Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
REVENUES
Revenues	$ 323,258	$ 210,403	$ 784,328	$ 579,574
Total revenues	323,369	210,771	784,660	580,679
OPERATING EXPENSES
Selling, general and administrative	35,110	31,779	99,847	104,098
Depreciation and amortization	5,883	6,382	18,477	19,309
Marketing and reservation system	116,216	113,808	327,674	333,564
Owned hotels	7,054	3,812	16,534	12,822
Total operating expenses	164,263	155,781	462,532	469,793
Loss on impairment of assets	0	(4,290)	0	(5,516)
Operating income	159,106	50,700	322,128	105,370
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES, NET
Interest expense	11,638	12,691	35,106	37,153
Interest income	(1,202)	(1,744)	(3,717)	(6,277)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	15,958	0	16,565
Other (gains) losses	407	(2,030)	(2,906)	(858)
Equity in net (gain) loss of affiliates	(3,326)	1,731	1,492	7,172
Total other income and expenses, net	7,517	26,606	29,975	53,755
Income before income taxes	151,589	24,094	292,153	51,615
Income tax expense (benefit)	34,934	9,594	67,279	(15,907)
Net income	$ 116,655	$ 14,500	$ 224,874	$ 67,522
Basic earnings (losses) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.10	$ 0.26	$ 4.05	$ 1.22
Diluted earning (losses) per share (in dollars per share)	2.08	0.26	4.01	1.21
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.225	$ 0	$ 0.450	$ 0.225
Royalty fees
REVENUES
Revenues	$ 127,317	$ 79,666	$ 299,606	$ 200,157
Initial franchise and relicensing fees
REVENUES
Revenues	6,149	6,071	18,904	20,031
Procurement services
REVENUES
Revenues	13,010	10,115	36,293	34,609
Marketing and reservation system
REVENUES
Revenues	156,871	107,141	384,380	297,203
Owned hotels
REVENUES
Revenues	11,266	4,093	24,392	15,407
Owned hotels	11,377	4,201	24,724	15,731
Other
REVENUES
Revenues	8,645	3,317	20,753	12,167
Owned hotels	$ 8,645	$ 3,577	$ 20,753	$ 12,948