Choice Hotels International has promoted Judd Wadholm to SVP and general manager of its core brands, the company announced this week. Wadholm previously served as VP of managed hotels in the Americas.
Wadholm now is charged with “driving the growth and performance of the company’s nine upper midscale, midscale, and economy brands in the U.S. market,” according to Choice. Those brands are Comfort, Country Inn & Suites, Sleep Inn, Quality Inn, Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Park Inn by Radisson, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn, and Choice said they comprise 5,500 properties in the United States.
Wadholm has spent nearly 17 years with Choice, Radisson Hotel Group and Radisson predecessor Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. He joined Choice in 2022, upon the company’s acquisition of Radisson.