Wyndham Hotel Group Appoints International Business Leaders

LONDON, Jun 01 (MARKET WIRE) --
Wyndham Hotel Group (NYSE: WYN), the world's largest hotel company with
approximately 7,000 hotels around the world, today announced the
appointments of hospitality industry leaders Ken Greene and Michael
Poynter to oversee the company's efforts outside of the Americas, further
exemplifying the Hotel Group's commitment to its portfolio in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC).

As of March 31st, 2009, the company had a combined total of nearly 500
hotels across both regions. In the past year, Wyndham Hotel Group opened
78 additional hotels, including 23 hotels in EMEA and 55 hotels in the
APAC region.

"Strategic global growth and operational excellence are top priorities for
Wyndham Hotel Group and therefore, we are committed to appointing the best
and most talented leaders who will continue to build our business and help
ensure that our stakeholders want to be with us and stay with us," said
Eric Danziger, Wyndham Hotel Group president and chief executive officer.
"The experience, dedication and passion that Ken and Michael bring to our
global operations are what our company and brands need to flourish."

Greene will serve as president and managing director for the APAC region
and will be based in Wyndham Hotel Group's Hong Kong office. Poynter will
be senior vice president and managing director for the EMEA region and
will be based in the company's London office.

Both will oversee the Wyndham Hotel Group's operations functions and
manage the communication, coordination and execution of cross-functional,
brand initiatives in their respective regions.

Greene previously served as group president for Wyndham Hotel Group,
responsible for the operations, development, and marketing of the
company's Ramada(R), Days Inn(R), Howard Johnson(R) and Travelodge(R)
brands. Prior to that, he served in key executive positions, including
president of the Days Inn, Howard Johnson and Travelodge brands and chief
financial officer. He joined the company's predecessor in 1993 as
director of franchise development for Coldwell Banker.

Poynter, who has over 25 years of hotel operations experience, previously
was chief operating officer for Elegant Hotels Group, a London-based hotel
operations company specializing in upscale and luxury Caribbean resorts.
He has served in various operations roles with Carlson Hotels Worldwide
and the former Wyndham International where he served as managing director
of the Wyndham Elbow Beach hotel in Bermuda and opened the Wyndham brand's
first offshore casino hotel in Puerto Rico.

Wyndham Hotel Group, one of three principal components of Wyndham
Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), encompasses approximately 7,000 hotels
and 588,500 rooms in 66 countries under the hotel brands: Wyndham Hotels
and Resorts(R), Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8(R), Wingate(R) by Wyndham,
Baymont Inn & Suites(R), Microtel Inn & Suites(R), Hawthorn Suites(R),
Howard Johnson, Travelodge and Knights Inn(R).

All hotels are independently owned and operated excluding certain Wyndham
and international Ramada hotels which are managed by our affiliate or
through a joint venture partner. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in
Parsippany, N.J. Additional information is available at
www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

CONTACT:

Christine Da Silva
Director, Media Relations
Wyndham Hotel Group
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054

+1 (973) 753-6590
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