Choice Hotels Area Director interview questions

Applied online. Several days later heard from a screening recruiter. Spent about 30 minutes on the phone with the recruiter. About a week later received an email asking if I could fly to a panel interview session about 3 weeks later. Travel arrangements were booked by the Choice Hotels. Spent an entire day in a series of interview sessions. Met with 2 people at a time (Other Area Directors and VP) throughout the morning. Had a 'working lunch' with the team where all applicant could ask questions of the panel. Returned to the interview session to do a 30-minute writing assignment and then present a 5 to 10-minute case study to the panel. While they often would laugh about it - the panel was at times negative about their hotels and brands. Didn't seem to be proud of their hotels. At the end of the day - no information was provided on next steps or timeline. After 4 weeks of waiting and follow up emails to the recruiter, received a generic "Thank you for applying" email.