What's the largest hotel chain?

Q: Best Western says it's the "World's Largest Hotel Chain." Is that true?

A: No. That's merely their tagline.

In terms of number of rooms, the record for being the largest hotel chain in the world belongs to IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), which includes InterContinental Hotels, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites. As of March 2009 they owned 621,696 rooms in 4,200 hotels.


Q: What's the largest budget hotel chain?

A: Super 8 Motels is the largest chain with establishments in the United States, Canada and China. If you count motels that are located only in the United States and Canada, Motel 6 is the largest in North America.


Q: What's the largest hotel?

A: First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, is the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms. The fact was certified by Guinness World Records in 2006.

What is the largest racetrack in the USA?

Q: What is the largest racetrack in North America?

A: The largest horse-racing track in the United States and Canada is Belmont Park in the hamlet of Elmont, New York, in Nassau County, Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead.

Belmont Park is famous for being the home of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown.

The dirt racecourse is known officially as the Main Track and its nickname is Big Sandy.

Size: a circumference of 1½ miles (2,414 m), the longest dirt thoroughbred racetrack in North America

What's the Heaviest Marine Mammal?

Q: What's the heaviest marine mammal in the world?

A: Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). It's the largest animal to have ever exited. Weight around 150 tons.

The largest marine mammal that is not a whale is the elephant seal. It weighs about four tons.