Wyndham Hotel Group to Add 16 Hotels in India and Indonesia; To Debut the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Brand in India / October 2012

HONG KONG (October 11, 2012) – Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with over 7,170 hotels and a part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today signed deals for 16 hotels throughout India and Indonesia and announced the launch of the extended stay Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham® brand in India.

Asia-Pacific (APAC) is now the second largest region for Wyndham Hotel Group, with over 540 hotels currently open and operating. From June 2005 to June 2012, Wyndham Hotel Group’s portfolio in the region grew rapidly from 57 hotels to 541 hotels. The region has seen more than 110 properties open over the past 12 months and the Company plans to continue its aggressive APAC expansion.

Of the 16 hotels announced today, 12 will be opened in India under the Days Inn®, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, Howard Johnson® and Ramada® brands and four will be opened in Indonesia under the Howard Johnson and Ramada brands.

The hotels due to open in India are the following:

Days Jodhpur Chopasni
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Amritsar GT Road
Howard Johnson Bhubaneshwar Bomikhal
Howard Johnson Hyderabad Banjara Hills
Howard Johnson Tirupati Settipalli
Howard Johnson Lucknow Gomti Nagar
Howard Johnson Mumbai Andheri
Howard Johnson Shirdi Nimgaon
Ramada Jamshedpur Bistupur
Ramada Encore Kolkata New Town
Ramada Trivandrum Palayam
Ramada Chennai Egmore

The newly opened 120-room Ramada Resort Udaipur will add to Wyndham Hotel Group’s expanding portfolio of more than 40 hotels currently in operation or under development in India.

These properties will add to Wyndham Hotel Group’s 16 hotels already in operation and the 15 properties currently under development in the country. In addition to these 12 deals, a new Ramada resort in Udaipur opened recently with its first 72 rooms. The additional 48 rooms are to be completed by December 2014.

In Indonesia, Wyndham Hotel Group will add the following hotels:

Howard Johnson Bali Benoa
Howard Johnson Surabaya East
Howard Johnson Makassar Central
Ramada Bali Lake Buyan

These properties will join the Hotel Group’s three existing hotels in Indonesia.

Deals were struck in India with Unique Mercantile India Private Limited to open the six Howard Johnson hotels, the same group with which Wyndham Hotel Group signed a non-exclusive development agreement earlier this year to launch the Howard Johnson brand in India; with DJB Infrastructures & Developers India Private Limited to bring the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brand to the country; with Hotel Holidyas Deesert to open the Days Inn property; and with Mr. Sanjiv Kapila, Ansari Estate Private Limited, Fancy Leisure Private Limited; and Muralya Hotels and Resorts Private Limited to open the four Ramada hotels.

The new 275-room Howard Johnson Surabaya East will add to Wyndham Hotel Group’s portfolio in Indonesia.

In Indonesia, Wyndham Hotel Group signed agreements with PT Benoa Citra Abadi and PT Tiara Abadi Nirmala for the new Howard Johnson properties and PT Buyan Nadi to open the Ramada Bali Lake Buyan.

The Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brand is a chain of extended stay hotels that feature spacious studio, one- and two-bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens, high-speed wireless Internet access, guest laundry, on-site business services, free hot breakfast buffet daily and evening social hours. Guests can save more when they stay longer with extended stay rates.

About Wyndham Hotel Group
Wyndham Hotel Group is the world's largest hotel company with over 7,170 hotels and approximately 608,300 rooms in 66 countries under the hotel brands: Wyndham® Hotels and Resorts, Ramada®, Days Inn®, Super 8®, Wingate by Wyndham®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Microtel Inn & Suites® by Wyndham, Hawthorn Suites® by Wyndham, TRYP by Wyndham(SM), Howard Johnson®, Travelodge® and Knights Inn®. In addition, the company has license agreements to franchise the Planet Hollywood Hotels, Dream® and Night® brands and provide management services globally.

All hotels are independently owned and operated excluding certain Wyndham, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham and TRYP by Wyndham hotels, as well as certain international Ramada, Days Inn and Super 8 hotels, which may be managed by one of the affiliates of Wyndham Hotel Group. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in Parsippany, N.J. Additional information is available at www.wyndhamworldwide.com. For more information about hotel franchising opportunities visit www.whgdevelopment.com.

Also See:	Wyndham Hotel Group Expands in China, Signing Management Agreements to Add Four Hotels in Sanya, Huangshan, Hangzhou and Xuzhou to Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Brand / September 2012
	Wyndham Hotel Group Opens the 130-room Ramada Encore Hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico, its 100th Property in Latin America / September 2012
	Wyndham Vacation Ownership Acquires Shell Vacations LLC; Assumes Management Operations of 19 Resorts in North America / September 2012
	Wyndham Orlando Resort in Florida Launches Multi-million Dollar Renovation and Expansion; Owner, I Shops, Initiated Plan as Part of International Drive Revitalization / August 2012
	Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Opens the 117-room Inn at USC Wyndham Garden Columbia on the Campus of the University of South Carolina / August 2012
	Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Opens the 152-room Wyndham Garden Fallsview Niagara Falls in Ontario Owned by Canop Investments / June 2012
	Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Adds Ramada Resort Phillip Island to its Portfolio of South Pacific Resorts; A Rebranding of the Former All Seasons Phillip Island Resort / June 2012
	Wyndham Hotel Group Enters Agreement with Hoteles Costa del Sol to Franchise Three New Ramada Hotels in Peru / May 2012
	Kevin Kobishop Named Vice President of Operations for Wyndham Brand / May 2012
	Wyndham, Through the Use of Technology, Rolling out Initiatives to Help Hoteliers Reap Revenue / April 2012
	Wyndham Hotel Group to Expand in India; Developing a 120-room Ramada Resort and Launching Howard Johnson Brand with 3,000 Rooms in 35 Properties by 2017 / January 2012
	Wyndham Hotel Group Continues China Expansion with Signing of Franchise Agreements for Five New Properties Under the Ramada Brand / October 2011
	Wyndham Hotel Group Expands in India with Three New Properties; the 154-room Wyndham Grand® in Agra, and Two New-Build Ramada Properties in Alleppey and Ghaziabad / October 2011
	Wyndham Hotel Group Enters New Zealand with the 34-suite Ramada Suites Paihia and the 152-room Ramada Suites Nautilus Orewa, Both Owned by Marsden Asset Management Ltd. / July 2011
	Wyndham Worldwide Measures Investment in Sustainability Programs with Release of Two Reports Reviewing its Global Reporting Initiative and its Carbon Disclosure Project / July 2011