Motel 6

Motel 6 is an American chain of budget motels owned by The Blackstone Group with locations in the United States and Canada. 
==History==
Motel 6 was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1962, by William Becker and Paul Greene. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Motel-6-Company-History.html The partners developed a plan to build motels with rooms at low cost rates. They decided on a $6 room rate per night, which would cover building costs, land leases, and janitorial supplies, therefore the company name "Motel 6". http://www.motel6.com/about/corpprofile.aspx
Becker and Greene had specialized in building low-cost housing developments, and they wanted to provide an alternative to other major hotel chains, whose locations were becoming increasingly upscale in quality and price in the 1960s, after starting out with a budget-oriented concept. Becker and Greene spent two years formulating their business model and searched for ways to cut costs as much as possible. During the chain's early years, Motel 6 emphasized itself as a "no-frills" lodging chain with rooms featuring coin-operated black-and-white television receivers instead of the free color televisions found in the more expensive motels, along with functional interior decor, to reduce the time it took to clean the rooms. The first location in Santa Barbara had no restaurant on-site. https://www.amazon.com/Motel-America-Road-American-Culture/dp/0801853834
In the early 1970's, Motel 6 opened its largest location, Motel 6 Tropicana, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additionally, the chain moved east and opened a location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1972. By 1980, Motel 6 had reached 300 locations. It was sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1985, who moved the chain away from its "no frills" approach and began including amenities such as telephones and color television. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/11/business/kohlberg-will-buy-motel-6.html
Market share declined throughout the 1980's, in part because of increased competition from other budget hotels. During this time, it bought out the Sixpence Inn chain in the western U.S., and Envoy Inn in the Midwestern United States and Pennsylvania. Regal 8 Motels were acquired in 1991. In 1990, the company was bought by the French-based Accor. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KrhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=1723,1096071&dq=envoy-inns&hl=en
The company was sold by Accor to The Blackstone Group in 2012 for $1.9 billion. https://group.accor.com/api/accorhotels/PressRelease/GetFile/?id={69725D78-4BD8-4BEE-9A7B-F42E7B3F4F7D} Blackstone announced that Motel 6 would be operated on a stand-alone basis. https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/sale-of-motel-6-for-1-9-billion-dollars/
In September 2017, immigration attorneys accused Motel 6 desk clerks at two locations in the area of Phoenix, Arizona, of notifying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when guests checked in with identification from Mexico. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/motel-6-calling-ice-undocumented-guests-phoenix-immigration-lawyers-9683244 The attorneys said court records showed that federal immigration agents arrested at least 20 people at the Motel 6 locations over the course of seven months in 2017. Motel 6 said the practice was "implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management" and every location had been given a directive that they were "prohibited from voluntarily providing daily guest lists to ICE." Motel 6 was sued for discrimination and privacy violations in connection with the case and on November 2, 2018, agreed to settle with the plaintiffs for $7.6 million. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-blackstone-group-motel6-immigration-s-idUSKCN1NB23Q
Additionally, Washington state filed a lawsuit in January 2018, against Motel 6 for giving the names of thousands of other motel guests to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-state-ag-sues-motel-6-over-giving-ice-info-on-9000-guests/ In April 2019, Motel 6 agreed to pay $12 million to settle the lawsuit. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/07/us/motel-6-immigration-customs-enforcement-settlement/index.html
==Channel==
The Motel 6 channel was created on July 15, 2006. Their first video was uploaded on August 23, 2022. Their first video is titled "Bring Back The Trucker Horn Salute." 
==References==
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