In 2025, foreign tourists spent more than a billion nights in hotels across the European Union. Spain accounts for one in four, while France ranks only fourth: the full Eurostat ranking.
Jin Jiang, H World, Marriott, Hilton, Wyndham: the 2026 ranking of the ten groups with the most hotels in the world, including their rooms, brands, and our reviews.
On 17 September 2026, Japan Hotel REIT approved three loans totalling 9.85 billion yen (approx. 55 million euros): 4.9 billion for the 10.8 billion yen renovation of the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba, with 26 renovated rooms opening on 19 December, and a green loan backed by certified hotels in Narita and Nara.
According to Savills, £2.1bn worth of hotels changed hands in the UK in the first half of 2026, up £500m on the previous year and accounting for 24% of European transaction volumes. London concentrated £1.4bn, almost exclusively in standalone assets, while Marlow, Reading, Oxford and Edinburgh drove regional activity.
Analysis of the half-year results of IHG, Marriott and Accor reveals growth driven by rising average rates rather than occupancy.
With 197 hotels opened in six months and a portfolio grown to 1.05 million rooms, IHG posts its best first half-year of development. Behind the figures lies a growth model now almost entirely based on brand signings.
Hotel industry, summer 2026 analysis: 92 million nights in French hotels (+1.7%), growth driven by French travelers, Northern Europe replacing Americans, and a sharp decline in major cities.
The Grand Hôtel de Valloire et du Galibier, a three-star hotel at the foot of the slopes in Savoie, is aiming for the first five-star rating in the Maurienne valley: 43 rooms instead of 37 and a wellness area of over 300 sq m. Works start in November 2026.
Luxury is the only hotel segment on the rise, wellness has become the primary reason for travel, hotels are now selling real estate, and artificial intelligence stops at the front desk. The trends in luxury hospitality, quantified and verified, as of 14 September 2026.
Starboard Hotels and LaSalle Investment Management have acquired seven Novotel and ibis branded hotels from Ares and EQ Group in Birmingham, Sheffield, Southampton, Luton and London. Starboard's UK portfolio now rises to 28 hotels and over 3,000 rooms.
Luxury hospitality in the Middle East is suffering a historic decline in revenue in the second quarter of 2026, marked by a plunge in RevPAR for major groups.
Chris Hohn's London-based fund holds $636 million in debt backed by four Italian luxury hotels owned by the Statuto group. It is not buying any of them: it is financing their debt, a sign that luxury hospitality has become a fixed-income asset class.
