Choice Hotels controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Criticism over cage-free egg commitment
Choice Hotels committed in 2018 to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs by 2025. The referenced material says animal activists criticized the company in 2025 for failing to meet the commitment. No further independently verified details are provided in the supplied sources.
2020
Choice Hotels Named in Lawsuit Over Alleged Human Trafficking at Texas Properties
Lawsuit filed
In December, human trafficking victims filed three federal lawsuits against hotel brands linked to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide Holdings and Choice Hotels, alleging trafficking at Texas hotels and failures to prevent it. The claims are allegations; the article does not report a court determination.
Source excerpt
In each suit, plaintiffs named as Jane Does accuse the hotel brands of allowing them to be trafficked at hotels where staff members failed to prevent illicit activities against them after observing predatory behavior on the premises.
Human trafficking victims in Houston filed three federal lawsuits in December, claiming they were forced into prostitution inside South Texas hotels linked to the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, dba La Quinta Inn & Suites; Hilton Worldwide Holdings, dba Doubletree by Hilton; and Choice Hotels-Comfort Inn brands.