Private company

Clarion Hotels

Logo: Choice Hotels, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Midscale hotel franchise with global presence

Clarion is an international hotel brand founded in 1987 by Quality Inns International (now Choice Hotels), with a primary presence in the United States and Europe and additional locations in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Competitor brands include IHG's Holiday Inn and Wyndham Hotels's Ramada.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Clarion Hotel Post 5
Photo: Maria Eklind, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Clarion is an international hotel brand founded in 1987 by Quality Inns International (now Choice Hotels), with a primary presence in the United States and Europe and additional locations in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Competitor brands include IHG's Holiday Inn and Wyndham Hotels's Ramada.2

Corporate structure

Clarion Hotels is part of a group headed by Choice Hotels. 80 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Choice Hotels North Bethesda, Maryland, United States
    • Clarion Hotels
    • Ascend Hotel Collection Subsidiary
    • Cambria Hotels Subsidiary
    • Comfort Inn Subsidiary
    • Country Inn & Suites by Radisson Subsidiary
    • Econo Lodge Subsidiary
    • MainStay Suites Subsidiary
    • Quality Inn Subsidiary
    • Rodeway Inn Subsidiary · Phoenix
    • Sleep Inn Subsidiary
    • Suburban Studios Subsidiary
    • WoodSpring Suites Subsidiary
    • 68 East Avenue Austin, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • 926 James M Wood Boulevard LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AF Holding Subsidiary Corporation Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bloomington CIS, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CAM Bloomington 2021 LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Cambria Hotels Management LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH 32 W. Randolph LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH Avion Burbank LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH Bend LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH Brighton Denver LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH Broad Street LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH FW Rosedale LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CH Lady Street Columbia LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • and 54 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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