Hampton recently opened its 155th property in China, located in the capital Beijing, and there are currently a further 350 hotels in the pipeline in the country.
Hilton cited “the expansion of the middle-class and overall upgraded consumption capacity of Chinese consumers”, and said that the license extension was “expected to help Hampton by Hilton maintain its edge in the highly competitive mid-scale hotel sector in Hilton’s top priority market, China”.
Hampton by Hilton passed the 2,500-hotel mark worldwide in 2019, and now has over 2,600 properties in 29 countries and territories.