Hotel Pros Martin Armistead and Clyde Guinn Join Wyndham Hotel Group

PARSIPPANY, NJ– Lodging industry veteran Martin Armitstead (top right photo) has joined Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,000 hotels and 11 brands, as senior vice president of development for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Based in Wyndham Hotel Group’s London office, Armitstead is tasked with increasing the company’s EMEA portfolio through further expansion of its Wyndham®, Ramada®, Days Inn® and Super 8® brands through management contracts and franchise agreements.

Armitstead is an accomplished global executive with over three decades of experience and has executed development deals in more than 50 countries. He previously served as director and head of hospitality, EMEA, for DTZ Hospitality Group, a London-based real estate and investment banking firm.

Clyde Guinn Appointed President of Days Inn

PARSIPPANY, NJ – Thirty-five-year hospitality professional Clyde Guinn (bottom right photo) has joined Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,000 hotels and 11 brands, as president of the Days Inn® chain.

Guinn will be responsible for the growth and performance of the brand, which currently has a portfolio of more than 1,850 hotels and nearly 150,000 rooms around the world, and will work closely with the brand’s operations and property openings, design and development, franchise services, quality assurance, training, development and marketing teams.

He comes to the company after serving more than nine years as senior vice president of operations for Stanford Hotels Corporation, a San Francisco-based hotel company specializing in the development and management of full-service hotels spanning various brands.

Contact: Rob Myers, Communications, 973-753-6590, rob.myers@wyndhamworldwide.com