Choice Hotels International, Inc., (NYSE:CHH) will conduct a conference call on Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 9 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the company`s fourth quarter and year-end 2002 earnings. The company will release its earnings after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, February 12.
The call-in number to listen to the call is 1-888-273-9890. The conference call also will be Webcast simultaneously via the company`s Web site, www.choicehotels.com. Interested investors and other parties wishing to access the call on the Web should go to the Web site, click on the Corporate Information link and then the Investor Info link. The Investor Info page will feature a conference call microphone icon to access the call.

The audio of the call will be archived and available on www.choicehotels.com for those unable to listen to the call on February 13. It also will be archived and available for replay until March 6 by calling 1-800-475-6701. The access code for the replay is: 671783.

Choice Hotels International is one of the world`s largest lodging franchisors, marketing more than 5,000 hotels open or under development in 46 countries under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, MainStay Suites and Rodeway Inn brand names. For more information on Choice Hotels, visit the company`s web site at www.choicehotels.com

Choice Hotels, Choice Hotels International, Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge, and Rodeway Inn are proprietary trademarks and service marks of Choice Hotels International.

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