Is there an internal frame? I can't imagine there wouldn't be. I'd try leaving the roof on, leaving the frame intact, and just cutting away material just inside the edges of the frame. Then, when there was nothing but frame left, cut out every other frame piece, along the same idea as removing every other stud in a wood-frame wall. Try and leave as much of the shape & strength of the frame together for as long as possible. Then, when you do cut the piece that's going to bring the whole thing down, you can see everything that's going on and there's a lot less metal there coming down.
NOTE: I've never tackled a job like this before, but I did drive past a Holiday Inn Express last week.
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