Baymont Inn & Suites

[citation needed] A prototype hotel was designed in 1984 in the form of a long, linear three or four story boxlike building covered by precast concrete slabs.

Today, however, Baymont properties can have a variety of appearances, and some have been converted from other brands.

In November 2005, La Quinta was sold to affiliates of the Blackstone Group for approximately $3.4B.

[citation needed] Following that acquisition, Blackstone converted certain Baymont Inns to La Quinta and in March 2006, Blackstone sold the Baymont brand name to what was then the Cendant Hotel Group (since renamed Wyndham Hotels & Resorts).

[6] In January 2016, there were over 400 Baymont Inns and Suites open in the United States.