Motel 6

Motel 6 is sold to an Indian hotel company for $525 million

7:23pm September 23, 2024

The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

The hotel chain Motel 6 agreed on Thursday to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state claiming hotel guest information was improperly provided to immigration officials, according to Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

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Motel 6 To Pay $12 Million After Improperly Giving Guest Lists To ICE

10:37am April 05, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Washington state's attorney general said Motel 6 shared information about approximately 80,000 guests in the state and that guests faced questioning from ICE, detainment and deportation as a result.

A 2017 photo shows a Motel 6 in Phoenix. Local reporters discovered multiple Motel 6 locations were providing lists of guest names to immigration officials. That's prompted lawsuits accusing the company of discrimination against Latinos and privacy violat

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Motel 6 Agrees To Pay Millions After Giving Guest Lists To Immigration Authorities

4:00pm November 06, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The hotel chain has reached a tentative $7.6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Motel 6 employees in multiple locations provided guests' names to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

A Motel 6 motel in SeaTac, Wash. The company faces a new lawsuit accusing it of illegally disclosing the personal information of guests to immigration agents.

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Motel 6 Sued For Identifying Latino Guests For Immigration Agents

8:19pm January 23, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The hotel chain already has been sued by the state of Washington for giving guests' personal information to ICE agents without a warrant.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson addresses a news conference Wednesday in Seattle, announcing that his office is suing Motel 6.

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Motel 6 Gave Guest Information To Immigration Agents, Lawsuit Says

3:03pm January 04, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Motel 6 trained new employees to provide guest lists to agents when they asked, without requiring the agents to show a search warrant, Washington state's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit.