Choice Hotels vs Meliá Hotels International

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Choice Hotels is the older of the two, founded in 1939 — 17 years before Meliá Hotels International.

Founded: 1939; 1956
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Rockville, United States; Palma, Spain
Industry: hospitality industry; hospitality industry
Founders: Not recorded; José Meliá Sinisterra
Employees: 1,789; 44,461
Legal form: Delaware corporation; sociedad anónima
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Madrid Stock Exchange
Website: choicehotels.com; meliahotelsinternational.com/en

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Choice Hotels and Meliá Hotels International.