SILVER SPRING, MD— Choice Hotels International has agreed to become the “official hotel partner” of Indianapolis, IN-based United States Diving. Under terms of the sponsorship, Choice will provide U.S. Diving members with discounted room rates and a central reservations number for booking rooms as needed. Slated to run through 2003, the pact specifies that a Choice-branded property will be tapped as the host hotel for U.S. Diving championship events. Choice properties will be promoted exclusively to all U.S. Diving event participants and attendees, a move that is expected to generate approximately 13,000 room-nights annually.