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Choice Chooses the Best at 54th Annual Convention
SILVER SPRING, MD, May 7, 2008. Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) today announced that 13 of the company’s franchised properties won big at the company’s 54th Annual Convention in Las Vegas - each coming home as a 2008 Inn of the Year award winning hotel. From every corner of the United States and across the world, this year’s winning hotels represent the “best of the best” among over 5,600 hotels worldwide thanks to their amazing guest satisfaction and consistent brand performance.
“These hotels represent the strongest, most consistent performers in our global system,” said Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr., vice chairman and chief executive officer, Choice Hotels. “To receive this recognition is a great accomplishment and the owners, general managers and employees of these hotels should be proud. I know we certainly are.”
Across all of its brands, Choice Hotels is committed to working collaboratively with its franchisees to drive revenues to their properties and increase guest satisfaction. Choice continues to develop and implement impactful property level-programs and services that help its owners profitably operate their hotels.
The Inn of the Year winners are selected in part by reviewing each property’s guest satisfaction scores, which are calculated using the results of surveys that are emailed to hotel guests within three days of their checkout. Selection of the award winners is also based on Quality Assurance Review scores. This year’s award winners all ranked within the top two percent of hotels within their brand. The 2008 Inn of the Year award winners are:
-----Comfort Inn
Comfort Inn, Sturbridge, Mass.
-----Comfort Suites
Comfort Suites, University Park, Fla.
-----Quality
Quality Inn Oakwood, Spokane, Wash.
-----Sleep Inn
Sleep Inn & Suites, Stafford, Texas
-----Clarion
Clarion Inn Willow River, Sevierville, Tenn.
-----Clarion Collection
Clarion Collection Castillo Real, St. Augustine, Fla.
-----MainStay Suites
MainStay Suites, St. Robert, Mo.
-----Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Concord, N.C.
-----Econo Lodge
Econo Lodge, Sioux Center, Iowa
-----Rodeway Inn
Rodeway Inn & Suites, Kearney, Neb.
-----Comfort – International
Comfort Hotel Franca, Franca, Brazil
-----Quality – International
Quality Hotel Cambridge, Sydney, Australia
-----Clarion – International
Clarion Hotel Cork, Cork, Ireland
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