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11,600 rooms, largely in the Midwest, into the Wyndham portfolio. Wyndham also launched a new soft brand for three- and four-star independent Wyndham has been acquiring and hotels, The Trademark Hotel Collection, last Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in March developing new brands and, at the same time, year. This month, it added nine U.S. hotels to rebranded to Radisson Hotel Group, as is hard at work strengthening the presence of the collection. These new properties double company executives hope to gain leverage the Wyndham name. Trademark’s footprint in the Earlier this year, Wyndham Worldwide United States and bring its total announced that it is acquiring both the hotel number of hotels to about 70. franchise and hotel management business from At the same time, La Quinta Holdings for $1.95 billion. The Wyndham is in the process of deal, expected to close in the coming months, spinning off its hotel company brings the La Quinta brand and its 900 hotels into a separate publicly traded into the Wyndham fold, which already consists company from Wyndham of 21 brands and more than 9,000 hotels. Worldwide, which will hone its focus on hotel development and marketing. It also is spreading the Wyndham name across its wide portfolio of brands, adding “by Wyndham” to all brands Radisson Blu - Anaheim, CA in its portfolio, including Super 8, Days Inn, from Radisson’s global renowned brand Howard Johnson, Travelodge, AmericInn, recognition. Baymont, Ramada, Dolce, Dazzler, The Radisson name will have a bigger Esplendor and Trademark. Those new brand presence across the company’s portfolio as names will begin appearing on websites and well. The company’s soft brand of luxury mobile sites this month, and hotels will be properties, Quorvus Collection, will be updating their signage over the next several renamed the Radisson Collection later this years. Wyndham executives note that brands year. Its midprice Country Inn & Suites has which have previously adopted the “by added “by Radisson” to its name. Loyalty Wyndham” moniker, such as Microtel, already program Club Carlson has been transformed to have shown better financial improvement and Radisson Rewards. Trademark Hotel Collection, Aksarben Suites brand recognition. At the same time, Radisson is taking Wyndham also is saying goodbye to measures to revitalize its name, particularly in Wyndham also obtains La Quinta’s loyalty one of its brands. The company this month North America. While its upscale Radisson program, La Quinta Returns, with the deal. announced that it is selling its economy brand, Blu brand is well-known outside of North The acquisition follows Wyndham’s Knights Inn, to RLH Corp., parent of the America, especially in Europe, it still has addition of midprice brand AmericInn last year Red Lion brand, for $27 million. The brand a relatively limited presence in the United from Northcott Hospitality for $170 million. currently consists of 350 hotels across North States. In coming years, the company aims to That deal brought 200 properties totaling America. establish the brand in key American markets, continued on page 8 6 RewardsUNLIMITED It’s Easy To Earn Dollar Rewards To Spend Anywhere

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7 continued from page 6 including a new Radisson property in New Chongqing, China; Montenegro; Singapore; York City, New York and a new Radisson Blu and Taipei. in Anaheim, California. IHG plans to grow the brand to more than The company also has plans to upgrade 40 properties in the coming years, including its upscale Radisson brand. More than 160 Hilton is on track to grow its boutique the conversion of its InterContinental Hong hotels in operation are renovating to a new soft brand Curio Collection to more than 100 Kong to a Regent Hotel by 2021, after a year- “Simply Delightful” design style, meant to hotels over the next few years, according to long renovation project. represent a more modern, Scandinavian style. the brand’s global head, Mark Nogal. Among IHG previously had formed a luxury Radisson will remove some of its lower- the new hotels set for this year are locations division and is eyeing other luxury brands to performing properties from its portfolio. in Saranac Lake, New York, Paris, France, bring into its family. Radisson Red, the company’s millennial- Reykjavik, Iceland, Portland, Oregon, San focused brand which launched in 2016, also Jose, Costa Rica. continues to expand with the goal of 60 properties in 60 cities by 2020. Upcoming openings include hotels in Glasgow, Scotland, and Cape Town, South Africa.

Choice Hotels International in February acquired extended stay lodging brand WoodSpring Suites for $231 million. Marriott International called 2017 a The brand, which emerged in “historic” year for international expansion, 2015 as a makeover of extended Curio Collection by Hilton - Boulders Resort and Spa noting a record number of signings for new stay brand Value Place, adds 240 hotels in both Asia and Europe. Hilton also is building its new upscale hotels across the United States to Choice’s For the full year, Marriott signed more soft brand, the Tapestry Collection, which brand family, which already included extended than 750 contracts for new hotels that will it launched last year. New hotels joining this stay brands MainStay Suites and Suburban add 125,000 rooms to its portfolio, and its year include the Graham Hotel Washington, Extended Stay Hotel. Choice noted that total global pipeline grew to 460,000 rooms D.C., in the U.S. capital’s Georgetown area, WoodSpring Suites is the fastest-growing in 2017. The company opened more than 470 and the waterfront Hotel Ballast Wilmington extended stay brand in the United States and hotels, more than 76,000 rooms total, around in Wilmington, N.C. In total, the world last year. That boosted its total Hilton had a combined 75 portfolio to more than 6,500 hotels owned or hotels in the Curio and Tapestry franchised around the world, more than 1.25 pipelines at the beginning of million rooms total. More than a third of those this year. rooms are outside of North America, and the company is poised to become even more globally diverse in the coming years. In the Asia/Pacific region, Marriott opened 18,000 rooms and signed an additional 31,000 rooms in 2017. While the market represents 15 percent of Marriott’s total room WoodSpring Suites portfolio, it makes up a third of its global InterContinental Hotels Group this that most of its hotels were built within the last pipeline. By itself, Greater China represents 19 year is taking a 51 percent stake in Taiwan- seven years. percent of Marriott’s pipeline and 8 percent of based Regent Hotels & Resorts, which “Choice has a strong pipeline for its its current room portfolio. currently has six properties in Beijing; Berlin; In Europe, Marriott opened 5,800 rooms new construction brands, and signed an additional 12,000 rooms in including Cambria, Sleep Inn, 2017. Europe currently makes up 9 percent of MainStay and Comfort, and Marriott’s room portfolio. this acquisition offers another Marriott reported growth in other regions new construction brand for as well last year. The company opened 19 our growth-oriented developer hotels and signed a record 37 hotel deals in community,” according to the Caribbean and Latin America, and in the Choice Hotels CEO Patrick Middle East and Africa, Marriott opened 12 Pacious. “More importantly, hotels and signed contracts for 30 more. the acquisition enables us Of course, Marriott is still seeing to incorporate best practices significant development in North America from WoodSpring’s proven even as it broadens its international footprint. model across our extended stay In 2017, it opened 329 new hotels in North brands and further strengthens America and signed contracts for 482 new Choice’s position as a leader properties. in both hospitality and franchising.” InterContinental Hong Kong 8 Seize the mug

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