Who owns Orange Hotel?
Orange Hotel is owned by H World (China, NASDAQ: HTHT), which has owned the brand since 2017.[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
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Budget & midscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HTHT HKEX: 1179
- Trademark registrant
- H World Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Orange Hotel
Orange Hotel is a midscale brand H World acquired in 2017 when it bought all of Crystal Orange. The name and the concept borrow from Orange County in California, and the brand sells bright sunny days: light-filled rooms and a healthy-lifestyle pitch. There were 1,055 Orange Hotels in operation and 250 under development at the end of 2025.
What H World's annual report says about Orange Hotel
Sentences about Orange Hotel from H World's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
As of December 31, 2025, we had 3,565 JI Hotels in operation and an additional 752 JI Hotels under development. 59 Table of Contents Orange Hotel Orange Hotel is our midscale hotel brand.
Drawing inspiration from Orange County in California and having "bright sunny days" as its brand concept, Orange Hotel creates a bright and memorable journey for travelers by creating sunny living spaces, offering vibrant and efficient services, and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
How often H World names Orange 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.
Trademark record for Orange Hotel
The USPTO record for the Orange Hotel mark lists H World Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. as the owner of record (serial number 99313931). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Orange Hotel
Where Orange 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)
- Joya Hotel (2013)
- Madison Hotel (2019)
- Manxin Hotel (2013)
- MAXX (2018)
- Ni Hao Hotel
- Song Hotels (2021)
- Starway Hotel
- Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts (1930)
Other brands in budget & midscale hotels, and who owns them
The 37 brands in budget & midscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, with 8; H World has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Days Inn | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Comfort Inn | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7 Days | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Fiesta Inn | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Courtyard by Marriott | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ibis | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| First World Hotel | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hampton by Hilton | Hilton | 🇺🇸 United States |
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.
🇨🇳 Orange 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; Orange 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 Orange Hotel?
The parent company of Orange Hotel is H World, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Orange Hotel Chinese?
Yes. Orange Hotel originated in China and its owner, H World, is also headquartered in China.
Since when has H World owned Orange Hotel?
H World has owned Orange Hotel since 2017.
Is Orange Hotel still owned by H World?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Orange Hotel is still owned by H World. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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.
- [2] USPTO: O ORANGE, serial 99313931, registration 8331113 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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