AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 19, 1996.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-2214
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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WYNDHAM HOTEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE 7011 75-263-6072
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
organization)
2001 BRYAN STREET, SUITE 2300
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
(214) 863-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

JAMES D. CARREKER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WYNDHAM HOTEL CORPORATION
2001 BRYAN STREET, SUITE 2300
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
(214) 863-1000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies to:

M. CHARLES JENNINGS RICHARD D. TRUESDELL, JR.
LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
(A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION) 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 2200 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Wyndham Hotel Corporation (the "Company") hereby amends this Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-2214) for the purpose of filing the exhibits
set forth in the Index to Exhibits contained herein.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Dallas,
State of Texas, on the 19th day of June, 1996.

WYNDHAM HOTEL CORPORATION

By: /s/ JAMES D. CARREKER*

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Name: James D. Carreker
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their
indicated capacities on June 19, 1996.

NAME TITLE
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/s/ JAMES D. CARREKER* President, Chief Executive Officer and
- --------------------------------------------- Director
James D. Carreker (principal executive officer)
/s/ ANNE L. RAYMOND* Chief Financial Officer,
- --------------------------------------------- Executive Vice President and Director
Anne L. Raymond (principal financial officer)
/s/ JOHN P. KLUMPH* Vice President -- Corporate Controller
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John P. Klumph
/s/ HARLAN R. CROW* Director
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Harlan R. Crow
/s/ SUSAN T. GROENTEMAN* Director
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Susan T. Groenteman
/s/ ROBERT A. WHITMAN* Director
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Robert A. Whitman
/s/ DANIEL A. DECKER* Director
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Daniel A. Decker
/s/ LESLIE V. BENTLEY* Executive Vice President and Wyndham Garden
- --------------------------------------------- Division President
Leslie V. Bentley
/s/ ERIC A. DANZIGER* Executive Vice President and Wyndham Hotels
- --------------------------------------------- and Resorts Division President
Eric A. Danziger
/s/ STANLEY M. KOONCE, JR.* Executive Vice President -- Marketing,
- --------------------------------------------- Planning and Technical Services
Stanley M. Koonce, Jr.
*By: /s/ CARLA S. MORELAND
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Carla S. Moreland
Attorney-in-Fact

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

+1.1(a) -- Underwriting Agreement (U.S. Version).
+1.1(b) -- Underwriting Agreement (International Version).
+2.1 -- Formation Agreement dated as of March 10, 1996 among the Company and
the parties identified on the signature page thereof.
+2.2 -- Transfer Agreement among Wyndham Hotel Corporation, Bank of Nova
Scotia, Bank of Nova Scotia (Jamaica) and Caribbean Hotel Management
Company.
+3.1 -- Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
+3.2 -- Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
+4.1 -- Form of specimen certificate for the Common Stock.
+4.2 -- Relevant portions of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (Reference is hereby made to Exhibit 3.1).
+5.1 -- Opinion of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation).
+10.1(a) -- Management Agreement dated as of May 10, 1995, by and between Anatole
Hotel Investors, L.P. and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd.
+10.1(b) -- Form of Management Agreement dated as of September 27, 1994 by and
between Bedrock Annapolis Investment Partners Level I, L.P. and
Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd. (together with attachment).
+10.1(c) -- Management Agreement dated as of March 10, 1988, by and between
Franklin Plaza Associates and Wyndham Hotel Company, as amended by
First Amendment dated November 17, 1993.
+10.1(d) -- Service Agreement dated as of November 17, 1993, by and between
Franklin Plaza Realty Limited Partnership and Wyndham Hotel Company
Ltd.
+10.1(e) -- Management Agreement dated as of December 1, 1984, by and between
Houston Greenspoint Hotel Associates and Wyndham Hotel Company.
+10.1(f) -- Management Agreement dated as of December 4, 1991, by and between
Itasca Hotel Company and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd., as amended by
Amendment dated March 19, 1996.
+10.1(g) -- Management Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 by and between
Waterfront Hotel Associates, S.E. and Old San Juan Management, Ltd.
S.E.
+10.1(h) -- Management Agreement dated as of May 26, 1995 by and between
Convention Center Boulevard Hotel, Limited and Wyndham Hotel Company
Ltd.
+10.1(i) -- Management Agreement dated as of August 25, 1993 by and between
Playhouse Square Hotel Limited Partnership and Wyndham Hotel Company
Ltd.
+10.1(j) -- Management Agreement dated as of March 1, 1986 by and between CLC
Partnership and Wyndham Hotel Company, as amended by First Amendment
dated June 30, 1988.
+10.1(k) -- Management Agreement dated as of December 22, 1987 and Badger XVI
Limited Partnership, Crow Division Partners and Wyndham Hotel
Company, as amended by First Amendment dated February 26, 1988.
+10.1(l) -- Management Agreement dated as of November 20, 1987 by and between
Hotel and Convention Center Partners I, Ltd. and Wyndham Hotel
Corporation II, Inc., as amended by Amendment dated November 1, 1993.
10.1(m) -- [Intentionally Omitted]
+10.2 -- Investment Agreement dated as of May 2, 1994, among The Hampstead
Group, Inc., Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd., The Partners in Wyndham
Hotel Company Ltd., and Crow Family Partnership, L.P., as amended.
+10.3(a) -- Agreement to Lease by and between Hospitality Properties Trust and
Garden Hotel Associates II Limited Partnership dated as of April 1,
1996.

+10.3(b) -- Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 1988, by and between Lincoln
Island Associates No. 1, Limited and WH Limited Partnership.
+10.3(c) -- Lease Agreement dated December 19, 1989 by and between Rose Hall
Hotel Limited and Rose Hall Associates Limited Partnership.
+10.3(d) -- Sublease Agreement dated as of November 17, 1989, by and between
Copley-Commerce-Telegraph #1 Associates, as assignee of
Crow-Staley-Commerce #1 Limited Partnership and Commerce Hotel
Partners Ltd.
+10.3(e) -- Ground Lease dated as of March 26, 1987, by and between Fred C.
Boysen, Dorthey Boysen, Ted Boysen and Rose Boysen and Garden Hotel
Associates Limited Partnership, as assignee of Ramada Hotel Operating
Company as amended by First Amendment dated as of May 7, 1990.
+10.3(f) -- Lease Agreement dated as of November 26, 1990, between Tower 2001
Limited Partnership and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd, as amended by
Letter Agreement dated March 9, 1994 and Letter Agreement dated March
22, 1995, and as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 30,
1995.
+10.3(g) -- Lease Agreement dated as of January 1992, by and between 475 Park
Avenue South Co., and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd., as amended by
Amendment of Lease dated January 30, 1995.
+10.3(h) -- Sublease dated as of May 31, 1995, between Banc One Mortgage
Corporation and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
+10.3(i) -- Lease Agreement dated as of May 16, 1994, by and between Wirtz Realty
Corporation, as agent for 333 Building Corporation and Wyndham Hotel
Company Ltd.
+10.3(j) -- Lease Agreement dated as of May 18, 1994 by and between Columbia
Executive Offices, Inc. and The Inn at Semiahmoo a Wyndham Resort.
10.4 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
10.5 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
+10.5(a) -- Form of Asset Management Agreement to be entered into between the
Company and various Crow Family Real Estate Entities.
10.6 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
+10.6(a) -- Form of Service Agreement to be entered into between the Company and
each of ISIS 2000, Wynright Insurance and various affiliated
entities.
10.7 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
10.8 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
10.9 -- [Intentionally Omitted]
+10.10 -- Form of Indenture relating to the % Senior Subordinated Notes due
2006.
+10.11 -- Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 1995 among Wyndham Hotel
Company, Ltd., Certain Financial Institutions and General Electric
Investment Corporation.
+10.12 -- Exchange Agreement dated as of March 10, 1996, among Wyndham Hotel
Company, Ltd., Wyndham Hotel Corporation, Wynopt Investment
Partnership Level II, L.P., Wynopt Investment Partnership, L.P. and
The Hampstead Group L.L.C. and joined in by Bedrock Hotel Partners,
L.L.C.
+10.13 -- Form of Stockholders' Agreement among Wyndham Hotel Corporation and
the Stockholders listed on the signature pages thereof.
+10.14 -- Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Wyndham Hotel
Corporation, and the parties identified on the signature pages
thereof.
+10.15 -- Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between Wyndham Hotel
Corporation and its directors.
+10.16(a) -- 6% Promissory Note made by James D. Carreker.
+10.16(b) -- 6% Promissory Note made by Leslie V. Bentley.

+10.16(c) -- 6% Promissory Note made by Eric A. Danziger.
+10.16(d) -- 6% Promissory Note made by Anne L. Raymond.
+10.16(e) -- 6% Promissory Note made by Stanley M. Koonce, Jr.
+10.16(f) -- 6% Promissory Note made by Wyndham Employees Ltd.
+10.17 -- Form of Waiver and Contribution Agreement.
+10.18(a) -- Form of Capital Contribution Notes dated as of December 22, 1995 by
and between WHC-LG Hotel Partners L.P. and the Company.
+10.18(b) -- Form of Capital Contribution Notes dated as of October 2, 1995 by and
between Pleasanton Hotel Partners, L.P. and the Company.
+10.18(c) -- Form of Capital Contribution Notes dated as of May 26, 1995 by and
between New Orleans Hotel I, L.P. and the Company.
+10.19(a) -- Wyndham Employees Savings & Retirement Plan.
+10.19(b) -- Wyndham Hotel Corporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Plan, as revised.
+10.19(c) -- Non-Employee Directors' Retainer Stock Plan, as revised.
+10.20 -- Agreement and Conveyance dated as of December 31, 1988 by and between
Caribbean Hotel Management Company and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd.
+10.21 -- Option Agreement dated as of May 2, 1994 between Ross Investment
Partners 2, L.P. and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd., and The Partners in
Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd.
+10.22 -- Operating Deficit Guaranty and Reserves Agreement dated as of August
25, 1993 by and among Playhouse Square Hotel Limited Partnership,
Society National Bank and the Lenders.
+10.23 -- Letter Agreement dated as of May 9, 1996 by and between WHC LAX
Associates, L.P. and the Company.
+10.24 -- Letter Agreement dated as of April 29, 1996 by and between Certain
Financial Institutions, General Electric Investment Corporation and
the Company.
+10.25 -- Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 29, 1996 between the
Company and General Electric Investment Corporation.
+10.26 -- Form of Promissory Note dated April 15, 1995 between the Company and
WFLP.
+10.27 -- Letter of Intent from Patriot American Hospitality, Inc., dated April
10, 1996.
+10.28 -- Form of Computerized Reservation Service Agreement between ISIS 2000
and the Company.
+10.29 -- Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between Certain Officers,
Directors and Stockholders of Certain Liquor Corporations and Wyndham
Hotel Company Ltd.
+10.30 -- Form of Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement among Wyndham Hotel
Corporation, The Lenders Party Thereto and Bankers Trust Company.
10.31 -- Sale and Purchase Agreement between Overlook Vinings Inn and
Conference Center Associates, Ltd. and the Company dated March 5,
1996.
+21.1 -- List of subsidiaries of the Company, as revised.
+23.1 -- Consents of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
+23.2 -- Consent of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation)
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
+24.1 -- Powers of Attorney.
+27.1 -- Financial Data Schedule.

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