Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor worldwide. The company franchises lodging properties under its proprietary brand names comprising Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Ascend Collection, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, and Cambria Suites. As of June 27, 2013, it franchised approximately 6,200 hotels consisting of approximately 500,000 rooms. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.