Who owns Starway Hotel?
Starway Hotel is owned by H World (China, NASDAQ: HTHT), which has owned the brand since 2012.[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
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Starway Hotel
Starway Hotel is a midscale chain H World bought in two steps, taking 51 per cent of Starway HK in 2012 and the remaining 49 per cent in 2013. It leans on the local character of each city and on a signature bowl of noodles at breakfast, which the company treats as the brand's calling card. There were 712 in operation and 118 under development at the end of 2025.
What H World's annual report says about Starway Hotel
Sentences about Starway Hotel from H World's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Through its thoughtful sleeping system, distinctive breakfast represented by Starway Hotel 's signature noodle, convenient smart facilities, laundry services and other ancillary services, Starway Hotel caters to customers' diverse travel needs and conveys the unique charm of each city.
In every city, with a warm bowl of its signature noodle, Starway Hotel is committed to warmly accompanying travelers on each and every journey.
How often H World names Starway 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Starway Hotel
Where Starway 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
- Orange Hotel
- Song Hotels (2021)
- 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.
🇨🇳 Starway 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; Starway 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 Starway Hotel?
The parent company of Starway Hotel is H World, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Starway Hotel Chinese?
Yes. Starway Hotel originated in China and its owner, H World, is also headquartered in China.
Since when has H World owned Starway Hotel?
H World has owned Starway Hotel since 2012.
Is Starway Hotel still owned by H World?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Starway 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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