Budget Host
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A Budget Host Inn located in Winchester, Ohio | |
Industry | Lodging |
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Founded | Fort Worth, Texas, 1975 |
Founder | Ray Sawyer, Ed Semmler |
Number of locations | 180+ |
Area served | United States |
Services | Lodging |
Budget Host is an American lodging chain. It was founded in 1975 in Fort Worth, Texas by Ray Sawyer and Ed Semmler.[1]
Unlike most motel chains, it uses a referral system, thus allowing independent motel operators to use the name.[2]
Sawyer died in 2007.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Ed Semmler Dies". Motel/Motor Inn Journal. 42 (1-3): 11.
- ↑ Jakle, John A.; Sculle, Keith A.; Rogers, Jefferson S. (1996). The Motel in America. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 213–215. ISBN 0-8018-5383-4.
- ↑ "Remembering Ray Sawyer.". Lodging Hospitality. 1 April 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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