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Wyndham Hotel Group: Wyndham Hotel Group Brands Make Entrepreneur List

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  Published in Stocks and Investing on Monday, February 9th 2009 at 9:44 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-02-09 09:44:58 by Market Wire
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PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - February 9, 2009) - Wyndham Hotel Group today announced that nine of its hotel brands made Entrepreneur's 2009 Franchise 500® list, a ranking based on objective and quantifiable factors including a franchise's financial strength, growth rate and system size.

The Hotel Group's Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Wingate by Wyndham®, Microtel Inns and Suites®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Howard Johnson®, Travelodge® and Knights Inn® brands were included in the list.

"Wyndham Hotel Group's brands are strong and well-known, and our company offers owners a multitude of services including marketing, global sales and reservation support as well as the world's largest loyalty program -- Wyndham Rewards®," said Eric Danziger, Wyndham Hotel Group president and chief executive officer. "We are the world's largest hotel franchisor but we make every effort to maintain close relationships with our franchisees -- and this may just be our greatest advantage."

Wyndham Hotel Group, one of three principal components of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: [ WYN ]), encompasses nearly 7,000 hotels representing approximately 583,000 rooms in 66 countries under the Wyndham®, Ramada®, Days Inn®, Super 8®, Wingate® by Wyndham, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Microtel Inns and Suites®, Hawthorn Suites®, Howard Johnson®, Travelodge®, Knights Inn® and AmeriHost Inn® brands. All hotels are owned individually and operated independently or by Wyndham Hotel Management. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in Parsippany, N.J. For additional information or to make a reservation, please visit [ www.wyndhamworldwide.com ].