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New Choice Hotels CEO Is Starting Earlier Than He Thought

Deanna Ting
Photo © Tony Powell. Choice Hotels Executives Portraits. September 19, 2016

Photo Credit: Pat Pacious will become the new CEO of Choice Hotels on September 12.  Choice Hotels International / Tony Powell

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Well, that happened quickly. But given the fact that Pacious has been with Choice for more than a decade and was already planning on becoming CEO by year’s end, the timing of this doesn’t seem like it’ll be a big deal for the company.

Last month, Choice Hotels announced that current Chief Operating Officer and President Pat Pacious would be assuming the CEO role at the beginning of 2018, but now that date has been moved up to September 12. That's because current Choice Hotels CEO Steve Joyce will be leaving the Rockville, Maryland hotel company to become the CEO of DineEquity, Inc., the company behind restaurant brands Applebee's and IHOP. His new role begins on Sept. 12. DineEquity, based in in Glendale, Californ

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