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Judd Wadholm appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Brands at Choice Hotels

Choice Hotels International, Inc. announced today that it has promoted Judd Wadholm to Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Brands. A nearly 17-year veteran of Choice Hotels International and Radisson Americas, Mr. Wadholm is now charged with driving the growth and performance of the company’s nine upper midscale, midscale, and economy brands in the U.S. market, which as of the end of 2023 consist of 5,500 hotels. Most recently, Mr. Wadholm served as Vice President, Managed Hotels Americas.

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Choice Privileges makes it easier for members to use points for luxury stays at preferred hotels & resorts

Choice Privileges,  has made it easier to book redemption stays at more than 300 Preferred Hotels & Resorts properties by enabling digital redemption on ChoiceHotels.com. Redemption levels begin at 25,000 Choice Privileges points per night for stays at hotels including The Palms Hotel & Spa (Miami Beach, Florida), Half Moon (Montego Bay, Jamaica), Gayana Marine Resort (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia), The Empire Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei) and Le Belmont Paris (Paris, France).

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Choice Hotels named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024 by Newsweek

Choice Hotels International, Inc. has been named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024 by Newsweek. The study ranked companies on input from over 142,000 female employees nationwide, included a pool of 848,000 company reviews and evaluated each company on metrics important to women in the workplace including compensation, work-life balance and proactive management on diversity.

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Local non-profits recognized through Choice Hotels’ Your Community, Your Choice Program

Over a dozen local non-profits nationwide were recently recognized as part of Choice Hotels International, Inc. Your Community, Your Choice program. This program, which began in 2019, empowers hotel owners and operators to make a positive difference in their communities. The recipients of the grants, totaling $75,000, exemplify Choice Hotels’ commitment to serving the communities where our owners and operators work and live.

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Choice Hotels becomes first hotel company to complete total data center migration

Choice Hotels International, Inc. announced the closure of its last data center, making it the first hotel company to migrate its entire system infrastructure to the cloud. Now fully on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the move to the cloud enables Choice to respond to real-time market conditions and provides the company with a flexible, resilient, and scalable platform that benefits owners and operators within the Choice system.

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