Wait, the Intercontinental is related to Pan Am? Holiday Inn really came from a movie? Motel 6 was (briefly) $6 a night? Doubletree was just because the land surveyed had two trees on it? Jeff and Matt explore the naming origins of hotels big and small.
The more you know:
https://www.panam.org/about/606-across-the-pacific-film
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/holiday-inn-70th-anniversary/index.html