GM's aggressively styled Chevy Aveo RS concept argues that the days of the bare-bones econo-box are gone.

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Choice hasn't bought another chain since 1990, when its parent picked up both Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.

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Motel 6 or Econo Lodge, I believe those are your options.

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He frets over the "guest experience" at the hotels and motels that carry Choice's nine flags, which include Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Econo Lodge and Sleep Inn.

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The econo-world has been abuzz about Germany because the country has done a remarkable job outperforming its first world peers as it emerges from the Great Recession.

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When econo-wonks process those stats, they try to claim the success story as a victory for their preferred models, while constructing any downsides as failures of the other side.

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At the Econo Lodge in WaKeeney, Kan.

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Bjorn Hanson, dean of New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, says it may be in part because the U.S. has a greater number of budget hotels, from Comfort Inn to Econo Lodge.

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And no matter how good its cars are, given that General Motors of the U.S. by itself sells over 400, 000 vehicles each month, the Malay-sian company does not have the econo-mies of scale to compete in a global market where the giants keep getting bigger.

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