Wyndham Hotel Group Acquires Dolce Hotels and Resorts

Wyndham Hotel Group, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), today announced it has acquired Dolce Hotels and Resorts, a leading provider and manager of group accommodations with a portfolio of 24 properties and over 5,500 guestrooms across seven countries in Europe and North America, for $57 million in cash.

This acquisition is consistent with Wyndham Worldwide's core asset-light strategy, and allows Wyndham Hotel Group to expand its managed portfolio by nearly 40% with a significantly larger presence in the group and meetings segment. Dolce's exceptional brand recognition among global meeting planners enhances Wyndham Hotel Group's portfolio with significant group and transient cross-selling opportunities across Wyndham's existing managed and franchised operations. Wyndham Hotel Group plans to maintain and grow the Dolce brand along with its signature service, technology and F&B products as part of its existing portfolio of brands.

"Dolce is a terrific strategic fit for us," said Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group. "With over three decades of established brand equity, Dolce is a respected leader in the group space with outstanding destination properties and some of the best meeting product offerings available in the market today. In addition, Dolce has a long, successful history of award-winning innovation in conference planning and management. We look forward to continuing the growth of the Dolce brand and leveraging these Dolce attributes across the Wyndham global system while enhancing the Dolce owner and guest experience."

"Steven Rudnitsky, our president and chief executive officer, and I have consistently looked for strategic opportunities to grow Dolce in a way that preserves the brand, continues our focus on meetings and benefits our property owners," said Philip F. Maritz, chairman of Dolce Hotels and Resorts. "When Wyndham Worldwide agreed to just such an approach with Dolce, Rudnitsky and his Senior Leadership Team concurred that the acquisition would achieve our objectives and provide the best future for all our stakeholders. Our Founder Andy Dolce and the rest of our board supported this approach. Also, speaking as a continuing owner of two Dolce-managed properties through Broadreach Capital Partners, I am confident of incremental benefits under the Wyndham Hotel Group umbrella and its dynamic plans for the brand and its properties."

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to the seller in connection with the transaction.

ABOUT DOLCE HOTELS AND RESORTS
Regularly outperforming competitors in guest and meeting planner satisfaction, Dolce's portfolio of hotels, resorts, conference centers and day meeting centers offer 750,000 square feet of meeting space, host approximately 100,000 events and welcome four million meeting clients each year.

The Dolce system includes meeting and resort destinations around the world in markets such as the Napa Valley and Aspen in North America and international locations such as Barcelona, Brussels, Munich, Frankfurt, Paris and Provence.These locations will complement the expanding presence of Wyndham Grand meeting destinations in markets such as Chicago, Miami, Berlin, Doha, Hangzhou and Xian, China, giving meeting planners a wide array of options within the same system.

Many properties are certified by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). Properties are distinct in design and feature freshly sourced culinary experiences and inspiring environments that bring people together for events. Dolce pioneered the Complete Meetings Package (CMP), a concept designed to address all of the elements planners need when arranging meetings. The CMP is now embraced by many hotel companies and is considered the standard by the IACC.