Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BAINUM BRUCE
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE [CHH] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
10770 COLUMBIA PIKE, SUITE 100		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2005
(Street)

SILVER SPRING, MD 20901		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock               65,407 I See Footnote (2)
Common Stock               59,445 I See Footnote (3)
Common Stock               40,712 I See Footnote (6)
Common Stock               700,185 I See Footnote (7)
Common Stock               700,214 I See Footnote (10)
Common Stock 02/15/2005 02/15/2005 D   11,000 D $ 0 71,562 I See Footnote (4) (14)
Common Stock               43,065 I See Footnote (9)
Common Stock               153,100 I See Footnote (8)
Common Stock               66,666 I See Footnote (11)
Common Stock               10,751 I See Footnote (12)
Common Stock 02/15/2005 02/15/2005 A   10,900 A $ 0 1,585,293 I See Footnote (5) (15)
Common Stock 03/09/2005 03/09/2005 S   100,000 D $ 60.335 2,042,751 I See Footnote (1) (13)
Common Stock 02/15/2005 02/15/2005 A   11,000 D $ 0 2,053,751 I See Footnote (1) (14)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BAINUM BRUCE
10770 COLUMBIA PIKE
SUITE 100
SILVER SPRING, MD 20901		     X    

Signatures

 Christine A. Shreve, Attorney-in-fact   03/10/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares owned by the Bruce Bainum Declaration of Trust ("the Trust"), the sole trustee and beneficiary of which is Mr. Bainum.
(2) The proportionate interest in shares (600,000) owned by Mid Pines Associates, L.P. ("Mid Pines") by the Trust, the sole trustee of which is Mr. Bainum.
(3) The proportionate interest of the Bruce Bainum Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated September 5, 1996, ("GRAT") the sole trustee of which is Mr. Bainum, in shares (600,000) owned by Mid Pines.
(4) Shares owned by the GRAT, the sole trustee and beneficiary of which is Mr. Bainum.
(5) Shares owned by the Roberta Bainum Irrevocable Trust. Mr. Bainum is trustee and his sister is the beneficiary. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(6) The proportionate interest of the Roberta Bainum Irrevocable Trust in shares (600,000) owned by Mid Pines. Mr. Bainum is trustee and his sister is the beneficiary. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(7) The proportionate interest of the Trust in shares (3,567,869) owned by Realty Investment Co. Inc., a real estate investment and management company in which Mr. Bainum is a noncontrolling shareholder.
(8) The proportionate interest in shares owned by Realty Investment Company, Inc. (3,567,869) of (a) shares owned in trust for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's minor child (43,110), (b) shares owned in trust for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's adult children in which Mr. Bainum is the trustee (102,067) and (c) shares owned directly by Mr. Bainum's minor child (7,923).
(9) The proportionate interest in shares owned by Mid Pines (600,000) of (a) shares owned in trust for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's minor child (5,980), AND (b) shares owned in trust for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's adult children for which Mr. Bainum is the trustee (37,085).
(10) The proportionate interest of the Roberta Bainum Irrevocable Trust in shares (3,567,869) owned by Realty Investment Co. Inc. Mr. Bainum is trustee and his sister is the beneficiary. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(11) Shares owned by trusts for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's adult sons. Mr. Bainum is the sole trustee and his sons are the beneficaries. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
(12) Shares owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Bainum's minor child.
(13) The Trust sold shares to the Issuer.
(14) The GRAT transfered shares to the Trust.
(15) The Roberta Bainum Irrevocable Trust acquired additional shares as a distribution from the Roberta Bainum GRAT.

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