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 5,164 sourced hotels in 69 countries. Freshness, not stars. Every underlying date is cited.
5,164
hotels indexed
6.3
global avg score
12%
renovated in 5 yrs
71
under renovation
Countries
Freshest hotel markets
- 1Maldives15 hotels9.8
- 2Saudi Arabia48 hotels8.4
- 3Malaysia67 hotels7.6
- 4Japan62 hotels7.3
- 5Indonesia75 hotels7.3
- 6Albania189 hotels7.3
- 7Oman33 hotels7.2
- 8Bosnia and Herzegovina98 hotels7.2
Hotel chains
Freshest chains
- 1Mandarin Oriental7 hotels9.9
- 2Conrad7 hotels9.1
- 3Four Seasons10 hotels9.0
- 4Waldorf Astoria12 hotels9.0
- 5Autograph Collection7 hotels8.7
- 6InterContinental16 hotels8.2
- 7Pullman9 hotels7.9
- 8Wyndham10 hotels7.8
Most overdue chains
- 1Le Méridien7 hotels5.7
- 2Sofitel8 hotels5.8
- 3Rixos5 hotels5.9
- 4Sheraton15 hotels6.3
- 5Novotel13 hotels6.4
- 6Kempinski6 hotels6.7
- 7Holiday Inn26 hotels6.7
- 8ibis48 hotels6.7
Cite this index
The Hotel Renovation Index 2026, HotelChrono — based on 5,164 hotels across 69 countries (as of 22 August 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.