(Reuters) -Choice Hotels on Tuesday proposed to acquire Wyndham Hotels and Resorts for about $7.8 billion in a cash and stock deal that would create a U.S. budget hotel giant.

Shares of Wyndham rose about 22% before the bell. The company did not immediately respond to Reuters request for a comment.

Choice offered Wyndham shareholders $90.00 per share, including $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of its common stock for each Wyndham share owned.

(Reporting by Priyamvada C and Shivansh Tiwary in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)