worldwide industry lodging founded 1974 founder cardinal industries inc. headquarters parsippany new jersey u.s. number of locations 200 area served united states canada parent wyndham worldwide website www.knightsinn.com knights inn officially knights franchise systems inc. is a hotel chain owned by wyndham worldwide and based in parsippany new jersey . knights inns used to be one story units with all exterior corridors and medieval inspired architecture but the chain no longer applies those features to new properties . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit a knights inn location knights inn started in columbus ohio when its first location opened in 1974 . the columbus based cardinal industries inc. former manufacturer of prefabricated buildings such as apartments and motels developed the chain . 1 the chain utilized extensive landscaping and tudor architecture and all properties featured only one story . 2 the buildings were also prefabricated and were shipped on trucks to their sites . knights inn introduced arborgate inn a no frills brand featuring fewer amenities and more modern architecture 3 along with a higher end variant called knights stop . 2 knights inn filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989 one year after the introduction of arborgate inn . 2 hospitality management systems hms acquired the knights inn franchise and management contract rights from cardinal industries in 1991 . at this point many properties had begun re branding to other companies most notably motel 6 travelodge and days inn ; conversely hms began acquiring buildings from other chains and re branding them to knights inn thus abandoning the chain s architecture standards . hms successfully sued the owners of properties re branded from knights inn and forced them to alter the appearances of their buildings . 2 cendant purchased knights inn in 1995 . at this same time the sister brands were discontinued . in 2004 cendant merged the villager inn brand which it had previously acquired into the knights inn division . 4 cendant spun off its hotel properties as wyndham worldwide in 2006 . in november 2007 there were 225 properties open in the united states and canada . see also edit list of hotels list of motels references edit nelton sharon . home sweet modular home manufacturer austin guirlinger . nation s business . april 1988 . a b c d jakle john a. ; sculle keith a. ; rogers jefferson s. 1996 . the motel in america . johns hopkins university press . pp. 208 210 . isbn 0 8018 5383 4 . snyder jack 28 march 1988 . the first arborgate inn in florida is ... . the orlando sentinel . retrieved 19 august 2013 . cendant corp. s hotel group is merging its villager and knights inn systems unifying both chains under the knights inn brand . find articles.com . 19 july 2004 . retrieved 11 may 2011 . external links edit official website v t e wyndham worldwide wyndham hotel group baymont inn & suites days inn hawthorn suites howard johnson s 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