FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 22, 2014
CONTACT: Peter G. Mathon
P. R. Counsel for
Hospitality Lodging Systems
770-396-4555
BUDGETEL LODGING SIGNS LICENSING AGREEMENT
WITH HOSPITALITY LODGING SYSTEMS
A multi-year licensing agreement has been signed between Budgetel Lodging and Hospitality
Lodging Systems (HLS) which makes HLS the sole world-wide franchiser and management firm
for the Budgetel brand, effective November 1, 2014.
Budgetel Lodging is the Atlanta-based investor group that has owned the Budgetel brand name
since 2007. It granted licensing rights to America’s Best Franchising (ABF) in 2008.
Hospitality Lodging Systems is an Atlanta-based management firm that inherits a system of 19
properties that currently bear the Budgetel brand. The company’s chairman is Doug Collins,
who directed the Budgetel brand for the past six years in his previous role as chairman of
America’s Best Franchising.
“The Budgetel brand is a great name and a valuable accommodations option for franchisees as
well as the traveling public,” said Collins. “Hospitality Lodging Systems provides the logical
continuity in operations as well as the necessary foundation of experience that will allow us both
to serve existing franchisees and to attract additional owners.”
Collins will continue to serve as chairman and CEO of DC Hospitality, a nationwide hotel
brokerage firm that handles all brands, sizes, and styles of properties.
Serving as president of HLS is Neil Collins, who has almost 20 years of experience in all phases
of hotel operations, including sales, marketing, and marketing services while serving in senior
management positions with America’s Best Franchising and Cornerstone Hospitality.
“We’re energized about creating a new dimension of progress for Budgetel, while also pursuing
other appropriate brand opportunities,” added Doug Collins. “This orderly transition of
operations is a great start.”
The Budgetel brand, which was first introduced in 1974, will operate on a philosophy guided by
the “12 points of fair franchising.”
“Our owners will be real equity partners, with unprecedented control of their properties and
their profitability,” concluded Collins.
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