How Well Do You Know Hotel Brands?

Did you know that a whopping 146 hotel brands are parts of the worldwide portfolios of only ten lodging brands? Those lodging companies include, in alphabetical order:

1. AccorHotels
2. Best Western International, Incorporated
3. Carlson Rezidor Hotels Group
4. Choice Hotels International, Incorporated
5. Hilton
6. Hyatt Corporation
7. InterContinental Hotels Group
8. Marriott International, Incorporated
9. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Incorporated
10. Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC

How Well Do You Know Hotel Brands?

Listed in alphabetical order are 146 hotel brands — some of which had their parent lodging companies removed from their official names. Can you guess which hotel brands belong to which of the aforementioned lodging companies by matching the numbers of the list below with the letters of the above list? You get worthless bonus points if you can state the specific purpose of each brand — for example, if it is suites, luxury or extended stay.

1. AC Hotels
2. Adagio
3. Adagio Access
4. Adagio Premium
5. Aloft
6. Andaz
7. Angsana
8. Ascend Hotel Collection
9. Autograph Collection Hotels
10. avid
11. Banyan Tree
12. Baymont Inns & Suites
13. Best Western
14. Best Western Plus
15. Best Western Premier
16. Best Western Premier Collection
17. Best Western Signature Collection
18. Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts
19. Cambria Hotels & Suites
20. Candlewood Suites
21. Canopy
22. Clarion
23. Comfort Inn
24. Comfort Suites
25. Conrad Hotels & Resorts
26. Country Inns & Suites
27. Courtyard by Marriott
28. Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
29. Curio – A Collection
30. Days Inn
31. Dazzler Hotels
32. Delta Hotels
33. Design Hotels
34. Dolce Hotels and Resorts
35. DoubleTree
36. EconoLodge
37. EDITION
38. Element
39. Embassy Suites
40. Esplendor Boutique Hotels
41. EVEN Hotels
42. Executive Residency
43. Exhale
44. Fairmont
45. Fairfield Inn & Suites
46. Four Points
47. Gaylord Hotels
48. GLō
49. Grand Hyatt
50. Grand Mercure
51. Hampton Inn
52. Hawthorn Suites
53. Hilton Garden Inn
54. Hilton Grand Vacations
55. Hilton Hotels & Resorts
56. Holiday Inn
57. Holiday Inn Club Vacations
58. Holiday Inn Express
59. Holiday Inn Resort
60. Home2 Suites
61. Homewood Suites
62. Hotel F1
63. Hotel Formule1
64. Hotel Indigo
65. Howard Johnson
66. Hualux Hotels and Resorts
67. HUAZHU Hotels Group
68. Hyatt
69. Hyatt Centric
70. Hyatt House
71. Hyatt Place
72. Hyatt Regency
73. Hyatt Residence Club
74. Hyatt Zilara
75. Hyatt Ziva
76. ibis
77. ibis Budget
78. ibis Styles
79. InterContinental Hotels and Resorts
80. JW Marriott
81. Jo&Joe
82. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
83. Knights Inn
84. Le Méridien
85. The Luxury Collection
86. M/RAVAL
87. MainStay Suites
88. Mama Shelter
89. Marriott Executive Apartments
90. Marriott Hotels & Resorts
91. Marriott Vacation Club
92. Mercure
93. MGallery by Sofitel
94. Microtel
95. Moxy Hotels
96. Novotel
97. OneFineStay
98. Park Hyatt
99. Park Inn
100. Park Plaza
101. Protea Hotels
102. Pullman
103. Quality
104. Quorvus Collection
105. Radisson
106. Radisson Blu
107. Radisson RED
108. Raffles
109. Ramada Worldwide
110. Renaissance Hotels
111. Residence Inn
112. The Ritz-Carlton
113. Rixos Hotels
114. Rodeway Inn
115. St. Regis
116. Sheraton
117. Sleep Inn
118. Sofitel
119. Sofitel Legend
120. SpringHill Suites
121. Staybridge Suites
122. Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
123. Super 8
124. SureStay Collection
125. SureStay Hotel
126. SureStay PLUS Hotel
127. Swissôtel
128. The Sebel
129. Tapestry Collection
130. Thalassa Sea & Spa
131. TownePlace Suites by Marriott
132. Trademark Hotel Collection
133. Travelodge
134. Tribute Portfolio
135. Tru
136. Tryp
137. Twenty Five Hours Hotels
138. The Unbound Collection
139. Vīb
140. W
141. Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
142. Westin
143. Wingate
144. Wyndham
145. Wyndham Garden
146. Wyndham Grand

Summary

How do you think you did on the quiz?

Some of the hotel brands listed above are rather obvious as to which lodging company they belong; but others are certainly not so obvious.

I did not include such lodging companies as Meliá Hotels and Resorts, which has a limited footprint; or casino companies whose brands are as few as one hotel property.

I am considering writing an article to follow up this article pertaining to whether or not too many hotel brands exist — as well as whether or not enough differentiation exists between some of those brands — but I would first like to know your thoughts about hotel brands if you could please post them in the Comments section below; and you may be quoted in that aforementioned future article…

Photograph ©2017 by Brian Cohen.