FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Kim Brian

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

05/08/2018

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

CorePoint Lodging Inc. [CPLG]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.,, 345 PARK AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10154
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)



Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares



Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney



Signatures

/s/ Mark M. Chloupek, as Attorney-in-Fact

05/08/2018
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents that the undersigned, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint each of Mark M. Chloupek, Keith A. Cline and Daniel E.
Swanstrom II, or any one of them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned (in the undersigned's individual
capacity), to execute and deliver such forms that the undersigned may be
required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of
the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of CorePoint
Lodging Inc. (i) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and
Form 5 (including any amendments thereto) and (ii) in connection with any
applications for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the Form ID.
The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to his or
her ownership of or transactions in securities of CorePoint Lodging Inc., unless
earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that Mark M. Chloupek,
Keith A. Cline and Daniel E. Swanstrom II are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                        By: /s/ Brian Kim
                                            -------------
                                            Name: Brian Kim


                                        Date: May 8, 2018