UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2003

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(301) 592-5000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibit 99.1—Press Release issued by Choice Hotels International, Inc. dated April 22, 2003.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 22, 2003, Choice Hotels International, Inc. issued a press release announcing earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. A copy of the release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto are being furnished by Choice Hotels International, Inc. pursuant to Item 9 and Item 12 of Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.