Industry data: Leading hotel brands in the UK
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.
These figures for the year to September 2006 are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2006, published by the British Hospitality Association.
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Top 100 hotel groups with more than 200 bedrooms in the UK, September 2006 (by number of bedrooms) - Part I
Company | Number of hotels | Brands | Number of rooms | |
1 | Whitbread Hotel Company](http://www.whitbread.co.uk/) | 476 | [Premier Travel Inn](http://www.premiertravelinn.com/pti/home.do) | 31,397 |
2 | [InterContinental Hotels Group](http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/c/1/content/dec/teaser/6c/1/en/lp/ukmult.html) | 224 | \*InterContinental (1), \*Crowne Plaza (14) \*Holiday Inn (103) \*Express by Holiday Inn (103) | 30,863 |
3 | [Travelodge](http://www.travelodge.co.uk/) | 279 | 17,700 | |
4 | [Hilton Hotels](http://hiltonworldwide.hilton.com/en/ww/index.jhtml;jsessionid=GVFMHVR4DDBKKCSGBI1MVCQKIYFC5UUC) | 70 | 15,500+ | |
5 | [Accor Hotels](http://www.accor.co.uk/gb/index.asp) | 94 | \*Sofitel (1) Novotel (31), Mercure (1), Ibis (47), Etap (3), Formule 1(10) | 13,529 |
6 | [Marriott International](http://marriott.co.uk/Channels/globalSites/default.mi?country=UK) | 75 | \*Courtyard by Marriott (11) Renaissance (9), Marriott (55) | 12,500+ |
7 | [Thistle Hotels](http://www.thistlehotels.com/thistle/hotels/;jsessionid=AZNHIR1WTLS32CQFBQFCFEQKAUGBIIV0?_requestid=2751379) | 48 | Thistle (46), Guomon (2) | 10,300+ |
8 | [CHE Hotel Group](http://www.choicehotelseurope.com/hotels/legal?language=en&language=de) | 99 | \*Clarion (4), \*Comfort (36) \*Quality (53), \*Sleep Inn (6) | 8,000+ |
9 | [Wyndham Worldwide](http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com/) | 82 | \*Days Inn (23), \*Days Hotels (10), \*Ramada (49), \*Ramada Encore (3) | 7,980+ |
10 | [Britannia Hotels](http://www.britanniahotels.com/default.asp) | 33 | 6,729 | |
11 | [London and Edinburgh Swallow Group](http://www.swallow-hotels.com/)\*\*[](http://www.amtcoffee.co.uk/) | 150+ | Swallow Hotels | 6,500+ |
12 | [Macdonald Hotels](http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/) | 71 | Macdonald Hotels (65), Resorts (6) | 6,374+ |
13 | [Carlson Companies USA](http://www.carlson.com/) | 27 | \*Radisson (8), \*Park Inn (12), Park Plaza (7) | 6,053 |
14 | [Arora Family Trust](http://www.arorainternational.com/)[](http://www.esquirescoffee.com/) | 11 | Arora (4), †Sofitel (1), †Hilton (3), †Express by Holiday Inn (1), †Premier Travel Inn (1), †Radisson SAS (1) | 5,500+ |
15 | [Jarvis Hotels](http://www.ramadajarvis.co.uk/) | 42 | †Ramada (42) | 4,758 |
16 | [Rezidor SAS Hospitality](http://www.rezidorsas.com/) | 8 | †Radisson SAS (8), †Park Inn (12) | 4,654 |
17 | [De Vere Hotels (AHG)](http://www.deveregroupplc.co.uk/) | 34 | De Vere Hotels (18), Village Hotels (16) | 4,646 |
18 | [Jurys Doyle Hotel Group](http://www.jurysdoyle.com/) | 18 | Hotels (5), Inns (13) | 4,361 |
19 | [Millennium Copthorne Hotels](http://www.millenniumhotels.com/MCIL.nsf/mainpager?openform) | 18 | Millennium (6), Copthorne (12) | 4,163 |
20 | [Mitchells & Butlers](http://www.mbplc.com/) | 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) †Courtyard by Marriott (11) | 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