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Choice Hotels International reported second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5, 2026, with global RevPAR up 1.7% year over year and U.S. RevPAR up 1.3% on gains in both occupancy and rate. U.S. room openings rose 27% year over year to the highest second-quarter level since 2019, with roughly 6,400 U.S. rooms opened, while portfolio exits fell 50%; the global pipeline stood at about 77,300 rooms, down nearly 17%. CFO Scott Oaksmith said the company raised full-year guidance to U.S. RevPAR growth of 0% to 1.25% and global net rooms growth of about 1.5%, up from about 1%. Interim CEO Dom Dragisich, who replaced Patrick Pacious during the quarter, credited FIFA World Cup demand and said AI has helped the company move faster, citing a Q2 enterprisewide AI deployment with AWS and a set of AI-powered tools launched for franchise owners.

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