DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,858

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CORP.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PROPERTY SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 28, 2013 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Choice Hotels International Services Corp., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Choice Hotels International, Inc.,
Property Support department, Phoenix, Arizona. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of call
center help desk support services to hotel franchisees for
technical support on Choice Hotels systems.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Choice
Hotels International Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Choice Hotels International, Inc., Property Support
department, Phoenix, Arizona.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Choice Hotels
International Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Choice Hotels International, Inc., Property Support
department, Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of call center help desk support services
to hotel franchisees for technical support on Choice Hotels
systems meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:












"All workers of Choice Hotels International Services
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Choice Hotels
International, Inc., Property Support department,
Phoenix, Arizona, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 27, 2012 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of July, 2013.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance