Number 1 Accor remains the market leader by a wide margin, although its growth will have eroded by 2022. After stable growth in 2021 (+1.4%), the number of hotel rooms fell by 0.3%, i.e., a net loss of 416 rooms out of a total of 152,242 in 2021. Out of the top 20, Accor ranks 14th in terms of growth momentum. At the beginning of the second half of the year, 2022 will have seen the announcement by its CEO of the restructuring that will result in a separation between the lifestyle brands, mainly derived from Ennismore, and its historic brands.

On the core brands side, MGallery has seen its portfolio grow by one establishment, with 5.5% more rooms. At the ibis megabrand, despite 11 hotel creations, 10 conversions and 4 reopenings, the balance of the portfolio was -1.2%, or 967 fewer rooms.

Mercure stayed on course with a positive balance of one opening, representing a 0.8% increase in the number of rooms.

Growth was driven by the Ennismore and lifestyle portfolio brands, with one opening at Tribe, four openings at Greet and one at Mama Shelter. However, the portfolio of these brands is still smaller than that of the Group's historic brands.

Jin Jiang lost 1,248 rooms in 2022, representing a decline of 2.1%. Only Kyriad Direct, with 7 hotel openings in 2022, and Kyriad Prestige and Radisson Blu, with one net opening each, are in the positive. Despite the closure of the Radisson Blu Cannes for conversion, the brand gained 5.7% of rooms. In 2021, China's No. 1 hotel chain will have a strictly stable room base, following a slight increase of 0.4% in 2020. At the beginning of 2022, the Radisson Hotel Group branch of the Chinese group announced strong...