It would seem that hotels across the world are forever striving to become larger and grander than ever before.

Many of these massive hotels are located over large areas of land and are generally known as resort hotels, or they are situated within several buildings that make up one large hotel complex.

Some modern,hotels also tend to be part of entertainment venues, office complexes and apartment blocks, with the hotel actually taking up just a part of the overall building.

When people ask which is the largest hotel, most of them generally mean which hotel has the most rooms, or how many people can a hotel accommodate at any one time.

So, on this proviso, I will list below some of the world's largest hotels by room number, meaning that these hotels may not in fact be the largest hotels in terms of acreage of complex area in which they are situated.

                                                            THE WORLD'S FIVE LARGEST HOTELS

#1) 

Number one on the list therefore has to be the 7,500 bedroomed, three star, Izmailovo Hotel situated in Russia's capital Moscow, which can accommodate upwards of 10,000 people at any one time.

This massive hotel complex is situated within four, thirty storey towers - known as Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta - on what was the site of the former Izmailovo Royal Estate and village, which was once the boyhood holiday home of Tzar, Peter The Great.

Completed in 1979, the hotel was built in anticipation of the many visitors to the Summer Olympic Games held in Moscow in 1980. 

The Izmailovo Hotel, Moscow, Russia.

#2) 

Following hot on the heels of the world's largest hotel comes the 7,117 roomed Venetian, in the U.S city of Las Vegas.

Like most of the Las Vegas hotels, the Venetian is classified as a Casino Resort,and is the largest resort of it's kind in the world, with over 4,000 suites, 3,059 rooms and an eleven thousand square metre casino housed within three towers of 52, 37 and 13 storeys.

This five star mega resort was two years in the building on what was the site of the former 1950's iconic Sands Hotel, and opened it's doors on May 3, 1999.

#3) 

Hotel number three is also situated in Las Vegas, and is the iconic, green, glass fronted MGM Grand Hotel, situated on the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard at the beginning of the world famous Las Vegas Strip.

Built in 1993 the 6,852 roomed hotel is situated in a 293 foot high, 30 storey tower situated on a 6.6 acre casino resort.

#4) 

The world's fourth largest hotel is the 6,118 roomed First World Hotel in Gentings Highland, Malaysia.

The hotel is part of a 46,000 square metre, First World theme park complex, built in 2006.

This unique, brightly painted hotel is housed in two, 28 storey towers.

#5) 

For the world's fifth largest hotel I have chosen the majestic Las Vegas, Bellagio Hotel, it is actually the world's twelth largest hotel by room number, but I chose this particular one because, unlike the other eleven hotels before it, the Bellagio Hotel is situated in just one main building, making it unique compared to the other hotels.

The thirty six storey, 3,933 roomed Bellagio Hotel opened it's doors on the 15th of October 1998 and was built on the site of the former 1950's iconic, Dunes Hotel. 

      The Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas.

  Image courtesy of Blane, wikimedia commons. 

     WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAINS                                                                          

The U.S city of Las Vegas is undoubtedly the big hotel capital of the world, where it houses nineteen out of the world's twenty five largest hotels.

The city is home to over 350 hotels which between them have 100,000 rooms, which can accommodate upwards of a quarter of a million people at any one time.

The world's largest hotel chain is the American, Best Western Hotel Group, founded in 1946, which owns and runs over 4,000 hotels situated in 90 countries.

The world's largest Resort Hotel chain is the Spanish company, Sol Melia, founded in 1956, with over three hundred resorts situated in twenty seven countries.

The world's largest Casino Resort chain is the U.S company MGM Mirage International, founded in 2000, which operates twenty four Casino Resorts worldwide, with eleven of them situated in Las Vegas. 

The world's highest hotel is the newly opened - March 30th 2011 - 1,600 foot high, 312 roomed, Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong, which occupies the top sixteen floors of the newly completed, International Commerce Centre on Hong Kong Harbour.

The world's tallest hotel, is the 482 roomed, 1,092 foot high Rose Rayhaan By Rotana - Rose Tower for short - built in 2009 which is housed in a 72 storey tower on Sheik Zayad Road, Dubai.

The First World Hotel, Genting Highlands, Malaysia. 

  Image courtesy of Eqdoktor, wikimedia commons. 

                                              OTHER LARGE HOTELS AROUND THE WORLD. 

U.S CITIES -  

New York City - NYC's largest hotel is the 1,980 roomed New York Hilton, housed in a 49 storey tower situated on Times Square.

Washington D.C - The U.S capital's largest hotel is the 2,000 roomed Gaylord National Resort, built in 2008, housed in an eighteen storey tower situated in the city's Oxon Hill area.

Chicago - Chicago's largest hotel is the 2020 roomed Hyatt Regency Hotel, housed in a 365 foot high, 36 storey tower on Chicago's East Upper Wacker Drive.

Los Angeles - Los Angeles' largest hotel is the 35 storey, 1,474 roomed Bonaventure, situated on the city's South Figuera Street, built in 1976.

Orlando - Orlando's largest hotel is the 27 storey, 1,503 roomed Marriott's Orlando World Centre, situated near the city's famous Walt Disney World complex on World Centre Drive.

COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD -

Australia - Australia's largest hotel is the Crowne Casino situated in the city of Melbourne.

Built in 1997 the 1,604 roomed hotel is housed within three towers of 43, 28 and 23 storeys which are known as the Crowne Promenade, the Crowne Towers and the Crowne Metropol all located on the Yarra Promenade in the city's Southbank area.

Canada - Canada's largest hotel is situated in the city of Toronto and is the 1,600 roomed Fourmont Royal York Hotel, built in 1929 which is housed in a 28 storey building located in the city's downtown area on Front Street West.

France - The largest hotel in France is the 1,098 roomed Newport Bay Club, built in 1992, situated at the Disneyland Resort  at Marne - La - Vallee, thirty two kilometres east of the country's capital city, Paris.

Germany - Situated in the German capital Berlin, the recently remodernised and upgraded Hotel Estrel is now Germany's largest hotel with 1125 rooms housed in a 17 storey tower, on the city's Sonnenallee - Sun Alley.

Republic of Ireland - Situated in the Saggart area of the country's capital city, Dublin, is not just Ireland's largest hotel but Europe's largest hotel, the 1,714 roomed, Citywest Hotel.

The hotel was built in 1990 as part of a golf and leisure resort and is housed in a five story building. 

Singapore - The 2,561 roomed Marina Bay Sands situated on Singapore's Bay Front is housed in three 55 storey towers and is part of a large casino resort complex, which was opened in February 2011.

United Kingdom - The U.K's largest hotel is located in England's capital city, London and is the 1,630 roomed, three star, Royal National Hotel, built in 1974, situated over seven floors in the capital's residential, Russell Square area.

     The Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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