HOTELS has been ranking the world's biggest hotel companies since 1971, when the "Service World International 100" was led by Holiday Inns Inc. and its 1,293 hotels and 182,513 guest rooms - the biggest hotel chain in the world and a US$1 billion company. ITT Sheraton Corp. of America followed with 225 hotels and 59,600 rooms. These trailblazers were just starting to conquer the world.
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