In HOTELS annual ranking of the world’s biggest hotel companies published in the July/August issue, Huazhu Group Ltd. was mistakenly double-listed with China Lodging Group, which is the name registered on the NASDAQ, but uniformly known as Huazhu Group Ltd. Huazhu Group should be ranked 7th in the 2020 global ranking of the top 200 corporate hotel brands with 652,162 guest rooms and 6,789 hotels. It should be ranked 5th among leading companies ranked by number of hotels.
Among the world’s 50 biggest brands, Huazhu Group’s HanTing Hotels should have been ranked third with 254,106 rooms and 2,780 hotels; Jl Hotels should have ranked 16th with 135,737 rooms and 1,105 hotels; and Elan Hotels should have ranked 40th with 58,753 rooms and 938 hotels.
HOTELS regrets the error.