By now, it is commonplace to discuss how the largest players in the lodging industry are getting bigger at the expense of their competitors with each passing year. But a glance at the top of the Corporate 300 portion of the 2000 HOTELS' 325 reveals how powerful the forces of consolidation truly are. At the end of 1998, the 10 largest hotel companies in the world all had 100,000 rooms or more. Today, there are only nine companies whose room counts exceed the 100,000 barrier. Yet, in 2000, those nine giants now control 2.98 million of the world's hotel rooms, while in 1999, the 10 biggest companies controlled a smaller amount, 2.84 million rooms.
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