Here are figures from the most recent "Lodging Industry Profile"
issued by the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
All figures are for year-end 2003. Figures for 2004 will not be
available until mid-2005.
47,584 properties
4,415,696 guestrooms
By Location Property Rooms
Suburban 18,476 1,490,970
Highway 18,312 1,296,279
Urban 5,408 716,485
Airport 3,239 444,860
Resort 2,149 467,102
American Hotel & Lodging Association: Lodging Industry Profile
http://www.ahma.com/pdf/Lodging-Ind-Profile-2004.pdf
The figures above include only hotels which have 15 rooms or more,
which eliminates many bed & breakfast facilities and small hotels from
the tally. Here are some other, larger estimates:
"The hotel industry in this country is also a huge contributor to the
economy. According to 2003 figures, there were nearly 50,000 hotels in
the United States and they accounted for more than $1.5 trillion in
sales and $12.8 billion in pre-tax profits. The hotel industry is also
one of the nation's largest employers."
BizTravelLife: MY TURN ON THE SOAPBOX
http://www.mm.biztravelife.com/04/100704.htm
"Immigrants from India - mostly from the state of Gujarat and many
bearing the name Patel, which is common in the region - have, during
the last three decades, quietly acquired more than one-third of the
53,000 hotels in the United States, most of them budget and mid-priced
franchises, hotel industry officials say."
DesiBlogs: Sunday, February 29, 2004
http://desiblogs.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_desiblogs_archive.html
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