Why This Hotel Chain Is No. 1 on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 List

When Mitch Patel gets together with other hotel franchisees at investment conferences, they inevitably start talking in hypotheticals. 

“Someone always asks, ‘If you had a vacant piece of land and could choose any hotel brand you want, what would you build?’ Unanimously, the first brand anyone talks about is Hampton,” he says. “Nothing’s even a close second. That’s how strong the brand has become.”