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Aloft Hotels vs Holiday Inn Express

Averages across 282 Aloft Hotels and 3,611 Holiday Inn Express hotels, and a head-to-head in the 144 cities where both brands have a hotel.

Marriott International

Aloft Hotels

Average guest rating
8.6
Hotels tracked
282

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Holiday Inn Express

Average guest rating
8.7
Hotels tracked
3,611

The short answer

On the numbers: Holiday Inn Express

Holiday Inn Express leads on 3 of 7 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.04), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

Every measured fact

Averages over each brand's hotels. A dot marks the better figure.

Aloft HotelsHoliday Inn Express
Guest ratings
Average guest rating 8.64 8.68
Rated 8 or more 87% 88%
Rated below 7 0% 1%
Average Google rating 4.21/5 4.24/5 +0.03
Guest reviews behind the average 53,961 354,299
Same city, head to head (cities where both are rated: 108)
Cities where it is rated higher 61 45
The hotels
Hotels tracked 282 3,611
Countries 33 54
Typical opening year 2016 2019
Built or renovated in the last 10 years 76% 87%
Usual check-in 15:00 15:00
Usual check-out 12:00 11:00

Both brands, same city

The best-rated hotel of each brand in cities where both have one. Open a match-up for the full hotel comparison.

Aloft Hotels or Holiday Inn Express: common questions

Is Aloft Hotels or Holiday Inn Express better?

On average, Holiday Inn Express hotels score 8.68/10 from guests and Aloft Hotels hotels 8.64/10. Holiday Inn Express leads on 3 of the 7 measures we compare. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.04), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

When both are in the same city, which is rated higher?

In the 108 cities where both have rated hotels, Aloft Hotels has the higher average in 61 and Holiday Inn Express in 45.

Which brand has newer hotels?

The typical Holiday Inn Express hotel opened in 2019, the typical Aloft Hotels hotel in 2016.

Which brand has more hotels?

StayVersus tracks 282 Aloft Hotels hotels in 33 countries and 3,611 Holiday Inn Express hotels in 54 countries.

Do Aloft Hotels and Holiday Inn Express belong to the same company?

No. Aloft Hotels belongs to Marriott International, Holiday Inn Express to IHG Hotels & Resorts.

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Updated 13 Oct 2026. Averages over the hotels StayVersus tracks: guest ratings from Agoda (hotels with 5+ reviews), Google ratings from public Google Maps listings (hotels with 20+ reviews). A hotel counts for a brand only when its name confirms it. How we score