Best Western International, Inc.
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Business Wire | 40 days 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim Partners”), a global diversified financial services firm, and Claymore Group Inc. (“Claymore”), a leading provider of innovative investment products, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), closed-end funds (“CEFs” and, together with the ETFs, the “Funds”) and unit investment trusts, announce the completion of a previously-announced merger. As a result of the transaction, Claymore and its associated entities, including Claymore Securities, Inc., Claymor...
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Company Overview
| Company: | Best Western International, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Mid-Priced Hotels & Motels |
| Website: | http://www.bestwestern.com |
Western hospitality has really spread. Begun in 1946 by hotelier M. K. Guertin and named for its California origins, Best Western has more than 4,000 independently owned and operated hotels (including 2,200-plus in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean), making it the world's largest hotel brand (by number of rooms). Hotels sport its flag in about 80 countries and territories; Australia and the UK have the most outside the US. The company has about 100 Best Western Premier branded hotels in Asia and Europe, which offer a higher level of amenities and services. Best Western is organized as a not-for-profit membership association, with most of its sales coming from monthly fees and annual dues.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 220.9 (2007) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 7.5 (2007) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -3 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2007) |
| Number of Employees | 1,134 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 5.4 (2007) |
| Fiscal Year-End | November |