According to the agreement, Sunburst will purchase Arlington's rights in certain contracts, leases and agreements, including the development agreement, royalty sharing agreement and some individual hotel franchise agreements. The purchase includes 10 wholly owned hotels, ownership interests in four hotel joint ventures and AmeriHost Inn properties, which are franchised by Cendant Corp. Currently, Sunburst Hospitality's hotel portfolio includes 30 hotels with approximately 4,500 rooms in 16 states.

Arlington Hospitality Inc. is a hotel development and management company that builds, operates and sells mid-market hotels. The company is the franchisee of AmeriHost Inn hotels, a mid-market, limited-service hotel brand owned and presently franchised in 20 states and Canada by Cendant Corp., with more than 100 properties. Currently, Arlington Hospitality, Inc. owns or manages 33 AmeriHost Inn hotels in nine states, for a total of 2,272 rooms, with additional AmeriHost Inn & Suites hotels under development.

Certain Arlington assets have been excluded from the agreement, including four wholly owned hotels, the company's corporate headquarters office building, and certain hotel joint venture ownership interests, all of which remain offered for sale.