Who owns Joya Hotel?
Joya Hotel is owned by H World (China, NASDAQ: HTHT), which has owned the brand since 2013.[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
- Founded
- 2013
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Upscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HTHT HKEX: 1179
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Joya Hotel
Joya Hotel was launched in December 2013 as H World's first upscale brand, typically sited near the business districts of first- and second-tier Chinese cities and designed in a new Chinese style. Twelve years on it is still tiny: seven hotels in operation at the end of 2025 and none under development, making it one of the few brands in the group that never scaled.
What H World's annual report says about Joya Hotel
Sentences about Joya Hotel from H World's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
With the new Chinese-style design and diversified service features, Joya Hotel creates a hotel space more in line with the Chinese culture and lifestyle.
How often H World names Joya Hotel 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.
Ownership timeline of Joya Hotel
Where Joya Hotel 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
- Blossom House (2009)
- 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)
- 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.
🇨🇳 Joya Hotel 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; Joya Hotel 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 Joya Hotel?
The parent company of Joya Hotel is H World, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Joya Hotel Chinese?
Yes. Joya Hotel originated in China in 2013 and its owner, H World, is also headquartered in China.
Since when has H World owned Joya Hotel?
H World has owned Joya Hotel since 2013.
Is Joya Hotel still owned by H World?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Joya Hotel 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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