The Chinese hotel chain that opens a new property every two days

Skift Take

The always entertaining Richard Quest takes us inside the Chinese budget hotel chain inspired by Accor and driven by the booming middle class economy in China.

China’s economic success has created a fast-growing middle class and an explosion in domestic travel. Cashing in on the travel boom is one hotel chain that’s expanding so fast, it’s opening a new property every two days.

Budget hotel chain Hanting Inns was founded by billionaire businessman Ji Qi seven years ago. Today it has 1,000 properties in China, across four brands, and Ji expects Hanting to be the world’s biggest hotel chain by 2020.

Tags: chains, china

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