Howard Johnson Opens In Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, LA (Monday, December 27, 1999) - Howard Johnson International Inc. announced today the opening of the Howard Johnson Express Inn of Shreveport. Approximately 50 people attended the Inns recent grand opening on 2610 Claiborne Avenue.

We are proud to welcome General Manager Dilip Makens and his staff to the Howard Johnson family, and we are confident that customers will feel at home at this property, said Raj Trivedi, Vice President of Operations for Howard Johnson International Inc. We will provide Dilip with every necessity that makes the Howard Johnsonñ brand a household name.

The 44-unit facility, which is owned by Minoj Patel of Aum Inc., offers a pool and spa, breakfast buffet and guest laundry. The Express Inns Home Officesm rooms include a large, well-lit work desk with telephone and computer dataports.

We are very excited about our new amenities and hope they will make our guests stays even more comfortable, Makens said.

Howard Johnson International Inc. franchises nearly 500 Hotels and Inns worldwide, including properties in Argentina, Ecuador, Israel, Malta, Oman, UAE, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Venezuela and Colombia. The brand will be coming soon to Egypt, Jordan, and the UK. To make a reservation at any Howard Johnson loaction, call toll-free in the United States: 800-I-GO-HOJOñ (1-800-446-4656) or access the chains Internet web site: www.hojo.com. Howard Johnson International Inc. is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD)

Contact: Andrew Miller 973-496-8439 andrew.miller@cendant.com

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