14 Tables 1 and 2 below provide more detail on these chains.
15 The top 200 groups comprise both international and domestic hotel chains. Data as of
01/01/2007, MKG Consulting, Worldwide Hotel Activity Report, issue 146/147 for May/June 2007,
HTR Magazine (http://ehotelier.com/browse/news_more.php?id=A11303_0_11_0_M) and MKG
consulting database, October 2005
(www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2005_1st/Feb05_MKGRanking.html).
16 The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008,
http://www.weforum.org/ttcr08browse/index.html.