Choice Hotels News
Choice Hotels International Announces Home-Based Agent Strategy for Minot Contact Center
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) today announced plans to transition its Minot, North Dakota contact center to a home-based operation as part of its strategy to ensure its service and reservations centers are performing at optimum levels in support of the company’s franchisees and hotel guests.

Choice Hotels International Agrees to Transition Choice Hospitality India to Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) today announced that it has agreed to acquire the remaining 60 percent ownership interest in Choice Hospitality (India) Ltd. Choice Hospitality India serves as the master partner and franchisor of Choice’s hotel brands in India, and after the completion of the transaction, the entity will be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Beyond disaster - what next for Haiti tourism?
With the death toll of the Haiti earthquake expected to top 100,000, governments and aid agencies from around the world are working to channel personnel and supplies to the battered capital Port au Prince. The destitute nation’s most unprecedented natural disaster will also prove a bitter blow to the country’s tourism economy, just as it was poised to return from decades in the wilderness.
Choice Hotels and its Board of Directors Announce Prestigious 2009 Supplier Diversity Award Winner
Local Hotel Franchisor Presents Consumer Information Research Group with Celebrated Diversity Recognition

Choice Hotels International Welcomes Two New Milestone Hotels in Haiti
Comfort Inn Hotel Will Be First Global Hotel Brand for Haiti in More Than a Decade; Island will Also Be Home to Ascend Collection Member Hotel

Choice’s Ascend Collection Announces 1st Canada Hotel
Choice Hotels International Inc. announces the addition of its first member hotel in Canada for the company’s Ascend Collection—the Inn on the Lake hotel of Fall River, Nova Scotia. Ascend Collection is an elite network of Historic, Unique and Boutique hotels across the United States and the Caribbean.

Choice Hotels Names Patti Goodrich as Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) today announced that it has named Patti Goodrich vice president of enterprise infrastructure. In this new position, she will oversee the strategic direction and operational management of the company’s data center management, service management and support, and infrastructure services engineering teams. Goodrich reports to the company’s Chief Technology Officer Todd Davis.

Choice Hotels Launches 2010 European Hotel Directory
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH), the global hotel group behind the Comfort, Quality, Clarion and Sleep Inn brands and one of the largest and most successful lodging franchisors in the world, today announced the launch of its 2010 European Hotel Directory which includes details of nearly 500 hotels located in 16 European countries. New for 2010 are hotels located in Poland and Latvia.

Expedia (EXPE) and Choice Hotels (CHH) tonight announced they have signed a new, long-term deal that
Expedia (EXPE) and Choice Hotels (CHH) tonight announced they have signed a new, long-term deal that will return Choice’s inventory to Expedia’s global family of websites including Expedia and Hotels.com.

Expedia and Choice Hotels International sign new long-term agreement
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) and Expedia, Inc., the world’s leading online travel company (Nasdaq: EXPE), today announced they have signed a new three-year agreement to include Choice Hotels International properties on the more than 80 Expedia® and Hotels.com®-branded sites that Expedia operates worldwide.

Choice Hotels International announces New Cambria Suites Hotel in Aurora, Colo.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) today announced that the Cambria Suites hotel in Aurora, Colo. opened on July 1, 2009. Cambria Suites hotels are designed for guests who want to take their lifestyle with them when traveling, and feature stylish design with guest suites that are larger than standard hotel rooms.

Expedia and Choice Hotels: Spencer Has His Say
In Part Two of our Ghosts of the Internet Past interviews, we caught up with former Expedia executive Spencer Rascoff. Spencer is now the Chief Operating Office of real estate website Zillow.com but was ran hotel supplier relations during the IHG/Expedia stand-off six years ago