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Choice Hotels

December 18, 2023

Choice Hotels International, Inc. is an American multinational hospitality company based in Rockville, Maryland. The company, which is one of the largest hotel chains in the world,[3][4] owns several hotel brands ranging from upscale to economy. As of 2020, Choice Hotels franchised more than 7,100 hotels in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide, representing nearly 600,000 rooms, in addition to 1,035 hotels under construction with more than 85,000 rooms.[1][4]

Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Choice Hotels' headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
TypePublic
NYSE: CHH
S&P 400 Component
Russell 1000 Component
Industry
Founded1939; 84 years ago (1939)
Headquarters
Rockville, Maryland
,
United States
Number of locations
 7,487 (December 31, 2022)[1][2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Brands
  • Ascend Hotel Collection
  • Cambria Hotels
  • Comfort
  • Sleep Inn
  • Quality Inn
  • Clarion
  • MainStay Suites
  • WoodSpring Suites
  • Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
  • Econo Lodge
  • Rodeway Inn
  • Vacation Rentals by Choice Hotels
Revenue US$1.40 billion (2022)
US$478.6 million (2022)
US$332.1 million (2022)
Number of employees
1,789 (2022)
Websitewww.choicehotels.com

History edit

Founding and early years edit

Quality Courts United, Inc., which began as a nonprofit referral chain of seven motels in Florida,[5] was founded in 1939.[6] It would undergo several name changes before becoming what is known today as Choice Hotels International.[5] The chain initially remained east of the Mississippi River.[7]

By the early 1960s, Quality Courts United had approximately 600 members.[7] All of its hotels needed to meet certain quality standards and offer amenities like air conditioning, telephones, swimming pools, paved driveways, and wall-to-wall carpeting.[7] In 1963, the organization became a for-profit corporation and changed its name to Quality Courts Motels, Inc.[5][7]

In 1957, Stewart W. Bainum Sr., who ran a Washington, D.C., plumbing business, opened his first hotel on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland (currently, the hotel is located in Takoma Park, Maryland proper).[8] He later franchised his first Quality Courts motel in 1963.[9] In 1968, Bainum merged his business, Park Consolidated Motels, Inc., with Quality Courts Motels, subsequently assuming the role of president and CEO,[6][9] and moved the company's headquarters from Daytona Beach to Silver Spring, Maryland.[7]

Lodging Magazine wrote that, by 1969, Quality Courts Motels was the world's "largest association of independent motel operators".[5]

Growth and expansion edit

 
The Clarion Hotel in Hamden, Connecticut
 
A Comfort Suites in Laredo, Texas

The company changed its name to Quality Inns International in 1972 and, in 1990, the parent company became known as Choice Hotels International.[7][10]

In the 1980s, the company started the industry's first market segmentation strategy, using a range of hotel brands across price points.[11] Geographically, it expanded across the country by opening hotels in the west.[7]

The Comfort brand, which would later become Choice Hotels' flagship brand, was established in 1981. The brand was marketed to family vacationers, business travelers, and senior citizens[7] to compete with Days Inn, Best Western, and Friendship Inn.[11] The company's Quality Inn hotels remained in the midscale segment, competing with Holiday Inn, Ramada, Howard Johnson, and Travelodge.[11] The now-discontinued Quality Royale brand was positioned as Choice Hotels' upscale brand,[5] designed to compete with Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, and Sheraton; Quality Royale would eventually be rebranded as Clarion.[11] In the 1980s, Choice bought Friendship Inn, Rodeway Inn, and Econo Lodge.[7]

In 1989, the company introduced McSleep, an economy brand utilizing a consistent, interior-corridor design prototype designed by Rob Spurr that was all new construction. The name was soon changed to Sleep Inn following litigation from McDonald's.[7][12]

Bainum's other business, Manor Care, Inc., which owned and managed nursing homes, bought Choice Hotels in 1990.[7] The company later spun off its hotels business in 1996.[13] Bainum Sr. led Choice Hotels International until 1987, when his son, Stewart W. Bainum Jr., took over the role of chairman and chief executive.[8] As of 2018, Bainum Jr. was chairman of Choice Hotels.[14]

Choice Hotels International became publicly traded in 1996.[6] That same year, it announced the establishment of the MainStay Suites brand, a midscale extended-stay hotel.[15]

 
Clarion Collection Hotel Atlantic in Sandefjord, Norway

In the mid-2000s, Choice Hotels expanded into the upscale hotel market.[16][3] The company announced in 2005 the creation of its Cambria Hotels & Suites brand, later renamed Cambria Hotels, the company's first new brand since MainStay Suites's creation in 1996.[16] The Cambria brand was created as an upscale hotel chain marketed to business travelers.[16] As of 2018, the Cambria brand had expanded to about 100 hotels open or in the pipeline, including hotels in Philadelphia,[17] Dallas, New Orleans,[18] South Windsor, Connecticut and Savannah, Georgia.[3]

In 2008, Choice Hotels was the first industry chain to establish a "soft brand", Ascend Hotel Collection.[19][20][21] The Ascend Hotel Collection includes upscale boutique and historic hotels whose owners are subject to fewer fixed brand standards compared with Choice's other brands.[19]

Recent history (2012–2023) edit

 
Cambria Chicago Magnificent Mile

Choice Hotels began a transformation of its Comfort properties in 2012,[22] with the company removing its franchising from 600 properties that did not meet Choice Hotels’ new standards.[23] Choice Hotels rebranded Comfort in 2018, which brought its Comfort Inn, Comfort Inn & Suites, and Comfort Suites brands under one umbrella.[23] Some of the Comfort properties that didn't meet Choice's standards for the brand were rebranded under the Quality Inn brand, as Comfort and Quality swapped market positions within Choice's hierarchy.

In October 2010, officials in Maryland and Montgomery County announced that Choice Hotels International would move its headquarters from Silver Spring,[24][25] to a new 197,866 square feet (18,382.4 m2) facility in Rockville Town Center in Rockville. Groundbreaking occurred in August 2011,[26] and Choice Hotels completed the move into the new headquarters in June 2013.[27]

Throughout its history, Choice Hotels introduced new features into the hotel industry,[5] including having all hotels include non-smoking rooms, 24-hour-a-day toll-free reservations, Internet-based property management systems, and the industry's first iPhone application.[5][28] The company's technological developments also led it to create a division called SkyTouch Technology in 2013, which markets Choice Hotels' property management system to other hotel companies.[29][30]

In 2014, Choice Hotels invested millions of dollars to begin a multi-year process to develop the industry's first new global reservations system and distribution platform in 27 years.[30][29] A cloud-based system, choiceEDGE, launched in 2018.[30] The system can integrate with voice search and artificial intelligence.[30]

In 2018, Choice Hotels expanded the number of hotel brands it franchised by acquiring WoodSpring Suites, an extended-stay economy hotel brand.[31][32] Adding WoodSpring's 240 hotels across the U.S. tripled the number of extended-stay hotels in the company's portfolio to around 350 properties.[31]

As of 2018, Choice Hotels-branded properties are located in more than 40 countries and territories,[4] including hotels in Europe,[33] Asia-Pacific,[34] the Middle East,[35] and Scandinavia.[36] Choice Hotels entered into an agreement with Spanish hotel operator Sercotel in 2018 to increase Choice's footprint in Spain and Latin America.[37]

On June 13, 2022, Choice Hotels agreed to purchase Radisson Hotels Americas for $675 million[38] consisting of the Radisson franchise agreements, operations and intellectual property in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean

In October 2023, Choice Hotels announced a proposal to purchase all outstanding shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts for $90 per share.[39] That offer came after Wyndham declined a direct acquisition bid from Choice.[40]

Corporate affairs edit

Choice Hotels International is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CHH.[41] It maintains a corporate headquarters in Rockville, Maryland,[18] and a technology campus in Phoenix, Arizona.[42] At year-end 2017, Choice Hotels employed 1,987 people in its global corporate operations.[43]: 37 

Stewart W. Bainum Jr. is chairman of Choice Hotels' board of directors, a position he has held since 1987.[44] Pat Pacious became president and CEO in September 2017.[45][46] Previously, he served as Choice Hotels' president and chief operating officer.[47]

In 2017, Choice Hotels teamed up with the Red Cross and Boys and Girls Clubs of America in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma.[48]

Choice Hotels scored 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index in 2018.[49]

The company's sustainability efforts include Room to be Green, which requires franchised properties to reduce their impact on the environment and lower operating costs with energy-efficient lighting and recycling, and giving guests the option of foregoing daily change of linens.[50] Choice Hotels also participates in Clean the World to recycle hotel soap.[51]

Partnerships edit

Choice Hotels formed an alliance with Bluegreen Vacations, an international timeshare company, in 2013. Pursuant to this arrangement, many Bluegreen resorts are members of Choice Hotels' Ascend Hotel Collection brand.[52][53]

Brands edit

 
Logo used until 2015

Choice Hotels International is the parent company of a number of hotel brands split among various market segments, in addition to a vacation rentals brand. As of June 30, 2020, Choice Hotels franchised 7,118 properties worldwide, with a total of 597,018 rooms, in addition to 1,035 hotels under construction with 85,129 rooms.[1][43]: 11 [2]

Upscale

  • Ascend Hotel Collection
  • Cambria Hotels

Midscale

  • Comfort (Economy in Norway, Sweden, and Lithuania)
  • Clarion Pointe
  • Clarion Hotels (upscale in Australia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland)
  • Quality Inn
  • Sleep Inn

Extended stay

Economy

Vacation rentals

  • Vacation Rentals by Choice Hotels

Rewards edit

Choice Hotels' rewards program is called Choice Privileges. In order to earn points through the program, one must book a reservation by either calling a toll-free number, going online, or using their mobile app. Points are updated the day after the user's stay.[54] To redeem points earned using the program, one must log in on Choice Hotels' website. Points can be redeemed for gift cards or airline mileage.[54]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Inline XBRL Viewer". www.sec.gov. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Choice Hotels boss says hotels in a tech battle with Booking.com and Expedia". Australian Financial Review. March 13, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Grant, Peter (February 20, 2018). "Choice Hotels Signs Deal in Savannah". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Trejos, Nancy (July 5, 2018). "The brands and rooms of Choice Hotels, by the numbers". USA Today. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Ellen Meyer (April 10, 2018). "The origins and growth of franchising in the hotel industry". Lodging Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c King, Danny (February 13, 2014). "Obituary: Choice Hotels founder Stewart Bainum Sr". Travel Weekly. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jakle, John A; Sculle, Keith A; Rogers, Jefferson S (2002). The Motel in America. JHU Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 9780801869181. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Langer, Emily (February 19, 2014). "Stewart W. Bainum Sr., D.C. businessman, dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Ricca, Stephanie (October 4, 2010). "AH&LA: celebrates an era of achievement". Hotel & Motel Management. Retrieved May 28, 2018. Stewart Bainum, from plumbing contractor to international franchisor: Stewart Bainum franchised his first motel with Quality Courts Motels in 1963, and by 1968 he operated eight nursing homes, incorporating them as Manor Care, Inc., while grouping five motels, franchised with Quality Courts Motels, under the name Park Consolidated Motels, Inc. In that year, Bainum merged Park Consolidated with Quality Courts, becoming president and chief financial officer of a company, which by then represented 410 franchised and 12 company-owned motels. Within two years, Quality Courts operated franchised motels in 33 states, and began its first international operations. In 1980 Bainum merged Manor Care and Quality, with Manor Care purchasing Quality for $37 million.
  10. ^ Faiola, Anthony (July 3, 1995). "Choice Hotels makes a wide turn". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d Knight, Jerry (May 9, 1981). "Quality Inns planning 3 classes of motels". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
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  15. ^ Richards, Rhonda (January 26, 1996). "Midprice hotels becoming mainstay of travel". USA Today. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  16. ^ a b c "Choice Hotels to launch 'lower-upscale' brand". The Washington Post. January 24, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  17. ^ Hilario, Kenneth (February 22, 2018). "Philadelphia Cambria Hotel is now open on South Broad". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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  19. ^ a b Haberkorn, Jen (May 26, 2008). "Hotel franchiser rebrands collection". The Washington Times. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  20. ^ Hughes, Kate (September 15, 2017). "Independently Minded: The Power of Soft Brands". Lodging Magazine. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  21. ^ Sickel, Julie (July 7, 2017). "The Rise of Hotel 'Collection' Brands". Business Travel News. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  22. ^ Judy Maxwell (February 27, 2018). . Asian Hospitality. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  23. ^ a b Jena Tesse Fox (May 3, 2018). "Choice Hotels' Comfort brand gets new logo, Cambria gets new plan". Hotel Management. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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  35. ^ Clarke, Patrick (May 2, 2016). "Choice Hotels Signs Master Agreement to Enter Middle East". TravelPulse.
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Choice Hotels International Inc is an American multinational hospitality company based in Rockville Maryland The company which is one of the largest hotel chains in the world 3 4 owns several hotel brands ranging from upscale to economy As of 2020 Choice Hotels franchised more than 7 100 hotels in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide representing nearly 600 000 rooms in addition to 1 035 hotels under construction with more than 85 000 rooms 1 4 Choice Hotels International Inc Choice Hotels headquarters in Rockville Maryland TypePublicTraded asNYSE CHHS amp P 400 ComponentRussell 1000 ComponentIndustryHospitalityFranchisingFounded1939 84 years ago 1939 HeadquartersRockville Maryland United StatesNumber of locations7 487 December 31 2022 1 2 Area servedWorldwideKey peoplePat Pacious president and wbr CEO Stewart W Bainum Jr wbr chairman Dom Dragisich CFO BrandsAscend Hotel CollectionCambria HotelsComfortSleep InnQuality InnClarionMainStay SuitesWoodSpring SuitesSuburban Extended Stay HotelEcono LodgeRodeway InnVacation Rentals by Choice HotelsRevenueUS 1 40 billion 2022 Operating incomeUS 478 6 million 2022 Net incomeUS 332 1 million 2022 Number of employees1 789 2022 Websitewww wbr choicehotels wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding and early years 1 2 Growth and expansion 1 3 Recent history 2012 2023 2 Corporate affairs 2 1 Partnerships 3 Brands 4 Rewards 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editFounding and early years edit Quality Courts United Inc which began as a nonprofit referral chain of seven motels in Florida 5 was founded in 1939 6 It would undergo several name changes before becoming what is known today as Choice Hotels International 5 The chain initially remained east of the Mississippi River 7 By the early 1960s Quality Courts United had approximately 600 members 7 All of its hotels needed to meet certain quality standards and offer amenities like air conditioning telephones swimming pools paved driveways and wall to wall carpeting 7 In 1963 the organization became a for profit corporation and changed its name to Quality Courts Motels Inc 5 7 In 1957 Stewart W Bainum Sr who ran a Washington D C plumbing business opened his first hotel on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring Maryland currently the hotel is located in Takoma Park Maryland proper 8 He later franchised his first Quality Courts motel in 1963 9 In 1968 Bainum merged his business Park Consolidated Motels Inc with Quality Courts Motels subsequently assuming the role of president and CEO 6 9 and moved the company s headquarters from Daytona Beach to Silver Spring Maryland 7 Lodging Magazine wrote that by 1969 Quality Courts Motels was the world s largest association of independent motel operators 5 Growth and expansion edit nbsp The Clarion Hotel in Hamden Connecticut nbsp A Comfort Suites in Laredo TexasThe company changed its name to Quality Inns International in 1972 and in 1990 the parent company became known as Choice Hotels International 7 10 In the 1980s the company started the industry s first market segmentation strategy using a range of hotel brands across price points 11 Geographically it expanded across the country by opening hotels in the west 7 The Comfort brand which would later become Choice Hotels flagship brand was established in 1981 The brand was marketed to family vacationers business travelers and senior citizens 7 to compete with Days Inn Best Western and Friendship Inn 11 The company s Quality Inn hotels remained in the midscale segment competing with Holiday Inn Ramada Howard Johnson and Travelodge 11 The now discontinued Quality Royale brand was positioned as Choice Hotels upscale brand 5 designed to compete with Marriott Hyatt Hilton and Sheraton Quality Royale would eventually be rebranded as Clarion 11 In the 1980s Choice bought Friendship Inn Rodeway Inn and Econo Lodge 7 In 1989 the company introduced McSleep an economy brand utilizing a consistent interior corridor design prototype designed by Rob Spurr that was all new construction The name was soon changed to Sleep Inn following litigation from McDonald s 7 12 Bainum s other business Manor Care Inc which owned and managed nursing homes bought Choice Hotels in 1990 7 The company later spun off its hotels business in 1996 13 Bainum Sr led Choice Hotels International until 1987 when his son Stewart W Bainum Jr took over the role of chairman and chief executive 8 As of 2018 Bainum Jr was chairman of Choice Hotels 14 Choice Hotels International became publicly traded in 1996 6 That same year it announced the establishment of the MainStay Suites brand a midscale extended stay hotel 15 nbsp Clarion Collection Hotel Atlantic in Sandefjord NorwayIn the mid 2000s Choice Hotels expanded into the upscale hotel market 16 3 The company announced in 2005 the creation of its Cambria Hotels amp Suites brand later renamed Cambria Hotels the company s first new brand since MainStay Suites s creation in 1996 16 The Cambria brand was created as an upscale hotel chain marketed to business travelers 16 As of 2018 update the Cambria brand had expanded to about 100 hotels open or in the pipeline including hotels in Philadelphia 17 Dallas New Orleans 18 South Windsor Connecticut and Savannah Georgia 3 In 2008 Choice Hotels was the first industry chain to establish a soft brand Ascend Hotel Collection 19 20 21 The Ascend Hotel Collection includes upscale boutique and historic hotels whose owners are subject to fewer fixed brand standards compared with Choice s other brands 19 Recent history 2012 2023 edit nbsp Cambria Chicago Magnificent MileChoice Hotels began a transformation of its Comfort properties in 2012 22 with the company removing its franchising from 600 properties that did not meet Choice Hotels new standards 23 Choice Hotels rebranded Comfort in 2018 which brought its Comfort Inn Comfort Inn amp Suites and Comfort Suites brands under one umbrella 23 Some of the Comfort properties that didn t meet Choice s standards for the brand were rebranded under the Quality Inn brand as Comfort and Quality swapped market positions within Choice s hierarchy In October 2010 officials in Maryland and Montgomery County announced that Choice Hotels International would move its headquarters from Silver Spring 24 25 to a new 197 866 square feet 18 382 4 m2 facility in Rockville Town Center in Rockville Groundbreaking occurred in August 2011 26 and Choice Hotels completed the move into the new headquarters in June 2013 27 Throughout its history Choice Hotels introduced new features into the hotel industry 5 including having all hotels include non smoking rooms 24 hour a day toll free reservations Internet based property management systems and the industry s first iPhone application 5 28 The company s technological developments also led it to create a division called SkyTouch Technology in 2013 which markets Choice Hotels property management system to other hotel companies 29 30 In 2014 Choice Hotels invested millions of dollars to begin a multi year process to develop the industry s first new global reservations system and distribution platform in 27 years 30 29 A cloud based system choiceEDGE launched in 2018 30 The system can integrate with voice search and artificial intelligence 30 In 2018 Choice Hotels expanded the number of hotel brands it franchised by acquiring WoodSpring Suites an extended stay economy hotel brand 31 32 Adding WoodSpring s 240 hotels across the U S tripled the number of extended stay hotels in the company s portfolio to around 350 properties 31 As of 2018 update Choice Hotels branded properties are located in more than 40 countries and territories 4 including hotels in Europe 33 Asia Pacific 34 the Middle East 35 and Scandinavia 36 Choice Hotels entered into an agreement with Spanish hotel operator Sercotel in 2018 to increase Choice s footprint in Spain and Latin America 37 On June 13 2022 Choice Hotels agreed to purchase Radisson Hotels Americas for 675 million 38 consisting of the Radisson franchise agreements operations and intellectual property in the United States Canada Latin America and the CaribbeanIn October 2023 Choice Hotels announced a proposal to purchase all outstanding shares of Wyndham Hotels amp Resorts for 90 per share 39 That offer came after Wyndham declined a direct acquisition bid from Choice 40 Corporate affairs editChoice Hotels International is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CHH 41 It maintains a corporate headquarters in Rockville Maryland 18 and a technology campus in Phoenix Arizona 42 At year end 2017 Choice Hotels employed 1 987 people in its global corporate operations 43 37 Stewart W Bainum Jr is chairman of Choice Hotels board of directors a position he has held since 1987 44 Pat Pacious became president and CEO in September 2017 45 46 Previously he served as Choice Hotels president and chief operating officer 47 In 2017 Choice Hotels teamed up with the Red Cross and Boys and Girls Clubs of America in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma 48 Choice Hotels scored 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation s Corporate Equality Index in 2018 49 The company s sustainability efforts include Room to be Green which requires franchised properties to reduce their impact on the environment and lower operating costs with energy efficient lighting and recycling and giving guests the option of foregoing daily change of linens 50 Choice Hotels also participates in Clean the World to recycle hotel soap 51 Partnerships edit Choice Hotels formed an alliance with Bluegreen Vacations an international timeshare company in 2013 Pursuant to this arrangement many Bluegreen resorts are members of Choice Hotels Ascend Hotel Collection brand 52 53 Brands edit nbsp Logo used until 2015Choice Hotels International is the parent company of a number of hotel brands split among various market segments in addition to a vacation rentals brand As of June 30 2020 Choice Hotels franchised 7 118 properties worldwide with a total of 597 018 rooms in addition to 1 035 hotels under construction with 85 129 rooms 1 43 11 2 Upscale Ascend Hotel Collection Cambria HotelsMidscale Comfort Economy in Norway Sweden and Lithuania Clarion Pointe Clarion Hotels upscale in Australia Norway Denmark Sweden and Finland Quality Inn Sleep InnExtended stay Everhome Suites MainStay Suites Suburban Extended Stay Hotel WoodSpring SuitesEconomy Econo Lodge Rodeway InnVacation rentals Vacation Rentals by Choice HotelsRewards editChoice Hotels rewards program is called Choice Privileges In order to earn points through the program one must book a reservation by either calling a toll free number going online or using their mobile app Points are updated the day after the user s stay 54 To redeem points earned using the program one must log in on Choice Hotels website Points can be redeemed for gift cards or airline mileage 54 See also edit nbsp Hotels portalNordic Choice HotelsReferences edit a b c Inline XBRL Viewer www sec gov Retrieved March 1 2023 a b Choice Hotels boss says hotels in a tech battle with Booking com and Expedia Australian Financial Review March 13 2018 Retrieved July 2 2018 a b c Grant Peter February 20 2018 Choice Hotels Signs Deal in Savannah The Wall Street Journal Retrieved May 28 2018 a b c Trejos Nancy July 5 2018 The brands and rooms of Choice Hotels by the numbers USA Today Retrieved September 19 2018 a b c d e f g Ellen Meyer April 10 2018 The origins and growth of franchising in the hotel industry Lodging Magazine Retrieved May 28 2018 a b c King Danny February 13 2014 Obituary Choice Hotels founder Stewart Bainum Sr Travel Weekly Retrieved May 28 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k Jakle John A Sculle Keith A Rogers Jefferson S 2002 The Motel in America JHU Press pp 162 165 ISBN 9780801869181 Retrieved May 28 2018 a b Langer Emily February 19 2014 Stewart W Bainum Sr D C businessman dies The Washington Post Retrieved May 28 2018 a b Ricca Stephanie October 4 2010 AH amp LA celebrates an era of achievement Hotel amp Motel Management Retrieved May 28 2018 Stewart Bainum from plumbing contractor to international franchisor Stewart Bainum franchised his first motel with Quality Courts Motels in 1963 and by 1968 he operated eight nursing homes incorporating them as Manor Care Inc while grouping five motels franchised with Quality Courts Motels under the name Park Consolidated Motels Inc In that year Bainum merged Park Consolidated with Quality Courts becoming president and chief financial officer of a company which by then represented 410 franchised and 12 company owned motels Within two years Quality Courts operated franchised motels in 33 states and began its first international operations In 1980 Bainum merged Manor Care and Quality with Manor Care purchasing Quality for 37 million Faiola Anthony July 3 1995 Choice Hotels makes a wide turn The Washington Post Retrieved July 2 2018 a b c d Knight Jerry May 9 1981 Quality Inns planning 3 classes of motels The Washington Post Retrieved May 28 2018 McSleep Loses to Big Mc The New York Times September 19 1988 Retrieved August 10 2013 Salganik M William March 4 2000 Manor Care gets 2 buyout offers The Baltimore Sun Retrieved March 10 2017 Choice Hotels International Reuters Retrieved June 1 2018 Richards Rhonda January 26 1996 Midprice hotels becoming mainstay of travel USA Today Retrieved May 28 2018 a b c Choice Hotels to launch lower upscale brand The Washington Post January 24 2005 Retrieved May 28 2018 Hilario Kenneth February 22 2018 Philadelphia Cambria Hotel is now open on South Broad Philadelphia Business Journal Retrieved September 20 2018 a b Trejos Nancy February 16 2018 New hotels Gleaming properties from Washington D C to California USA Today Retrieved September 20 2018 a b Haberkorn Jen May 26 2008 Hotel franchiser rebrands collection The Washington Times Retrieved May 28 2018 Hughes Kate September 15 2017 Independently Minded The Power of Soft Brands Lodging Magazine Retrieved September 20 2018 Sickel Julie July 7 2017 The Rise of Hotel Collection Brands Business Travel News Retrieved September 20 2018 Judy Maxwell February 27 2018 Seeking Comfort In a Sea of Hotel Brands Asian Hospitality Archived from the original on September 24 2020 Retrieved September 20 2018 a b Jena Tesse Fox May 3 2018 Choice Hotels Comfort brand gets new logo Cambria gets new plan Hotel Management Retrieved September 20 2018 Choice Hotels International Headquarters Move Marks A New Era Choice Hotels International Media Center Retrieved April 24 2018 Choice Hotels moving to Rockville The Washington Post October 26 2010 Retrieved October 9 2011 Construction starts on Choice Hotels headquarters in Rockville Gazette Net August 31 2011 Archived from the original on May 10 2012 Retrieved October 9 2011 Choice Hotels International Completes Move Into New Rockville Headquarters Press release Choice Hotels International Retrieved April 24 2018 via PR Newswire Deanna Ting July 13 2017 Choice Hotels appoints Pat Pacious as new CEO beginning in 2018 Skift Retrieved May 28 2018 a b Dorothy Creamer March 29 2018 The intersection of technology amp hospitality Hospitality Technology Retrieved May 29 2018 a b c d Cooper Rebecca January 23 2018 Choice Hotels launches new reservations system at long last Washington Business Journal Retrieved May 29 2018 a b Trejos Nancy December 20 2017 Choice Hotels buys extended stay brand USA Today Retrieved May 29 2018 Mest Elliott May 10 2018 Choice revels in extended stay success Hotel Management Retrieved July 2 2018 Choice centers Europe growth on four known brands Hotel News Now October 16 2017 Retrieved September 19 2018 Gabriella Warden August 28 2015 Choice Hotels unveils new brand identity in Asia Pacific Travel Weekly Retrieved September 19 2018 Clarke Patrick May 2 2016 Choice Hotels Signs Master Agreement to Enter Middle East TravelPulse Bjorn Wallenberg May 29 2018 A Norwegian hotel billionaire wants to use blockchain to cut out booking sites like Expedia Business Insider Nordic Archived from the original on November 29 2018 Retrieved September 19 2018 Choice Hotels chain announces partnership with Spanish Sercotel Forbes Mexico April 11 2018 Retrieved May 29 2018 Choice Hotels International to Acquire Radisson Hotel Group Americas Choice Hotels International Media Center Retrieved June 13 2022 Tesse Fox Jena October 17 2023 Breaking News Choice seeks to buy Wyndham for nearly 8B Hotel Management Tesse Fox Jena October 17 2023 Wyndham board details reasons for rejecting Choice takeover bid Hotel Management Choice Hotels International The Wall Street Journal Retrieved June 1 2018 O Connell Jonathan March 31 2013 Capital Business The Washington Post Retrieved May 29 2018 a b 2017 Form 10 K Choice Hotels Retrieved May 28 2018 Abramowitz Michael March 6 1987 Bainum takes father s post at Manor Care The Washington Post Retrieved March 10 2017 Jena Tesse Fox August 10 2017 Pat Pacious to step up as Choice Hotels International CEO in September Hotel Management Retrieved May 29 2018 Nycz Conner Jennifer March 22 2018 Choice Hotels CEO Pat Pacious WoodSpring Cambria efforts paying off Washington Business Journal Retrieved May 29 2018 Cooper Rebecca August 10 2017 Choice s new CEO will take helm early as Joyce exits Washington Business Journal Retrieved July 3 2018 Trejos Nancy September 22 2017 Hotels respond to series of hurricanes USA Today Retrieved September 19 2018 David Eisen November 13 2017 12 hotels hotel companies score perfect ratings in commitment to LGBTQ community Hotel Management Retrieved May 29 2018 Kerry Medina March 8 2017 U S hotels continue to make strides in energy efficiency Hotel Management Retrieved May 29 2018 Silver Kate November 30 2017 Check in help out Socially conscious hotels give back to the community The Washington Post Retrieved May 29 2018 Choice Hotels Bluegreen Join Forces Zacks com Retrieved May 24 2017 Dennis 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