I need to know the number of Hotels.  Owned and Operated Major Hotel
and Resort Conglomerates.

<There are over 650 hotel chains around the world. Details of the
number of hotels in some of the chains are given below. The number of
hotels in all the chains can be found from the ehotelier website (a
link is given below). There you will find a list of 650 hotel chains
with links to their individual websites.

AAA Hotels & Resorts – 4
Achat Hotels Germany – 4
AC Hotels – 8
Accor Hotels (includes Ibis, Etap, Libertel, All Seasons, Novotel,
Sofitel, Switchotel, Mercure, Hotel Formule 1,  Motel 6, Studio 6, Red
Roof Inns, Coralia, Thalassa Aquascience, Acora Hotels Germany – 4
Adam’s Mark Hotels – 10
Admiral Benbow Inns – 8
Aerowisata Hotels & Resorts – 4
Akzent Hotels – 45
Alliance Hotels – 4
Allstar Hotels & Resorts – 60
Almond Beach Resorts – 2
Alp’Azur – 11
Almari Hotels & Resorts - 13
Althoff Hotels – 8
Atlantis Hotels & Resorts – 5
Atlas Hotels - 4
Atria – 3700
Auberge Resorts – 6
Aurora Resorts – 3
Barclays International Group – 6000 appartments.
Choice Hotels –5000
Forte & Le Meridien – 140
Four Seasons – 50
Golden Tulip –370
Grand Heritage – 134
Grange Hotels – 7
Heritage Hotels – 40
Hilton – 499
Inter-Continental – 138
Jarvis Hotels – 60
Mandarin Oriental – 10
Marriot - 2100
Millenium & Copthorne Hotels – 88
Novotel - 340
NH Hotels – 237
Occidental – Allegro – 25
Park Place Entertainment - 14
Queens Moat Houses – 89
Radisson – 430
Red Carnation – 7
Regal Hotels International – 5
Sheraton - 400
Six continents – 3200 (Includes Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express,
Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, InterContinental
Hotels.)
Travel Inns - 250
Trump Hotels & Casino resorts – 4
Tulip Star Hotels -19
Welcome hotels – 19>


<Additional links:>

<ehotelier.com – links to hotel chains.>
<http://ehotelier.com/browse/chains.htm>

<UK flights Guide – Major Hotel Chains.>
<http://www.ukflightsguide.co.uk/netguide/PPF/UK_Flights_Guide/Major_Hotel_Chains/GCID/321/Start/21/Guide.asp>

<Search strategy :>

<major hotel chains>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=major+hotel+chains>

<hotel chains>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=hotel+chains>


<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by jacksaulnier-ga on 27 Oct 2002 12:36 PST

I need a rough estimate on the complete number of hotels can you tell
me if it is 100,000 or more? Just a educated guess will suffice..
Thank you
Jack Saulnier

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 27 Oct 2002 23:28 PST

<I would estimate that there are possibly as many as 300,000. The link
shown below to great stays advertises over 200,000 hotels around the
world.>

<Great stays.>
<http://www.greatstays.com/selinks.html>

<Hope this helps.>