"Our well-known diversified brands and our unrelenting focus on our owners' property-level profitability and return on investment has fueled our continued unit and room growth in the face of a continued difficult economic and lodging industry environment," said Stephen P. Joyce, president and chief executive officer. "Recently, we announced that we reached the 6,000 property milestone and we remain confident that the strength of brands will allow us to continue to attract hotels into our global distribution system."

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