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 4,733 sourced hotels in 61 countries. Freshness, not stars. Every underlying date is cited.
4,733
hotels indexed
4.0
global avg score
11%
renovated in 5 yrs
34
under renovation
Countries
Freshest hotel markets
- 1Malaysia63 hotels6.1
- 2Albania185 hotels5.7
- 3Indonesia49 hotels5.6
- 4Bosnia and Herzegovina98 hotels5.4
- 5Croatia298 hotels5.2
- 6Montenegro112 hotels5.1
- 7Iceland39 hotels5.1
- 8Cambodia25 hotels5.1
Hotel chains
Freshest chains
- 1Wyndham6 hotels8.1
- 2DoubleTree11 hotels6.8
- 3Jumeirah6 hotels6.8
- 4InterContinental9 hotels6.3
- 5Hampton11 hotels5.4
- 6Radisson24 hotels5.3
- 7Marriott28 hotels5.3
- 8Ramada6 hotels5.2
Most overdue chains
- 1Le Méridien6 hotels3.3
- 2Pullman7 hotels3.8
- 3Novotel11 hotels3.9
- 4ibis40 hotels4.2
- 5Hyatt16 hotels4.3
- 6Best Western23 hotels4.4
- 7Sofitel6 hotels4.4
- 8Westin10 hotels4.5
Cite this index
The Hotel Renovation Index 2026, HotelChrono — based on 4,733 hotels across 61 countries (as of 24 June 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.