Original index · 2026
The Hotel Renovation Index
Which countries and hotel chains keep their rooms freshest — and which are most overdue? This index ranks them by average Chrono Score across 6,180 sourced hotels in 105 countries. Freshness, not stars. Every underlying date is cited.
6,180
hotels indexed
6.4
global avg score
12%
renovated in 5 yrs
86
under renovation
Countries
Freshest hotel markets
Hotel chains
Freshest chains
- 1Mandarin Oriental9 hotels9.8
- 2Kempinski8 hotels9.3
- 3Mövenpick5 hotels9.0
- 4Conrad11 hotels8.9
- 5Jumeirah10 hotels8.2
- 6Wyndham25 hotels8.1
- 7Four Seasons21 hotels8.0
- 8Autograph Collection15 hotels7.9
Most overdue chains
- 1Le Méridien10 hotels6.1
- 2Sheraton30 hotels6.4
- 3Novotel15 hotels6.6
- 4ibis56 hotels6.7
- 5Westin19 hotels6.7
- 6Sofitel12 hotels6.7
- 7DoubleTree32 hotels6.8
- 8Valamar18 hotels6.9
Cite this index
The Hotel Renovation Index 2026, HotelChrono — based on 6,180 hotels across 105 countries (as of 6 October 2026). https://hotelchrono.com/renovation-index
Methodology: average Chrono Score (1–10 freshness) per group; countries with ≥15 and chains with ≥5 tracked hotels. Estimates are labelled as such. See methodology.