- 25 April, 2006 -

Motel 6, the largest corporately owned and operated hotel chain in North America, announces the launch of the Motel 6 "Family Fun Zone and Trip Planner," a special Motel 6 Web site feature designed to help families plan budget vacations to fun destinations across the country. As the lowest priced national motel chain, Motel 6 can provide budget lodging so families can spend their vacation money elsewhere. The Motel 6 Family Fun Zone offers listings that make planning your next family vacation simple by providing a list of over 200 Zoos, National Parks, Amusement Parks, and Outlet Malls that are conveniently located near Motel 6 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. It is simple to search by activity, city or state. Once a destination is chosen, Motel 6's Trip Planner makes it even easier by providing a list of the closest Motel 6 properties as well as a map and driving directions for your entire trip. The Family Fun Zone features all your favorite family destinations including Six Flags, Sea World, Busch Gardens, Disney, Paramount's King's Dominion, Smokey Mountain National Park, Prime Outlets, The San Diego Zoo and many more! Motel 6 invites children 17 and under to stay free in the same room with a parent, and you can bring your family pet along for the ride as Motel 6 is pet friendly. Make planning fun, family vacations easy by logging on to Motel6.com. For more information on the Motel 6 Family Fun Zone or to plan your next budget family get-away, please visit www.motel6.com. About Motel 6 Motel 6 offers a low price and great value at more than 850 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Standard amenities include free local phone calls with no long distance access charges, free morning coffee, phones with data ports, and an expanded cable channel line-up with premium channels including HBO, ESPN and ESPN2. All Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools and guest laundry facilities. For more information, visit www.motel6.com. About Accor North America Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, Accor North America operates more than 1,200 upscale and economy properties including nationwide economy leaders Red Roof Inn, Studio 6 and Motel 6 and the upscale Sofitel and mid-scale Novotel and Ibis hotel locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.accor-na.com. About Accor With 168,000 employees in 140 countries, Accor is the European leader and one of the world's largest groups in travel, tourism and corporate services, with two major international activities: - Hotels with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, Motel 6, Studio 6 and Red Rood Inn brands: over 4,000 hotels and 470,000 rooms in 92 countries, as well as other businesses (restaurants notably Len tre, casinos and travel agencies) ; - Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 19 million people in 35 countries use a broad range of services (food vouchers, people care and services, incentive, loyalty programs) engineered and managed by Accor Services. For more information, visit www.accor.com.

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