White Lodging
{{Short description|American hotel management company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = White Lodging Services
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Private
| key_people = Jean-Luc Barone (Chief Executive Officer)
| industry = Hospitality
| foundation = {{start date and age|1985}}
| founder = Bruce White
| location = Merrillville, Indiana, US
| homepage = whitelodging.com
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
White Lodging Services Corporation is a privately held American hotel management company. As of 2022, it manages about 50 hotels.{{cite web |last1=Pete |first1=Joseph S. |title=White Lodging exits suburban hotels, investing $750 million in new projects |url=https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/white-lodging-exits-suburban-hotels-investing-750-million-in-new-projects/article_fced00a8-6379-5441-9c3a-7f9fcc745e83.html |website=Northwest Indiana Times |access-date=November 26, 2022 |date=May 31, 2022}}{{cite web |title=We are White Lodging |url=https://www.whitelodging.com/about |website=WhiteLodging.com |access-date=November 26, 2022}}
White Lodging was founded in 1985 by Bruce W. White, who was the company's chairman.{{cite web |last1=Avila |first1=Larry |title=White Lodging shuffles executive leadership; names new CEO |url=https://nwindianabusiness.com/community/business-news-bits/white-lodging-shuffles-executive-leadership-names-new-ceo/ |website=Northwest Indiana Business Magazine |access-date=November 26, 2022 |date=January 10, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://www.whitelodging.com/leadership |website=WhiteLodging.com |access-date=November 26, 2022}} In January 2022, Jean-Luc Barone was named the company's CEO, replacing Ken Barrett who remains as president.{{cite web |last1=Pete |first1=Joseph S. |title=White Lodging names new CEO and COO |url= https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/white-lodging-names-new-ceo-and-coo/article_9e7689c4-439c-5efc-9435-514ec4e9d49e.html |website=Northwest Indiana Times |access-date=November 26, 2022 |date=January 8, 2022}} The company is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.
In 2014 and 2015, White Lodging was the subject of data security breaches at numerous locations that it manages.{{cite web|url=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/02/banks-card-thieves-hit-white-lodging-again/ |title=Banks: Card Thieves Hit White Lodging Again — Krebs on Security |website=Krebsonsecurity.com |date=February 3, 2015 |accessdate= September 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/01/hotel-franchise-firm-white-lodging-investigates-breach/ |title=Hotel Franchise Firm White Lodging Investigates Breach — Krebs on Security |website=Krebsonsecurity.com |date=January 31, 2014 |accessdate=April 2, 2017}}{{cite web |url= https://www.thestreet.com/story/13108819/1/yet-another-big-hotel-credit-card-breach--is-your-information-safe.html |title=Yet Another Big Hotel Credit Card Breach - Is Your Information Safe? |publisher=TheStreet |date= |accessdate=April 2, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Perlroth |first1=Nicole |title=Latest Sites of Breaches in Security Are Hotels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/technology/latest-sites-of-breaches-in-security-are-hotels.html?_r=0 |accessdate=2019-12-31 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204164409/http://nytimes.com/2014/02/01/technology/latest-sites-of-breaches-in-security-are-hotels.html |archivedate=2014-02-04 |url-status=unfit}} In December 2017, White Lodging announced that it would be selling 82 of its suburban hotel management contracts to Interstate Hotels & Resorts, cutting its hotel portfolio in half and resulting in the loss of more than 50 corporate office staff.{{cite news| last1= Pete|first1=Joseph S.|title=UPDATE: White Lodging selling off 82 hotel contracts as it goes on national building spree| url= http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/update-white-lodging-selling-off-hotel-contracts-as-it-goes/article_4e30a34c-c9a2-53e5-9802-5bbf49aa893d.html|accessdate=9 December 2017 |work=Northwest Indiana Times|date=6 December 2017}}