Hotel Brand

Feb 21, 2020

What is a hotel brand?


A hotel brand is referred to as the hotel chain (such as Holiday Inn, or Hilton) that a hotel joins with. A hotel can change their brand (i.e. switch from a Hilton to a Holiday Inn) during the course of the lifetime of the hotel.

This can also be know as “switching a hotel’s flag” as well.

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