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        <issuerName>Red Lion Hotels CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>105 ROWAYTON AVE.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerName>Gray Adam</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>105 ROWAYTON AVE.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerName>Shackelton Christopher S</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>105 ROWAYTON AVE.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&quot;Common Stock&quot;)</value>
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                <value>2018-06-15</value>
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                <value></value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>10.45</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2018-06-15</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>10.45</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&quot;Common Stock&quot;), is held directly by (a) Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P. (&quot;CCP&quot;), an investment limited partnership of which Coliseum Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;CC&quot;), is general partner and for which Coliseum Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;CCM&quot;), serves as investment adviser, and (b) a separate account investment advisory client of CCM (the &quot;Separate Account&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Christopher S. Shackelton (&quot;Shackelton&quot;) and Adam Gray (&quot;Gray&quot;) are managers of and have an ownership interest in each of CC and CCM. Each of Shackelton, Gray, CC, CCM, and CCP disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of that person's pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Following the transactions reported herein, CCP and the Separate Account directly owned 2,352,457 and 897,907 shares of Common Stock, respectively.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Management, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact, Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-19</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact, Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-19</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P., By: Coliseum Capital, LLC, its General Partner, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact, Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-19</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Adam Gray, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact, Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-19</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Christopher Shackelton, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact, Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-19</signatureDate>
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