Last week’s trivia answer

Founded in 1946 and based in Phoenix, I’m the world’s largest hotel chain, with around 4,000 hotels offering more than 300,000 rooms worldwide to roughly 400,000 guests nightly. Not a publicly traded company, I’m a nonprofit association of independently owned and operated for-profit hotels. All my locations offer free high-speed Internet access, free local phone calls and more. My international division features hotels that were formerly castles built by Napoleon or hotels consisting of homes for rent. My founder was among the first to advertise hotels directly to the public. I’ve long worn a crown. Who am I? 

( Answer: Best Western )

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