Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
REVENUES
Revenues	$ 182,832	$ 217,806
Total revenues	182,947	218,175
OPERATING EXPENSES
Selling, general and administrative	30,267	28,383
Depreciation and amortization	6,362	6,529
Marketing and reservation system	98,173	130,447
Owned hotels	4,147	6,034
Total operating expenses	138,949	171,393
Operating income	43,998	46,782
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES, NET
Interest expense	11,777	11,380
Interest income	(1,281)	(2,288)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	607
Other (gain) loss	(1,205)	4,729
Equity in net loss of affiliates	5,997	1,955
Total other income and expenses, net	15,288	16,383
Income before income taxes	28,710	30,399
Income tax expense (benefit)	6,373	(25,064)
Net income	$ 22,337	$ 55,463
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 1.00
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	0.40	0.99
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0.225
Royalty fees
REVENUES
Revenues	$ 66,047	$ 70,339
Initial franchise and relicensing fees
REVENUES
Revenues	5,427	7,284
Procurement services
REVENUES
Revenues	11,191	13,797
Marketing and reservation system
REVENUES
Revenues	91,521	110,385
Owned hotels
REVENUES
Revenues	4,239	9,314
Total revenues	4,354	9,422
Other
REVENUES
Revenues	4,407	6,687
Total revenues	$ 4,407	$ 6,948