Choice hasn't bought another chain since 1990, when its parent picked up both Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.

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Motel 6 or Econo Lodge, I believe those are your options.

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He frets over the "guest experience" at the hotels and motels that carry Choice's nine flags, which include Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Econo Lodge and Sleep Inn.

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At the Econo Lodge in WaKeeney, Kan.

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Bjorn Hanson, dean of New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, says it may be in part because the U.S. has a greater number of budget hotels, from Comfort Inn to Econo Lodge.

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