; but others are certainly not so obvious.
I did not include such lodging companies as Meliá Hotels and Resorts, which has a limited footprint; or casino companies whose brands are as few as one hotel property.
I am considering writing an article to follow up this article pertaining to whether or not too many hotel brands exist — as well as whether or not enough differentiation exists between some of those brands — but I would first like to know your thoughts about hotel brands if you could please post them in the Comments section below; and you may be quoted in that aforementioned future article…
Photograph ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
