# Public source register

Research draft v0.2. Retrieved 15 October 2026.

**S01 — UN Tourism.** [Accommodation in hotels and similar establishments, December 2025 data workbook](https://pre-webunwto.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2025-12/UN_Tourism_accommodation_hotels_12_2025.xlsx). Reference: 2015–2024; country-specific latest years may be older. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Country rooms and establishments, original indicator/unit/flags/notes retained. ISIC 5510 includes country-specific scope. New collection/process is transitional; some observations may not reflect intended standards. No ownership, chain size or purchasing account data.

**S02 — Eurostat.** [tour_cap_nat: establishments, bedrooms and bedplaces in hotels and similar accommodation](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_cap_nat/default/table). Reference: 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-15. NACE I551, unit NR; rooms = BEDRM, establishments = ESTBL. Country values replace UN observations where available. National thresholds/scope differ. EU aggregate is a reconciliation control, never added to countries.

**S03 — UN Statistics Division.** [M49 geographical groupings](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/). Reference: Retrieved 2026-10-15. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Geography register only. Custom commercial regions move Türkiye and Cyprus to Europe; Iran to Middle East; Egypt remains Africa; Mexico and Caribbean in LATAM/Caribbean. No political inference.

**S04 — American Hotel & Lodging Association.** [Our Industry](https://www.ahla.com/about/our-industry). Reference: Current page; stock reference year not stated. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 64,000+ lodging properties and 5,700,000 guest rooms. Not an operator census. Small-business properties are not synonymous with unbranded multi-property groups.

**S05 — Hotels Canada / CBRE.** [Industry overview](https://hotelscanada.ca/advocacy/industryoverview/). Reference: 2025 Business Intelligence Report, updated May 2026; economic impact uses 2024 operations. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 8,391 establishments and 477,378 rooms. Counts not purchasing accounts.

**S06 — Tourism Research Australia / CoStar.** [Annual benchmark report: Australia's visitor economy in 2025](https://www.tra.gov.au/en/tourism-industry-analysis/annual-benchmark-report). Reference: December 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 340,662 rooms in accommodation establishments with at least 10 rooms. Smaller establishments omitted. No published ownership/control segmentation.

**S07 — Knight Frank.** [UK Hotel Trading Performance Review 2026](https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/site-assets/research/report-pdfs/hotels/knight-frank-hotel-trading-performance-review-2026-final.pdf). Reference: 2025 actual supply. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Over 709,000 rooms; model conservatively uses 709,000 as rounded anchor. Commercial stock definition differs from UN 2016 observation. Not an additive series or growth bridge.

**S08 — Saudi Ministry of Tourism.** [Hospitality Sector Performance, first half 2025](https://cdn.mt.gov.sa/files/H12025-Hospitality%20Report-EN.pdf). Reference: H1 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. About 545,000 keys and 5,326 licensed facilities; 83% keys hotels, 17% apartments/others. Model applies scope factors to the mixed stock. Licensing expansion is not necessarily all newly constructed capacity.

**S09 — UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism.** [Hospitality Advisory Council reviews initiatives for 2026](https://www.moet.gov.ae/en/-/hospitality-advisory-council-reviews-its-new-initiatives-for-2026-and-underscores-its-role-in-driving-growth-and-sustainability-of-the-hotel-sector). Reference: January–November 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Around 216,900 rooms and 1,260 hotels. Rounded stock retained; do not imply exact 2026 census.

**S10 — Qatar Tourism / STR.** [2025 Annual Performance Report](https://www.qatartourism.com/content/dam/qatar-tourism/qatar-tourism-reports/2025/2025-Annual-Performance-Report-EN.pdf). Reference: December 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 42,469 keys including 10,564 hotel apartments, with hotel categories separately identified. Operating hotel/aparthotel inventory.

**S11 — Oman NCSI.** [Tourism Statistics Bulletin 2024](https://api.ncsi.gov.om/uploads/pdfs/publicationpdf1759379374.pdf). Reference: 2024 data; August 2025 issue. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 35,948 rooms and 1,031 hotels, printed p13 / PDF page13 and table p58. Scope/chain membership not identified.

**S12 — Horwath HTL.** [Mexico Hotel Market 2024](https://horwathhtl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mexico-Hotel-Market-2024.pdf). Reference: 2024 estimate, March 2025 publication. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 899,389 rooms and 26,911 hotels estimated using historical SECTUR/DATATUR inventory. Estimates, not an official 2024 complete census.

**S13 — JLL / FOHB.** [Lodging Industry in Numbers, Brazil 2024](https://www.revistahoteis.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hotelaria-em-numeros-Brasil-2024.pdf). Reference: July 2024 stock. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 10,650 hotels/condo hotels/resorts, 565,987 rooms; national brands 131,287 rooms, international brands 107,548; independent 327,152. Domestic chains under 600 rooms are classified independent. Stock estimate uses proprietary database; not directly comparable to UN's broader 2016 stock.

**S14 — THRENDS.** [Chains Monitor Italy Q4 2025](https://www.thrends-italy.com/product/chains-monitor-italy-q42025/). Reference: December 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 2,607 chain hotels, average 92 rooms; 31% international share in preview. Neither all domestic chains nor all independent hotels equal the target segment.

**S15 — THRENDS.** [Chains Monitor Italy H1 2026](https://www.thrends-italy.com/chains-monitor-italy-h1-2026-by-thrends/). Reference: H1 2026, published 12 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Approximately 21% room penetration and 8% hotel penetration; 197 entries and 27 exits. Definitions/vintages differ from Q4 2025 preview. Full free report form not submitted.

**S16 — Horwath HTL.** [DACH Hotel & Chains Report 2025](https://horwathhtl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DACH-Hotel-Chains-Report_2025.pdf). Reference: 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Germany 418,034 chain rooms across 3,054 hotels; domestic chain rooms 168,228. Global owner/brand mix still needs exclusion. Web-readable indexed report; direct host download 403.

**S17 — Horwath HTL.** [DACH Hotel & Chains Report 2026](https://horwathhtl.com/de/switzerland/publication/dach-hotel-chains-report-2026-market-analysis-pipeline/). Reference: 30 June 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Summary reports 4,287 DACH chain hotels / 552,132 rooms / 39% room share. Full source 403; summary not used to replace country stock or infer target accounts.

**S18 — Horwath HTL.** [Spain Hotels & Chains 2026 publisher summary](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/horwath-htl_working-in-the-spanish-hospitality-space-activity-7466080934044344320-KkUM). Reference: March 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 2,889 chain hotels / 424,807 rooms; domestic 330,263 and international 94,544. 61% room penetration covers narrower 1–5-star universe than Eurostat broad I551. Calibration only; no subtraction across incompatible scopes.

**S19 — Statistics South Africa.** [Tourist accommodation, January 2026](https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P6410/P6410January2026.pdf). Reference: January 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 73,700 hotel stay units, separately from guest houses, camping and other accommodation; estimated survey universe. No chain/control split.

**S20 — Peru MINCETUR.** [Oferta y demanda de establecimientos de hospedaje 2025](https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/9971441/8133152-peru-oferta-y-demanda-de-establecimientos-de-hospedaje-ano-2025.pdf). Reference: 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Direct document retrieval returned 403. Discovery-only: no stock value, reference-year input or property-scope adjustment is drawn from S20. The current Peru input and related scope assumptions are attributed to S28, not this inaccessible source.

**S21 — Mews.** [Guest Messaging and Automations launch: About Mews section](https://www.mews.com/en/press/mews-launches-guest-messaging-automations). Reference: 1 October 2026 release; rechecked 15 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. The 1 October 2026 release reports 15,000 customers across 85 countries. It does not define the customer unit as a property, parent group, legal entity or deduplicated chain buyer. Other vendor pages, including the press index (https://www.mews.com/en/press), also use properties; a one-to-one conversion is unverified. No vendor-wide count is used as accommodation stock, target-buyer evidence or a calibrated PMS-compatibility share.

**S22 — US Bureau of Labor Statistics.** [Information clerks: Occupational Outlook Handbook](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/information-clerks.htm). Reference: 2025 employment; retrieved October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 264,600 hotel/motel/resort desk clerks, with shifts including evenings/weekends. Context for operations; not savings, software budget or TAM.

**S23 — Hilton.** [2025 Annual Report: year in review](https://stories.hilton.com/2025-annual-report). Reference: 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Surpassed 9,000 operating hotels. Supports exclusion including capital-light/franchise brands; not used as a global supply subtraction.

**S24 — IHG.** [2025 full-year results](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2026/full-year-results-for-the-year-to-31-dec-2025). Reference: 31 December 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 6,963 open hotels, more than one million rooms / 20 brands. Group excluded; future pipeline omitted.

**S25 — Accor.** [2025 Integrated Report](https://assets.group.accor.com/yrj0orc8tx24/yMg4ParJIzpy1DzMN0kOQ/8118579db0de1261906d62ee505221b6/ACCOR_RI_2025_EN_VDEF.pdf). Reference: 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 5,836 hotels / 881,427 rooms in reported perimeter. Exclusion includes controlled brands; joint-venture perimeters require account-level screening.

**S26 — Scandic.** [Capital Markets Day 2025 release](https://www.scandichotelsgroup.com/media/press-releases/2025/scandic-capital-markets-day-2025-a-clear-path-for-higher-growth/). Reference: 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-15. About 280 hotels / 58,000 rooms includes operating and development; exceeds narrow boundary. No operating-only count inferred.

**E01 — Germain Hotels.** [Our hotels](https://www.germainhotels.com/en/hotels). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 20 hotels across Canada, three brands. Strong candidate for one group buying unit; room cap and procurement authority still need validation.

**E02 — Staypineapple.** [Media / 2025 property awards](https://www.staypineapple.com/media). Reference: 2025–2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 10 hotels nationally in 2025 awards. Independent boutique-group illustration; no relationship or willingness-to-pay claim.

**E03 — Classic Lodges.** [Our hotels](https://www.classiclodges.co.uk/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Multiple named UK/Isle of Man hotels. Use listed examples, not an asserted audited portfolio total; associate structure needs buyer verification.

**E04 — Evok Collection.** [Hotels](https://www.evokcollection.com/hotels/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Six non-coming-soon hotel listings in Paris, Madrid, Venice, Saint-Tropez. Two coming-soon listings excluded from observed example count. Cross-border account illustration.

**E05 — Levahotels Mallorca.** [Our hotels](https://www.levahotels.com/en/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Four listed hotels; La Luna is an annex and may not be separate commercial/operational property. Model example uses 3–4 operating units, one group, not four buyers.

**E06 — Boudl.** [Hotel brand inventory](https://boudl.com/index.php/en). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Lists 27 Boudl, 8 Aber, 9 Braira, 2 Narcissus, 1 Narcissus The Royal stays: 47 listed units. Size candidate, room cap/operating status/procurement not independently audited.

**E07 — TIME Hotels.** [Brands](https://www.timehotels.com/our-brands). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Regional multi-brand hotels and residences across Middle East and Asia. Open versus pipeline inventory not counted; regional group candidate, buyer/room cap unverified.

**E08 — Fasano.** [Hotels](https://fasano.com.br/en/hoteis/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Multiple operating hotels Brazil, Uruguay, US; coming-soon/restaurant/beach-club entries excluded. Cross-border group, membership collections are not assumed purchasers.

**E09 — Hoteles Misión.** [Hotels](https://www.hotelesmision.com.mx/hoteles). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Regional Mexico hotel portfolio / own-brand loyalty. Current complete count not inferred; franchise central procurement rights require validation.

**E10 — Lancemore Group.** [Hotels](https://lancemore.com.au/hotels/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Eight non-coming-soon hotel listings across Lancemore / LMG; 2027 developments excluded. Group purchasing authority is an assumption.

**E11 — Crystalbrook Collection.** [Hotels and resorts](https://www.crystalbrookcollection.com/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Multi-property Australian collection; listed Adelaide property timing not independently verified, excluded from example count. Candidate rather than account census.

**E12 — Sarova Hotels.** [Book hotels in Kenya](https://www.sarovahotels.com/book-now). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Kenyan hotel/lodge group illustration; avoid confusing independent Sarova UK procurement with Kenya group. No complete portfolio or room total claimed.

**S27 — Horwath HTL.** [India Hotel Market Review 2024](https://horwathhtl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/India-Hotel-Market-Report-2024.pdf). Reference: 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Chain-affiliated room supply passed 200,000. The very broad UN stock of 2.84m rooms cannot be treated as chain supply. Used as a scale check; no paid data or registration.

**S28 — Chile Subsecretaría de Turismo.** [Guía del inversionista 2026, Pacific Alliance accommodation comparison, p31](https://www.subturismo.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guia-del-inversionista-2026.pdf). Reference: Chile 2021; Colombia and Peru 2024; Mexico 2019. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Visually checked PDF p31: Chile 120,545 rooms / 8,243 establishments (2021); Colombia 335,295 / 19,484 (2024); Peru 329,340 / 28,050 (2024). Broad lodging; scope factors explicit. Mexico's 2019 comparison is not used. Different years are not interchangeable. Peru uses the 2024 stock of 329,340 rooms and 28,050 establishments. Its 60% / 75% / 90% property-scope factors are unvalidated model assumptions applied to this S28 broad-lodging stock, not percentages from S20 or from the source itself.

**E13 — Motel One.** [Company](https://www.motel-one.com/en/corporate/company/). Reference: Current 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 111 operating hotels, approximately 30,000 rooms in 14 countries. Excluded under 100-property/20,000-room boundary; potential inclusion under 200/40,000 subject to parent/control checks. Not a core prospect count.

**E14 — Lemon Tree Hotels.** [Q3 and 9M FY26 earnings presentation, p4](https://www.lemontreehotels.com/factsheet/Policies/Investor-Presentation-Q3-%26-9M-FY26.pdf). Reference: 6 February 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-15. 130 operational hotels and 11,772 rooms, separately from 129 pipeline hotels. Excluded by proposed 100-property cap, potentially included at 200 properties. Later changes not independently mapped.