Cedar Rapids Exel Inn rebranded, now a Howard Johnson

From Marketwire via CNN/Money:

FFC Capital Corporation of Pittsburgh has rebranded the 22 Exel Inn hotels it acquired this month in a joint venture with Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Wyndham Hotel Group's Days Inn®, Super 8®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Howard Johnson® and Travelodge® brands.Exel Inns of America, a Madison, Wis., firm that owned and managed the 22 hotels representing nearly 2,400 rooms in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin, was acquired Feb. 8 by a joint venture between FFC Capital, a privately held investment company, and Interstate Hotels & Resorts of Arlington, Va. An Interstate subsidiary, Crossroads Hospitality, now manages the hotels.  ...The following hotels joined the Wyndham Hotel Group system as part of the deal:-- 

Exel Inns of America, a Madison, Wis., firm that owned and managed the 22 hotels representing nearly 2,400 rooms in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin, was acquired Feb. 8 by a joint venture between FFC Capital, a privately held investment company, and Interstate Hotels & Resorts of Arlington, Va. An Interstate subsidiary, Crossroads Hospitality, now manages the hotels.  ...

The following hotels joined the Wyndham Hotel Group system as part of the deal:

--  [naviga:font color="#ff0000"]Howard Johnson Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 102 rooms[/naviga:font] ...

"Exel Inns is now part of the Wyndham Hotel family of brands"