Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels
Franchise Overview
Red Lion Inn & Suites operates hotel franchises across midscale and economy segments, offering both full-service and limited-service properties under a family of related brands. The model supports conversions of existing hotels and new builds, targeting major metropolitan areas and surrounding tertiary markets.
Just the Facts
For most complete information, see Franchise Disclosure Documents
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDDs and Analysis Reports
These Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDDs, as filed, contain 23 sections of federally mandated disclosures such as franchisee obligations, franchisor litigation, and financial performance. FDD's are typically 100+ pages long and are critical to evaluate when researching a franchise. Multi-year analysis reports track how these disclosures change across consecutive FDD filings.
Available Documents
Instant download after purchaseMulti-Year Analysis Packages
Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels 3-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2023–FY2025)
Analysis report (24 pages) • 2 year-over-year transitions • 3 source FDDs (2024–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 3 source FDD PDFs, 4 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels 2-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2024–FY2025)
Analysis report (23 pages) • 1 year-over-year transition • 2 source FDDs (2025–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 2 source FDD PDFs, 3 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Individual FDD Filings
Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2026
March 2026
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2025
March 2025
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2024
March 2024
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2022
March 2022
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2021
March 2021
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2020
March 2020
Red Lion Inn & Suites / Red Lion Hotels FDD 2018
April 2018
FDDs are reproduced as filed and are current only as of their filing dates. The FDD Document Processing Fee covers acquisition, storage, organization, and digital delivery of an individually purchased FDD.
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