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.

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.

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

Choice Hotels’ CEO Steve Joyce just spoke with Hotels Magazine about the current issues at hand - taking the fight into the streets.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.185 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on October 16, 2009 to shareholders of record on October 2, 2009.

Silver Spring, MD (August 28, 2002) - Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) announced today the formation of a marketing relationship with United Airlines, whereby guests at more than 3,300 domestic Choice brand hotels can earn airline miles through United`s frequent flyer program, Mileage Plus.