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Largest Hotel Chains - Which One's Right for You?

April 26, 2024 Season 3 Episode 65
Largest Hotel Chains - Which One's Right for You?
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Award Travel 101
Largest Hotel Chains - Which One's Right for You?
Apr 26, 2024 Season 3 Episode 65

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    • Girl's night & Boy's night without spending $675!

What bonuses did we get?

Highlight Feature: 20 Largest Hotel Chains & the Six We're Focusing On

We came across an interesting diagram ranking the top 20 hotel programs throughout the world.  Do you know which is largest?

Some are less familiar, so we ranked the six we most frequently discuss in the Award Travel 101 Facebook community:

  • #2 Wyndham - 9,280 Properties from Days Inn all the way up to Wyndham Grand. 
  • #3 Marriott- One of the largest footprints with 8,484 properties a wide range of price points from Springhill Suites up to Ritz Carlton and St. Regis luxury hotels. 
  • #6 Choice - with 7,500 properties domestically, Choice is not known for being great. They start with low level properties like Comfort Inn’s and Quality Inn’s but  their Ascend and Cambria properties look great.
  • #7 Hilton - counting 7,165 properties in their portfolio, Hilton is similar to Marriott with a fairly sizable footprint with a wide range of price points from Hampton Inn to Waldorf Astoria.
  • #8 IHG - With 1,000 less (6,164) properties, another one that families on a budget may opt for is Holiday Inn Express and their tasty cinnamon rolls. IHG starts with Holiday Inn’s and has

Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.

  1. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community We are close to our capacity of 500 members so new memberships will be cut off soon. Don't delay in registering if you want to join!
  2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
  3. You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
  4. Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.

Support the AT101 Podcast/Community

Thanks to our Sponsor Thrifty Traveler
The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT10” for $10 off your first year. Find them at:
ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium

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The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Recent finds include:

  • Business Class to Paris for 40K
  • Premium Economy to Taipei for $1,994 R/T
  • Business class to Seoul on Korean (Rare find) for 75K

You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium

Post of the week

Andrew “Bacon” Goodman - Disney for $375 INCLUDING PARK TICKETS!?

News

Trip updates

  • Joe
    • Girl's night & Boy's night without spending $675!

What bonuses did we get?

Highlight Feature: 20 Largest Hotel Chains & the Six We're Focusing On

We came across an interesting diagram ranking the top 20 hotel programs throughout the world.  Do you know which is largest?

Some are less familiar, so we ranked the six we most frequently discuss in the Award Travel 101 Facebook community:

  • #2 Wyndham - 9,280 Properties from Days Inn all the way up to Wyndham Grand. 
  • #3 Marriott- One of the largest footprints with 8,484 properties a wide range of price points from Springhill Suites up to Ritz Carlton and St. Regis luxury hotels. 
  • #6 Choice - with 7,500 properties domestically, Choice is not known for being great. They start with low level properties like Comfort Inn’s and Quality Inn’s but  their Ascend and Cambria properties look great.
  • #7 Hilton - counting 7,165 properties in their portfolio, Hilton is similar to Marriott with a fairly sizable footprint with a wide range of price points from Hampton Inn to Waldorf Astoria.
  • #8 IHG - With 1,000 less (6,164) properties, another one that families on a budget may opt for is Holiday Inn Express and their tasty cinnamon rolls. IHG starts with Holiday Inn’s and has

Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.

  1. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community We are close to our capacity of 500 members so new memberships will be cut off soon. Don't delay in registering if you want to join!
  2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
  3. You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
  4. Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.

Support the AT101 Podcast/Community

Thanks to our Sponsor Thrifty Traveler
The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT10” for $10 off your first year. Find them at:
ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium