| Pay Rank | CEO | Company | Salary ($K) | Bonus ($K) | Other ($K) | Long Term Stock Grants ($K) | Total ($K) | Value of In-The-Money Options ($K) | HVS Value Index |
| Includes other annual compensation, restricted stock awards and LTIPS | The value of Black-Scholes value of stock options granted in 1996 | Includes both exercisable and unexercisable options | Based on an average of 100.0 | ||||||
| 1 | Michael D. Eisner | Walt Disney | 750 | 7,900 | 4 | 195,583 | 204,237 | 364,360 | 42.8 |
| 2 | Henry R. Silverman | HFS | 1,502 | 2,250 | 40 | 55,468 | 59,260 | 544,284 | 45.1 |
| 3 | Terence C. Golden | Host Marriott | 600 | 480 | 561 | 10,477 | 12,118 | - | 47 |
| 4 | Barry S. Sternlicht | Starwood Lodging | 181 | 250 | 956 | 6,809 | 8,196 | 33,195 | 56 |
| 5 | Richard M. Kelleher | Doubletree | 371 | 275 | 10 | 5,910 | 6,566 | 7,173 | 52.8 |
| 6 | Stephen F. Bollenbach | Hilton Hotels | 491 | 509 | 58 | 5,238 | 6,296 | 44,719 | 237.3 |
| 7 | George N. Gillett, Jr. | Vail Resorts, Inc. | 1,628 | - | 76 | 2,562 | 4,266 | 18,024 | 45.1 |
| 8 | J.W. Marriott, Jr. | Marriott Intl, Inc. | 841 | 810 | 32 | 2,344 | 4,027 | 33,923 | 54.7 |
| 9 | W. Thomas Parrington, Jr. | Interstate Hotels Co. | 340 | 405 | 126 | 2,717 | 3,588 | 1,580 | 53.2 |
| 10 | Gary L. Mead | La Quinta Inns, Inc. | 350 | 95 | 4 | 2,373 | 2,822 | 58,553 | 68.1 |
| 11 | Raymond E. Schultz | Promus Hotel Corp | 442 | 459 | 225 | 1,445 | 2,571 | 2,876 | 56.7 |
| 12 | Francis W. Cash | Red Roof Inns Inc. | 408 | 408 | 370 | 1,299 | 2,485 | 355 | 49.8 |
| 13 | James D. Carreker | Wyndham Hotel Corp | 350 | 350 | 2 | 1,774 | 2,476 | 1,121 | 51.6 |
| 14 | Stewart Bainum, Jr. | Manor Care | 625 | 338 | 34 | 913 | 1,910 | 21,925 | 62.8 |
| 15 | Paul Whetsell | Capstar Hotel Company | 215 | - | 2 | 1,332 | 1,549 | - | 53.6 |
| 16 | David A. Simon | Prime Hospitality Corp | 354 | 243 | 3 | 899 | 1,499 | 5,646 | 102.4 |
| 17 | M. Micky Arison | Carnival | 176 | 1,035 | - | - | 1,211 | 9,125 | 68 |
| 18 | Isadore Sharp | Four Season | 1,030 | - | 42 | - | 1,072 | - | 59.2 |
| 19 | Stephen H. Marcus | Marcus | 342 | 546 | 9 | - | 897 | - | 88.8 |
| 20 | Jonathan M. Tisch | Loews Hotels | 873 | - | 5 | - | 878 | - | 128.6 |
| 21 | Phillip H. McNeill, Sr. | Equity Inns | 225 | - | 3 | 486 | 714 | 195 | 70.6 |
| 22 | Paul A. Nussbaum | Patriot American | 248 | 45 | - | 285 | 578 | - | 130.8 |
| 23 | Michael A. Leven | U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. | 375 | 140 | 33 | - | 548 | - | 27.3 |
| 24 | David Buddemeyer | Servico | 350 | 97 | 5 | 74 | 526 | 1,379 | 213.5 |
| 25 | Jeffrey H. Fisher | Innkeepers USA | 150 | 150 | - | 175 | 475 | 1,612 | 109.3 |
| 26 | Roger P. Sonnabend | Sonesta International Hotels Corp | 418 | 56 | - | - | 474 | - | 88.5 |
| 27 | Chris Hewett | Meritage Hospitality Group | 128 | 110 | - | 184 | 422 | - | 52.6 |
| 28 | Michael P. Holtz | Amerihost Properties, Inc. | 375 | - | 10 | - | 385 | 988 | 62 |
| 29 | Robert M. Solmson | RFS | 225 | 113 | - | - | 338 | - | 168.2 |
| 30 | Douglas C. Collins | Buckhead America Corp | 235 | 72 | 5 | 23 | 335 | 81 | 80.9 |
| 31 | Peter J. Kline | Bristol | 251 | 70 | 1 | - | 322 | 2,888 | 65.4 |
| 32 | Robert W. Winston, III | Winston Hotels, Inc. | 190 | 90 | - | 32 | 312 | 424 | 162.8 |
| 33 | Paul J. Schulte | Supertel Hospitality Inc. | 250 | - | - | 27 | 277 | - | 109.2 |
| 34 | Robert Alter | Sunstone | 60 | 150 | 15 | 45 | 270 | 969 | 203.1 |
| 35 | E. Anthony Wilson | Hudson Hotels | 240 | 6 | - | - | 246 | - | 226.4 |
| 36 | George D. Johnson, Jr. | Extended Stay America | 200 | - | - | - | 200 | 5,450 | 224.2 |
| 37 | Norwood Cowgill, Jr. | Studio Plus | 150 | - | - | - | 150 | 1,725 | 235 |
| 38 | Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. | Felcor | 123 | - | 5 | - | 128 | 3,450 | 235 |
| 39 | John Q. Hammonds | John Q. Hammons | 100 | - | - | - | 100 | - | 64.7 |