AmericInn by Wyndham is an American

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

franchise founded in 1979 in the suburban

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. The chain is a mid-priced, limited-service division of

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., is an American hospitality company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. It describes itself as the largest hotel franchising, franchisor in the world, with 9,100 locations. The company was formed on J ...

History

The AmericInn Franchise was founded by Jim Graves, and the first location opened in 1979 in

Rogers, Minnesota Rogers is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,295 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In 2012, the city annexed the surrounding Hassan Township, Hennepin Coun ...

. By 1990, there were more than 20 AmericInn properties located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 1994, AmericInn began franchising with the help of Wyman Nelson, an entrepreneur known for expanding the Perkins Restaurant and Bakery chain in the 1960s and 1970s. Expansion outside the

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

began in 2000. AmericInn has 240 motels, with more than 80 percent of its locations in the Upper Midwest.

bought the brand in July 2017.

Concept

Rooms are built with masonry block, sound deadening foam and heavy drywall between rooms, as well as concrete slabs, to minimize noise within rooms.

Properties

As of December 31, 2023, AmericInn by Wyndham consists of 218 locations with 12,866 rooms throughout the United States, with the majority located in the

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