The hotels will open in two key domestic markets - Philadelphia and Cambridge (Boston).More>>

This is the fifth Microtel hotel that has opened in West Virginia in the past 15 months.More>>

The Poway, California hotel will be developed on the site of a 108-room hotel.More>>

The Rockford, Ill., property has 105 uniquely designed suites.More>>

America's Best Inn & Suites and Country Hearth Inn & Suites have each been rated as "very good franchise opportunities," according to independent research conducted by the Franchise Business Review.More>>

Among other moves, the Memphis, Tenn.-based hotel owner/operator is acquiring and renovating a 311-room Hilton hotel, constructing three new Hilton brand hotels, and re-branding to an Embassy Suites hotel.More>>

Overall, the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index ended 1.1 percent higher in a third quarter 2007.More>>

The hotel is scheduled to open next fall.More>>

The 134-room Courtyard Fort Myers at I-75 and Gulf Coast Town Center will operate as a Marriott franchise, owned and managed by McKibbon Hotel Management of Tampa, Fla.More>>

CSFB 1998-C2 Boardman Lodging sold the 92-room property for $1,6 million to United Hospitality which plans to convert it to a Days Inn.More>>