Who owns Blossom House?
Blossom House is owned by H World (China, NASDAQ: HTHT), which has owned the brand since 2018.[1]
Evidence: H World Group Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- H World Group Limited verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Shanghai
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Lijiang
- Founded
- 2009
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Upscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HTHT HKEX: 1179
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Blossom House
Blossom House was founded in Lijiang, in Yunnan, in 2009 and traded as Blossom Hill Hotels & Resorts when H World bought a majority of its manager in stages up to 2018. It is the group's resort and cultural-tourism brand, running three lines including a small-scale format called Secret Retreat, and it grew to 90 hotels open with 107 under development by the end of 2025.
What H World's annual report says about Blossom House
Sentences about Blossom House from H World's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
As of December 31, 2025, we had seven Joya Hotels in operation. 61 Table of Contents Blossom House Blossom House, founded in Lijiang, China in 2009, is our upscale cultural tourism and resort hotel brand.
With "Relax, Connect, and Happiness" at its core, Blossom House has successfully integrated local history, culture, and heritage with an upscale service philosophy, pioneering the development of upscale cultural tourism and resort hospitality in China and earning its place as our most happiness-inspiring upscale resort hotel.
Guided by its distinctive Blossom aesthetics, the brand leads product innovation and has established three product lines: Blossom House Secret Retreat, full-service resorts, and selective-service resorts.
How often H World names Blossom House in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Blossom House
Where Blossom House sits in H World
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by H World
H World controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- CitiGO Hotel
- Crystal Orange Hotel
- Elan Hotel (2014)
- Grand JI Hotel (2025)
- HanTing Hotel (2005)
- Hi Inn (2008)
- IntercityHotel (1987)
- Jaz in the City (2015)
- JI Hotel (2010)
- Joya Hotel (2013)
- Madison Hotel (2019)
- Manxin Hotel (2013)
- MAXX (2018)
- Ni Hao Hotel
- Orange Hotel
- Song Hotels (2021)
- Starway Hotel
- Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts (1930)
Other brands in upscale hotels, and who owns them
H World has more brands in upscale hotels on Brandtree than any other owner: 11 of 57.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Genting Grand | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Andaz | Hyatt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avani Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Ascend Collection | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahrain Airport Hotel | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Lavande | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Marriott Hotels | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Arjaan Hotel Apartments | Rotana | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
About the owner: H World
H World is a publicly listed company headquartered in Shanghai, China. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179.
H World is a Cayman Islands holding company that runs the largest hotel network in China: 12,858 hotels with 1,264,419 rooms across 1,222 Chinese cities and 20 other countries at the end of 2025, on revenue of RMB25.3 billion. It was HanTing Hotel Group, then China Lodging Group, then Huazhu, and took its present name in 2022. Only 573 of its hotels are leased or owned; the rest run under what it calls the manachise model, where a franchisee owns the property and H World supplies the manager. Its European business, bought as Deutsche Hospitality on 2 January 2020, trades under Steigenberger and four other brands. It also develops ibis, ibis Styles, Mercure, Grand Mercure and Novotel hotels in mainland China, Taiwan and Mongolia under brand franchise agreements from Accor, which owns those names.
🇨🇳 Blossom House and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Blossom House is not one of them.
- 7 Days — Jin Jiang Hotels 🇨🇳
- 9 Air — Juneyao Airlines 🇨🇳
- Air China — Air China 🇨🇳
- Air China Cargo — CNAHC 🇨🇳
- Beibu Gulf Airlines — Hainan Airlines Holding 🇨🇳
- Beijing Capital International Airport — Beijing Capital International Airport Co. 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Blossom House?
The parent company of Blossom House is H World, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Blossom House Chinese?
Yes. Blossom House originated in China in 2009 and its owner, H World, is also headquartered in China.
Since when has H World owned Blossom House?
H World has owned Blossom House since 2018.
Is Blossom House still owned by H World?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Blossom House is still owned by H World. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] H World Group Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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