Who owns Song Hotels?
Song Hotels is owned by H World (China, NASDAQ: HTHT), which has owned the brand since 2021.[1][2]
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
- 2021
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HTHT HKEX: 1179
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Song Hotels
Song Hotels is H World's Chinese luxury resort brand, named for the Song dynasty and built on an aesthetic the company traces to that period's pursuit of restraint and perfection. It sits at the top of the group's own ladder alongside Steigenberger Icons, and had seven hotels in operation with two under development at the end of 2025.
What H World's annual report says about Song Hotels
Sentences about Song Hotels from H World's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Song Hotels Song Hotels is our luxury hotel brand designed for high-end vacation experience.
As of December 31, 2025, we had seven Song Hotels in operation and an additional two Song Hotels under development.
How often H World names Song Hotels 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 Song Hotels
Where Song Hotels 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
- Orange Hotel
- Starway Hotel
- Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts (1930)
Other brands in luxury hotels, and who owns them
The 39 brands in luxury hotels on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Genting, with 4; H World has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Fairmont | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| InterContinental | IHG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| St. Regis | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Conrad Hotels | 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.
🇨🇳 Song Hotels 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; Song Hotels 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 Song Hotels?
The parent company of Song Hotels is H World, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Song Hotels Chinese?
Yes. Song Hotels originated in China in 2021 and its owner, H World, is also headquartered in China.
Since when has H World owned Song Hotels?
H World has owned Song Hotels since 2021.
Is Song Hotels still owned by H World?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Song Hotels 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] Huazhu Group Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2022-04-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 27 April 2022; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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