Did you know that a whopping 206 hotel and resort brands are parts of the worldwide portfolios of only nine multinational lodging companies — either through outright ownership or through a partnership — and did you know that they added 27 additional brands since December of 2019?
Test Your Knowledge of 206 Hotel Brands — December 2022 Edition
Those nine lodging companies are listed below in alphabetical order:
- Accor Live Limitless
- Best Western International, Incorporated
- Choice Hotels International, Incorporated
- Hilton
- Hyatt Corporation
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Marriott International, Incorporated
- Radisson Hotels Group
- Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC
Listed in alphabetical order are 206 hotel brands with links to their official Internet web sites — 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, extended stay, vacation home, or all-inclusive.
- 21c Museum Hotel
- AC Hotels
- Adagio
- Adagio Access
- Aiden
- Alila
- Alltra All Inclusive
- Aloft Hotels
- Alua Hotels & Resorts
- AmericInn
- Andaz
- Angsana
- Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy
- Art Series
- Ascend Collection
- Atwell Suites
- Autograph Collection Hotels
- avid
- Banyan Tree
- Baymont Inn & Suites
- Best Western
- Best Western Plus
- Best Western Premier
- Blu
- BreakFree
- Breathless Resorts & Spas
- Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts
- BW Premier Collection
- BW Signature Collection
- Cambria Hotels and Suites
- Candlewood Suites
- Canopy
- Caption
- Çentric
- Clarion
- Clarion Pointe
- Club Wyndham
- Comfort Inn
- Conrad Hotels & Resorts
- Cottages.com
- Country Inns & Suites
- Courtyard
- Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
- Curio – A Collection
- Days Inn
- Dazzler Hotels
- Delano
- Delta Hotels
- Design Hotels
- Destination by Hyatt
- Dolce Hotels and Resorts
- DoubleTree
- Dreams Resorts & Spas
- EconoLodge
- EDITION
- Element
- Embassy Suites
- Emblems Collection
- Esplendor Boutique Hotels
- EVEN Hotels
- Everhome Suites
- Executive Apartments
- Executive Residency
- Faena
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
- Fairfield Inn & Suites
- Four Points
- Garden Hotels
- Garden Inn
- Gaylord Hotels
- GLō
- Grand Hyatt
- Grand Vacations
- Grand Mercure
- Greet
- Hampton Inn & Suites
- Hawthorn Suites
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Club Vacations
- Holiday Inn Express
- Home2 Suites
- Homes & Villas
- Homewood Suites
- hotelF1
- Hotel Indigo
- Howard Johnson
- Hualuxe Hotels and Resorts
- HUAZHU Hotels Group Limited
- Hyatt
- Hyatt House
- Hyatt Place
- Hyde
- ibis
- ibis Budget
- ibis Styles
- Individuals
- InterContinental Hotels and Resorts
- JdV
- JW
- Jo&Joe
- Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
- La Quinta
- Landal GreenParks
- Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts
- The Luxury Collection
- LXR Hotels & Resorts
- M/RAVAL
- MainStay Suites
- Mama Shelter
- Mantis
- Mantra
- Margaritaville Vacation Club
- Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Marriott Vacation Club
- Mercure
- MGallery
- Microtel Inns and Suites
- Mondrian
- Morgans Originals
- Motto
- Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
- Moxy Hotels
- Novotel
- OneFineStay
- Orient Express
- Park Hyatt
- Park Inn
- Park Plaza
- Peppers
- Prizeotel
- Protea Hotels
- Pullman
- Quality Inn
- Radisson
- Radisson Collection
- Raffles
- Ramada
- Ramada Encore
- RED
- Regency
- Regent Hotels & Resorts
- Registry Collection Hotels
- Renaissance Hotels
- Residence Club
- Residence Inn
- The Ritz-Carlton
- Rixos Hotels
- Rodeway Inn
- Sadie
- St. Regis
- The Sebel
- Secrets Resorts & Spas
- Shell Vacations Club
- Sheraton Hotels & Resorts
- Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
- Signia
- Sleep Inn
- SLS
- SO/
- Sofitel
- Sofitel Legend
- SpringHill Suites
- Staybridge Suites
- Suburban
- Sunscape Resorts & Spas
- Super 8
- SureStay Collection
- SureStay Hotels
- SureStay PLUS Hotel
- SureStay Studio
- Swissôtel
- Tapestry Collection
- Tempo
- Thalassa Sea & Spa
- Thompson Hotels
- TownePlace Suites
- Trademark Hotel Collection
- Travelodge
- Tribe
- Tribute Portfolio
- Tru
- Tryp
- Twenty Five Hours Hotels
- The Unbound Collection
- UrCove
- Vacasa
- Vīb
- Vignette Collection
- Vivid Hotels & Resorts
- voco
- W Hotels
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
- Westin Hotels & Resorts
- Wingate
- Woodspring Suites
- WorldHotels Crafted
- WorldHotels Distinctive
- WorldHotels Elite
- WorldHotels Luxury
- Worldmark
- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
- Wyndham Grand Hotels and Resorts
- Zilara
- Ziva
- Zoetry
Final Boarding Call
Click on the links of the names of the lodging companies near the beginning of this article to find out the answers. 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.
Apparently, the following brands are either no longer associated with the nine multinational lodging brands; have been repurposed; or they have simply ceased to exist altogether since the most recent version of this article in December of 2019:
- Exhale Spa and Fitness
- The House of Originals is now known as Morgans Originals
- Joie de Vivre is now known as JdV
- Vacation Rentals by Choice
- Wyndham Vacation Rentals
I am still 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.
