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Super 8 Motels Inc. is the world's largest budget Hotel Chain , with Motel s in the United States and Canada , and a few outside of North America.


HISTORY

It was founded in 1972 by Dennis Brown as a motel referral system, which was soon dissolved and replaced with a Franchise operation in 1973 . The first Super 8 Motel was opened in 1974 in Aberdeen, South Dakota . It had 60 rooms.

Super 8 has a frequent traveler program, the V.I.P club, introduced in 1976 , and has over 7.6 million members. It was purchased by Hospitality Franchise Systems in 1993 , which later became Cendant .

The V.I.P. program was dissolved in December, 2003 and replaced with a new TripRewards Program.


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