Original index · 2026
The Hotel Renovation Index
Which countries and hotel chains keep their rooms freshest — and which are most overdue? This index ranks them by average Chrono Score across 6,265 sourced hotels in 105 countries. Freshness, not stars. Every underlying date is cited.
6,265
hotels indexed
6.4
global avg score
12%
renovated in 5 yrs
88
under renovation
Countries
Freshest hotel markets
Hotel chains
Freshest chains
- 1Mandarin Oriental9 hotels9.8
- 2Kempinski8 hotels9.3
- 3Conrad11 hotels9.0
- 4Mövenpick5 hotels9.0
- 5Four Seasons21 hotels8.4
- 6Wyndham27 hotels8.3
- 7Jumeirah11 hotels8.3
- 8Hilton141 hotels7.9
Most overdue chains
- 1Le Méridien10 hotels6.1
- 2Sheraton31 hotels6.5
- 3Novotel15 hotels6.6
- 4Westin20 hotels6.7
- 5Sofitel12 hotels6.7
- 6DoubleTree32 hotels6.8
- 7ibis57 hotels6.8
- 8Holiday Inn58 hotels6.9
Cite this index
The Hotel Renovation Index 2026, HotelChrono — based on 6,265 hotels across 105 countries (as of 12 October 2026). https://hotelchrono.com/renovation-index
Methodology: average Chrono Score (1–10 freshness) per group; countries with ≥15 and chains with ≥5 tracked hotels. Estimates are labelled as such. See methodology.