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Patrick Pacious

💼 CEO, Choice Hotels International
2 stories · First covered May 9, 2026 · Latest Jul 5
Patrick Pacious Coverage
Choice Hotels Has an Interim CEO, a Board Shake-Up, and 30 Days to Tell a Story. Good Luck.

Choice Hotels Has an Interim CEO, a Board Shake-Up, and 30 Days to Tell a Story. Good Luck.

Choice Hotels reports Q2 earnings August 5 with a new interim CEO, a freshly appointed AI-focused board member, and analyst consensus sitting at "Reduce." The question isn't what the numbers say... it's whether anyone left in the building can explain what the company actually is now.

Choice Hotels Just Unleashed Four AI Tools at Once. The Franchisee Math Is What Matters.

Choice Hotels Just Unleashed Four AI Tools at Once. The Franchisee Math Is What Matters.

Patrick Pacious walked into Choice's 70th annual convention with record revenue numbers and a stack of AI-powered platforms nobody asked for yet. The real question isn't whether the technology works... it's whether 7,500 franchisees can absorb four new systems without the kind of operational whiplash that turns a good quarter into a terrible implementation year.