Franchisors

Many hotel companies accept franchisees in the US and around the world. The wide variety of their services and terms is a perfect opportunity for investors to find a matching franchisor and negotiate better terms.

Here are some of the widely recognized, and less known hotel franchise names in the United States, many already have strong presence in international markets:

Intercontinental Hotels Group offers franchise services under well-known names such as Holiday Inn, Intercontinental and Crowne Plaza. IHG covers over 3600 hotels in 100 countries.

Choice Hotels International offers 10 known brands in 5000 locations. .

Comfort Comfort Suites Quality Sleep Inns Clarion Cambria Suites MainStay Suites Econo Lodge Rodeway Inn

Best Western International is the world's largest hotel brand (Best Western) with over 4,200 hotels in 80 countries.

Wyndham Worldwide is one of the world's largest hospitality companies across six continents. WW is a franchisor of 10 brands, 6500 franchised hotels in 6 continents.

Carlson Hotels owns and franchises more than 920 hotels and resorts in 69 countries. Carlson operations are organized into three key global theatres including The Americas; Asia-Pacific; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa

With the 2006 acquisition of London-based Hilton International, the Hilton portfolio now includes over 2,800 hotels worldwide.


DHI is co-op entity promoting independent hotels without franchise. Most of the brands under this co-op are not a franchise and are fully owned and managed by independent owners. DHI does not require franchise fees. Over 400 independent properties under there brand names in the United States.

Marriott International has nearly 2,900 lodging properties located in the United States and 67 other countries and territories.