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Marriot International, the largest hotel chain in the world by far. This is the list of chain-branded hotels around the world. This is a listing of some of the major hotel brands worldwide. [1] [2] The hotel groups may directly own the hotels, or operate them through a franchise or management agreement. [3]
As of January 2023, WHR encompasses over 40 hotels. The group of hotels, known as The Collection, consists of owned and managed, managed and affiliate member hotels. WHR was founded in 1980 with the purchase of the historic Warwick Hotel in New York City (Warwick New York Hotel) after which the company is named.
[1] [4] Sometimes also known as Shineway Group in English-speaking countries, the company's businesses include hog raising, consumer meat products, flavoring products, and logistics. [5] It is the largest meat producer in China. [6] [7] In 2021, WH Group ranked 3rd on FBIF's Top 100 Chinese Food & Beverage Companies list. [8]
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., is an American hospitality company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. It describes itself as the largest hotel franchisor in the world, with 9,100 locations. [4] [5] The company was formed on June 1, 2018, as a spin-off from Wyndham Worldwide, which is now known as Travel + Leisure. [6]
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W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the former Doral Inn hotel on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. [2] [3] Barry Sternlicht, then CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Hotels 1995–2005, created the brand. [4] The concept included dark, muted colors, brushed metal, hotel staff in black T-shirts, photographs, and a bar. [5]
The company was founded by Conrad Hilton in 1919 as Hilton Hotels Corporation in Cisco, Texas, and it had its headquarters in Beverly Hills, California, from 1969 until 2009. In August 2009, the company moved to Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near McLean. [12] [13] [14]
Then known as Shuanghui Group, WH Group purchased Smithfield Foods in 2013 for $4.72 billion. [9] [10] It was the largest Chinese acquisition of an American company to date. [11] The acquisition of Smithfield's 146,000 acres of land made WH Group, headquartered in Luohe, Henan province, one of the largest overseas owners of American farmland. [b]