Our domestic footprint of hotels overlaps very well with the states expected to receive the highest levels of future infrastructure spend. And these top six states of ours by system size have received over one-third of the allocated federal spend to date.

Apr 27, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2023-04-27 | transcript 4dd83229-d854-45c3-84a5-cab620e5fb32 | chars 7395-7650 | segment 7

Here in the United States, we added 27,000 rooms with some great new hotels, like the Stonehill Lawrence, a AAA three-diamond hotel outside of Kansas City, who converted to our trademark collection brand. And the opening of our first two dual-brand, new construction, La Quinta Hawthorne suite hotels in Texas, a combined extended stay and select service hotel in a mid-scale space designed to streamline development and operational costs by utilizing a shared lobby, fitness center, meeting rooms, bar, and other amenities.

Feb 16, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2023-02-16 | transcript 3070ff9c-de02-43df-a16e-e7282585be46 | chars 3279-3803 | segment 3

And finally, our China direct development team grew net rooms by another impressive 10%. And despite the sporadic lockdowns and travel restraints many of our team members continue to face throughout the fourth quarter, which have now thankfully dissipated, the team added more direct franchise rooms than they did in the fourth quarter of 2019, and nearly twice as many rooms than they did in the fourth quarter of last year.

Feb 16, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2023-02-16 | transcript 3070ff9c-de02-43df-a16e-e7282585be46 | chars 5007-5432 | segment 5

We believe that leisure travel remained the number one priority for discretionary consumer spend among middle income Americans in 2023. as so many recent consumer surveys from organizations such as MMGY and the American Society of Travel Advisors have indicated.

Feb 16, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2023-02-16 | transcript 3070ff9c-de02-43df-a16e-e7282585be46 | chars 8997-9259 | segment 8

Consumer intent to travel continues to strengthen, and average lengths of stay continue to surpass 2019 levels.

Feb 16, 2022 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2022-02-16 | transcript 61d50170-af30-4e30-8729-79a0e30c8c4d | chars 10069-10180 | segment 10

We're also seeing steady improvements internationally, as Michelle will cover later, most notably in China, where spending on travel is once again back to near pre-COVID levels.

Apr 29, 2021 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2021-04-29 | transcript d2400c89-27c7-4c8e-99cb-9092408471f2 | chars 2935-3112 | segment 2

Internationally, we signed 91 new contracts, which was down from the 116 we executed in the fourth quarter of 2019, as restrictions continue to hamper many of our team's ability to travel cross-border in Europe Latin America, and parts of Southeast Asia.

Feb 11, 2021 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Belotti, CEO | earnings call 2021-02-11 | transcript 7e3d3cec-e29d-4723-a8b4-e97a8456c531 | chars 7522-7776 | segment 7