HotelHinge · The Hotel Census
Who Owns Which Hotel?
Quick answer: The brand on a hotel's sign is rarely its owner. The real owner is the party recorded on the county deed or reported in a named sale. Below are examples of well-known U.S. hotels with their current owner on the public record, each with the buyer, price, date, and a link to the source. They are drawn from HotelHinge's property-first census of ~45,000 U.S. hotels across 51 markets.
These are illustrative examples, not a browsable directory. Each page names the fee owner from the most recent ownership-changing transaction on record, separates the owner from the brand and the operator, and links every claim to its public source. HotelHinge tracks the full census property by property; a subscription opens the searchable database.
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How ownership is established
For each hotel, the owner is the grantee on the most recent recorded deed, or the buyer named in a reported sale. HotelHinge cross-checks the county recorder (the deed), the county assessor (the taxpayer of record), and, where relevant, the state business registry (the owning entity). The brand and the operator are usually separate parties from the owner. For the method in full, see how to find a hotel's owner in public records.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find out who owns a specific hotel?
Read the property's most recent recorded deed (which names the current owner), cross-check the county assessor's taxpayer of record, and look up the owning entity in the state's business registry. HotelHinge does this across the U.S. and links each ownership fact to its public source. The examples below show the answer for a set of well-known hotels.
Are these hotel ownership facts free to cite?
Yes. Each page states a hotel's owner and most recent sale, dated and linked to its public source, and is free to cite with attribution to HotelHinge (The Hotel Census).
How many U.S. hotels does HotelHinge track?
HotelHinge's public-record census tracks ~45,000 U.S. hotels across 51 markets (the 50 states plus the District of Columbia), each with its owner, transaction history, and, where applicable, REIT attribution and CMBS debt.
Disclaimer, sourcing, and citation
About this page. HotelHinge is a U.S. hotel property and ownership research service operated by TrueNote, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as HotelHinge. This page is published for general informational purposes only and is not legal, tax, or investment advice.
How we know, and whose data it is. The ownership and transaction facts on this page are drawn from public records (county and municipal deed and assessor filings) or from named trade-press reporting, each linked above to its source. HotelHinge is a proprietary compilation: the underlying facts are public, and the original selection, matching, and arrangement into a property-level record are our own work. Ownership can change, and the public record accrues on a lag; treat each fact as of the date shown.
What we do not publish. HotelHinge shows no ratings, reviews, or photos, and publishes no RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, or cap-rate figures of its own. The named owner is the party recorded or reported for the transaction shown; it is not necessarily the operator or the brand, which are usually separate parties.
No warranty; no liability. This page is provided "as is," without any warranty of accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. To the fullest extent permitted by law, HotelHinge and TrueNote, LLC disclaim all liability for any loss or decision made in reliance on it.
Citation. You are welcome to cite this page. Please attribute it to HotelHinge (The Hotel Census) and link to the original. If you believe something here is inaccurate, email info@hotelhinge.com and we will review the record.