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Top Hospitality Employers in United States 2026

Last updated

October 2026

Companies

80

The PerceptionX Employer Visibility Index ranks 80 Hospitality employers in United States by how often they appear in AI assistants' answers — ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Perplexity — when candidates ask where they should work and why. Data period: October 2026. Read the methodology.

Marriott

Hilton

Hyatt

RankCompanyChangeEVI

Marriott▲ 197.4 2

Hilton▼ 194.9 3

Four Seasons▼ 166.7 6

The Ritz-Carlton▲ 333.3 7

Disney▲ 1530.8 8

Kimpton▼ 330.8 9

Wyndham▲ 1123.1 10

Choice Hotels▲ 420.5 11

Accor▲ 1317.9 12

MGM Resorts▲ 112.8 13

Aimbridge Hospitality▼ 510.3 14

Chipotle Mexican Grill—10.3 15

Omni Hotels & Resorts▲ 2510.3 16

St. Regis—10.3 17

Airbnb▼ 107.7 18

Delta Air Lines▼ 17.7 19

Starbucks▲ 277.7 20

The Cheesecake Factory▼ 107.7 21

Waldorf Astoria—7.7 22

Andaz▲ 55.1 23

Best Western Hotels & Resorts—5.1 24

Caesars Entertainment▲ 55.1 25

Chick-fil-A▼ 135.1 26

Crestline Hotels & Resorts▲ 45.1 27

Darden Restaurants▲ 45.1 28

Embassy Suites—5.1 29

Expedia—5.1 30

Grand Hyatt—5.1 31

JW Marriott—5.1 32

Park Hyatt—5.1 33

Shake Shack—5.1 35

Universal Studios—5.1 36

W Hotels—5.1 38

Yum! Brands—5.1 39

Ace Hotel▼ 142.6 40

Amadeus—2.6 41

Amadeus Hospitality—2.6 42

American Express—2.6 43

Aramark▼ 222.6 44

Bain & Company—2.6 45

Bank of America—2.6 46

Belmond—2.6 47

Carnival—2.6 48

Compass▼ 332.6 49

Crowne Plaza—2.6 50

Delta Hotels—2.6 51

Delta Hotels And Resorts—2.6 52

Fairmont—2.6 53

Hard Rock—2.6 54

Hotels.com—2.6 55

Las Vegas Sands▼ 202.6 57

Loews Hotels▼ 392.6 58

Mandarin Oriental—2.6 59

McDonald's—2.6 60

Micros—2.6 61

Montage▼ 502.6 62

Motel 6—2.6 63

Novotel—2.6 64

Oracle—2.6 65

Panera—2.6 67

Patagonia—2.6 68

Red Roof—2.6 69

Ritz-Carnival—2.6 70

Royal Caribbean▼ 252.6 71

Sheraton—2.6 72

Six Senses—2.6 73

Sodexo—2.6 74

Sofitel—2.6 75

Southwest Airlines—2.6 76

Travelport—2.6 77

Union Square Hospitality Group—2.6 78

Universal Parks & Resorts—2.6 79

Westin—2.6 80

Whole Foods Market—2.6

Previously ranked in Hospitality (United States)

These employers appeared in an earlier edition of the index but are not in the current ranking. Their profiles show the data from the last period in which they ranked.

Hospitality rankings in other markets

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates104 🇬🇧United Kingdom77 🇨🇳China66 🇫🇷France66 🇩🇪Germany64 🇧🇷Brazil52 🇮🇳India26

Machine-readable data: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api/rankings/hospitality/us · API docs · All industries