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</description><pubDate>11 Mar 2009 10:04:00 EST</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Choice Hotels International, Inc.</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Choice Hotels International, Inc. at Bank of America Securities Consumer Conference Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">CHH</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">2:40pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Choice Hotels International, Inc. at Bank of America Securities Consumer Conference Transcript</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T2119367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T2119367</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T2119367</ccbn:docid><description>...Next company, Choice Hotels International, really one of the leading franchise companies out there, interesting story. And here to tell it is David White. He's the Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer. David, you're asked all the time whether you're seeing a so-called trade-down effect with some of your mid-scale brands. Your #### RevPAR growth guidance is negative ##%; a lot of the higher ends expect to be down ##% or more. What types of new business are you capturing? Are you getting some corporate contracts that used to deal more exclusively with some of the four-star brands? ...

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