Choice Hotels Is Buying The Radisson Americas Group For $675 Million

by Carolee Chanona

In one sweep move, Choice Hotels is expanding into the middle-tier hospitality market by acquiring the Radisson Hotel Group Americas—encompassing nine hotel brands and 624 properties—for approximately $675 million. The Radisson Hotel Group Americas covers North, Central, and South America; Brussels-headquartered Radisson Hotel Group operates in the rest of the world as its core worldwide business. Choice’s acquisition, which was unanimously approved by its board of directors, is expected to close in the second half of 2022, the company said on Monday. At its close, guests can therefore expect changes to the Radisson Ft. George Hotel & Marina—the Radisson property based in Belize City, Belize.

About Choice Hotels

Comfort, Clarion, Quality Inns, and Econo Lodge are all familiar budget chains under Choice Hotel, but the brand fully intends to expand into the middle-tier hospitality market. Not only will the Radisson Americas deal build on its franchise model and Choice Hotels’ upscale and upper-midscale holdings in Latin America and the Caribbean, but it’s expected to bring in a higher revenue per average room. According to a recent Choice Hotels report for investors, the deal “further builds on Choice’s momentum in desirable segments; increases upscale and upper-midscale rooms by 64% and 17%, respectfully.”

The deal will see Radisson’s nine hotel brands go under the Choice Hotels banner, adding a total of 624 hotels and 68,000 rooms to Choice’s portfolio. Choice will now independently own and control all of Radisson America’s brands, including Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson Individuals, the Park Plaza hotel, Radisson RED hotels, and more. Prior to the deal, Choice operated 7,000 hotels with 600,000 rooms in 35 countries and territories as of March 31, 2022.

Source: Forbes. Header Image: Radisson Ft. George Hotel & Marina, Belize City, Belize

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