Rodolfo Guillioli, executive of the hotel division of Grupo Poma, which owns the Choice Hotels franchise, said they hope to reach agreements with any of the 25 hotels in those cities which are not operating under any franchise.

Guillioli told Sigloxxi.com, "we now have 15 hotels owned by Choice in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic and plans are that by the end of 2014 we will have more than 25 lodges in the region."

Source: sigloxxi.com

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