The third quarter of 2011 continued 15 quarters of uninterrupted growth for America’s Best Franchising, Inc., as it sold 17 new franchises and opened 10 new hotel properties. That brings to 32 the number of new franchises sold by the Company in 2011 and 20 new hotel properties opened.
Atlanta-based America’s Best Franchising, Inc. now operates 302 hotels around the world with almost 20,000 rooms under its five upper economy brands – America’s Best Inns & Suites, Budgetel Inns & Suites, Country Hearth Inns & Suites, Parkside Inns, and Vagabond Inns & Suites – plus its upscale 3 Palms Hotels & Resorts brands for independent hotels.
“We are on target to achieve our goal of selling and opening 50 new hotels during 2011,” said Doug Collins, Chairman and CEO of America’s Best Franchising, Inc. “Expansion is accelerating both domestically and internationally, as we concentrate on building a network of hotels that are profitable for franchisees and affordable for travelers – qualities which are especially important in the current economy.”
The 17 new properties added during the third quarter are:
America’s Best Inns & Suites
- Altamonte Springs, Florida, north of Orlando – 107 rooms
- Arlington, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth – 46 rooms
- Sylacauga, Alabama, southeast of Birmingham – 46 rooms
- South Lake Tahoe, California – 34 rooms
- Alexandria, Minnesota, between Minneapolis and Fargo, North Dakota – 18 rooms
- Big Lake, Minnesota, northwest of Minneapolis – 34 rooms
Vagabond Inns & Suites
- South San Francisco, California – 117 rooms
- Santa Rosa, California, north of San Francisco – 107 rooms
- Modesto, California – 100 rooms
- Bakersfield, California – 57 rooms
- Klamath Falls, Oregon, east of Medford – 52 rooms
Country Hearth Inns & Suites
- Madison, Alabama, west of Huntsville – 153 rooms
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – 79 rooms
- Ripley, Tennessee, northeast of Memphis – 40 rooms
Budgetel Inns & Suites
- Memphis, Tennessee – 65 rooms
- South Lake Tahoe, California – 28 rooms
3 Palms Resorts
- Bay City, Michigan, north of Saginaw – 97 rooms
