Originally Posted by
gengar
Hyatt is absolutely a small chain - there's no one in the hotel industry, Hyatt employees included, who would dispute that. Even just speaking of its typically-discussed competitors on FT, Hyatt barely has 1/10 the footprint of IHG, Hilton, or Marriott/SPG. Even other chains that are usually referred to as small, like Radisson, have nearly twice the footprint of Hyatt.
It's also nowhere close to the 5th largest chain in the world.
You seem to be confusing "footprint" with "number of properties."
Does Marriott have seven times the footprint of Hyatt because it has seven properties in Panama City, Panama, to Hyatt's one property? No.