He later franchised his first Quality Courts motel in 1963. Bainum Sr., who ran a Washington, D.C., plumbing business, opened his first hotel on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland (currently, the hotel is located in Takoma Park, Maryland proper). In 1963, the organization became a for-profit corporation and changed its name to Quality Courts Motels, Inc. All of its hotels needed to meet certain quality standards and offer amenities like air conditioning, telephones, swimming pools, paved driveways, and wall-to-wall carpeting. īy the early 1960s, Quality Courts United had approximately 600 members. The chain initially remained east of the Mississippi River. It would undergo several name changes before becoming what is known today as Choice Hotels International. Quality Courts United, Inc., which began as a nonprofit referral chain of seven motels in Florida, was founded in 1939.
As of 2020, Choice Hotels franchised more than 7,100 hotels in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide, representing nearly 600,000 rooms, in addition to 1,035 hotels under construction with more than 85,000 rooms. The company, which is one of the largest hotel chains in the world, owns several hotel brands ranging from upscale to economy. is an American multinational hospitality company based in Rockville, Maryland.
