Acquisitions & Hotel Openings

Choice Opens 36 New Hotels in January

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) continues to grow with the announcement of 36 newly-opened franchised properties during the month of January. The openings include hotels in 14 states and seven countries, including six properties in Poland marking the company’s first-ever hotels in the country, adding more than 3,500 rooms to the company’s existing 485,000-plus rooms. Select properties that opened in January include:

Cambria Suites – Oklahoma City, Okla.
This new all-suites hotel features an indoor heated pool, indoor whirlpool/hot tub, free wireless high-speed Internet access, sun deck, state-of-the-art fitness center, business center, cocktail lounge, barista bar and on-site convenience store. Each guestroom offers two flat-screen LCD televisions, CD/DVD player, and MP3 jacks, refrigerator, microwave, hair dryer, iron and ironing board.

Suburban Extended Stay Hotel – Stuart, Fla. This 123-room pet-friendly extended stay hotel features free high-speed Internet access and guest laundry facilities. Guestrooms offer fully-equipped kitchens with microwaves and refrigerators.

Comfort Suites – Houston, Texas
This newly-construction all-suite hotel is pet-friendly and 100 percent smoke free. The Comfort Suites hotel offers free full breakfast, exercise room, outdoor pool, business center, free weekday newspaper, guest laundry and meeting facilities. Guest suites feature flat screen/Plasma TVs, pillow top mattresses, refrigerators, microwaves and in-room coffee makers.

Clarion Hotel Grand Baltic Resort & Spa – Dzwirzyno, Poland
One of six new hotels marking the company’s first ever entrance into Poland, the flagship Clarion Hotel Grand Baltic Resort & Spa hotel is located in the idyllic town of Dzwirzyno, on the Baltic Sea. This elegant resort hotel boasts 133 luxurious guest-suites that offer spectacular sea-views from their balconies. In addition, guests staying at this Clarion property will have direct access to the beach and can enjoy a pool, spa facilities, and two gourmet restaurants specializing in international food and wine.

Other Choice brand hotels that opened in January include:

Quality Inn, Quality Inn & Suites and Quality Hotel
•Ankeny, Iowa •Kasselsdorf, Germany •Katowice, Poland •Kill Devil Hills, N.C. •Krakow, Poland •Krakow, Poland •La Porte, Texas •Langley, Canada •Lathrop, Calif. •Nuevo Laredo, Mexico •Poznan, Poland •Ringgold, Ga. •Ripley, W. Va. •Wroclaw, Poland

Sleep Inn & Suites
•Abilene, Texas

Clarion Hotel and Clarion Inn
•Memphis, Tenn. •Rochester, Minn.

Cambria Suites
•Dania Beach, Fla.

Econo Lodge
•Ames, Iowa •Lloydminster, Canada •McAlester, Okla. •Panama City, Fla. •Rodeway Inn •Secaucus, N.J.

Other brands within the portfolio of worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels include Comfort Inn, Comfort Inn & Suites, Comfort Hotel, Comfort Suites, MainStay Suites and the Ascend Collection membership program.

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