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Red Roof Inn is an economy hotel chain in the United States. Red Roof Inn properties are distinguished by the large dark-red shingle roof that gives them their name. Red Roof has 400 properties in the United States, primarily in the Midwest, Southern, and Eastern United States. Red Roof Inn is a pet-friendly hotel chain.〔("Pet Friendly Hotel & Motel Rooms, Pet Policy, Safety & Tips" ). Red Roof Inn website. Accessed November 7, 2007.〕 ==History== The Red Roof Inn chain began in Columbus, Ohio. The company was founded by Jim Trueman in 1972 with the intention to provide guests with a clean, comfortable room at an affordable price. The oldest hotel (Inn #3) still operating as a Red Roof Inn is located on East Cork Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was built in 1973 and last renovated in 2004. The original slogan was "Sleep Cheap". T-shirts were sold on property with this slogan, and they became popular. With the increase of prices due to inflation in 1987 and 1988, the prices of the chain, while still lower than most of its direct competitors like Budgetel (now Baymont) and Days Inn, were too high to be cheap. Thus, the slogan was changed to "Hit The Roof." In the late 1990s, actor Martin Mull starred in a series of television and radio advertisements for Red Roof Inn. Accor acquired Red Roof Inns in 1999 for $1.115 billion,〔Whitford, Marty (August 9, 1999). ("Red Roof purchase to propel Accor to No. 3 in guestrooms worldwide" ). ''Hotel & Motel Management''. Accessed May 27, 2014.〕 adding 324 properties and 37,208 rooms.〔(Accor 1999 half year results presentation )〕 In April 2007, Accor announced the sale of Red Roof Inns to Citigroup Global Special Situations Group and Westbridge Hospitality Fund LP for $1.3 billion.〔Stoessel, Eric (April 13, 2010). ("Foreclosures Reveal Red Roof Inn Distress" ). ''Lodging Hospitality''. Accessed May 27, 2014.〕 As part of the sale, some locations will be re-branded as part of Accor's flagship North American brand, Motel 6, and Accor will focus exclusively on the North American market after the sale is complete. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Roof Inn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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