Choice Privileges has made a significant change to its hotel loyalty program for 2010 with the inclusion of reward nights as elite qualifying nights for membership status. Hilton HHonors has counted reward nights for elite membership qualification for years and now Choice Privileges is another hotel loyalty program offering elite qualification nights for hotel stays [...]

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Choice Hotels has launched their winter promotion for triple points or miles beginning with your second stay for stays with arrival date from December 10, 2009 to February 28, 2010. The promotion gives members 30 points per US$1 on hotel room rate spending. My analysis shows there is good value in using this promotion to [...]

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The Choice Privileges commercial on TV caught my attention. The details tell the real story.
The Advertised Offer: Stay 3 nights at the same hotel with arrival between August 21 and November 19. Earn enough points to redeem for a free night at over 1,500 Choice Hotels. (Promotion link)
The limitations of this offer: The fine print [...]

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Choice Hotels sparked my attention this week after a closer look at the benefits and value of the Choice Privileges hotel loyalty program.  In my August column for Inside Flyer I rank some summer hotel loyalty promotions. I rated the Choice Privileges $50 gift card for three Hotel Stays a 2 of 5 hotel keys.
My [...]

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Choice Hotels International Profile by Numbers
5,866 Hotels (2nd largest hotel chain in world);
476,235 rooms (6th largest by rooms)

Choice Hotels International brands

Hotel Market Segment

Global Hotels 5,866
 
(Choice Hotels March 2009)

Global Rooms
476,235
 
(Choice Hotels
March 2009)

Ranking in
World Top 50 Brands

Comfort Inn

Midscale

1,452 (US only)
2,000+ global

153,019 (Hotels)
114,008 (USA)

7

Quality Inn

Midscale

926 (US)
1,000 global

123,042 (Hotels)
85,943 (USA)

11

Econolodge

Economy

821

53,106 (Hotels)
51,288 (USA)

26

Comfort Suites

Midscale

560

43,670 [...]

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Tables in this article show the year over year changes in average room rates and occupancy for the various brands in five major hotel chains including Choice Hotels International, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott Hotels, Starwood Hotels, and Wyndham Hotels Group. These five chains represent over 40 hotel brands in the USA and around the world. [...]

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In the spirit of budget travel planning for summer 2008, I have written an overview of the Choice Privileges hotel loyalty program.

Choice Hotels – Overview

More than 5,500 hotel members and more than 450,000 rooms in Choice Privileges makes this program a benefit for travelers in smaller towns and cities across the USA. The program even [...]

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I like TripAdvisor. Where else can I find hundreds of reviews of a hotel in one place with a popularity ranking system?

The more I use TripAdvisor, the more frequently I notice some limitations of the service. Two issues have arisen over the past couple of weeks as I have spent several hours working with TripAdvisor [...]

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