Choice Hotels to Discuss 1st Quarter 2002 Earnings in Conference Call

Press Release: Choice Hotels International
April 4, 2002
SILVER SPRING, MD -- Choice Hotels International, Inc., (NYSE:CHH) will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 11 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the company's first quarter 2002 earnings. The company will release its earnings prior to that morning's opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

The call-in number to listen to the call is 888/273-9891 The conference call also will be Webcast simultaneously via the company's Web site, www.choicehotels.com. Interested investors and other parties wishing to access the call on the Web should go to the Web site, click on the Corporate Information link and then the Investor Info link. The Investor Info page will feature a conference call microphone icon to access the call.

The audio of the call will be archived and available on www.choicehotels.com for those unable to listen to the call on April 23. It also will be archived and available for replay until May 14, 2002, by calling 800/475-6701. The access code for the replay is: 634576.

Choice Hotels International is the second largest hotel franchisor in the world with 4,545 hotels open, representing 362,549 rooms, and another 462 hotels under development in the United States, representing 36,406 rooms as of December 31, 2001. An additional 227 hotels, representing 19,954 rooms, are under development in 26 other countries, as of December 31, 2001. Its Comfort, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn and MainStay Suites brands serves guests worldwide.

Comfort, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Choice Privileges and ChoiceBuys.com are registered trademarks and service marks of Choice Hotels International, Inc.

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Contact: 

     Choice Hotels International
     John Hawkins, 301/592-5075
     Fax: 301/592-6177
     John_hawkins@choicehotels.com