Choice Franchises 34 New Hotels in July

. October 14, 2008

SILVER SPRING, MD, August 21, 2006. Choice Hotels continues to grow with the announcement of these newly opened franchised properties:

Sleep Inn & Suites

209 Enterprise Boulevard, Hewitt, TX 76643

This new 66-room Sleep Inn & Suites hotel is owned and operated by Sindha Corporation. The hotel offers an indoor heated pool, public whirlpool/hot tub, free continental breakfast, meeting room and exercise room. All guest rooms offer free wireless high-speed Internet access, refrigerator and in-room coffee maker. Select rooms offer microwave and in-bath whirlpool. The Sleep Inn & Suites hotel is conveniently located with easy access to Interstate 35, just three miles south of Waco. This Hewitt hotel is minutes from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, the Dr Pepper Museum, Cameron Park Zoo, Baylor University and Waco Lake, the largest urban lake offering 7,270 acres for fishing, boating and water sports. The Waco Regional Airport is seven miles away.

Clarion Collection

102 Lafayette Street, Utica, NY 13502

Owned and operated by Hotel Utica, LLC, this newly converted 162-room Clarion Collection hotel offers free full breakfast, free high-speed wireless Internet access, in-room Nintendo game system, room service, cocktail lounge, hotel safe, new stand, refrigerator rental, exercise room and meeting room. The hotel allows pets for an additional nightly fee. The historic Clarion Collection hotel is located in the heart of downtown in the foothills of New York's Adirondack Mountains. Minutes from the New York State Thruway, this Utica hotel is close to the Children's Museum of History, Living History, Science & Technology, the Adirondack Scenic Railroad heritage railway and the Utica Zoo.

Quality Inn & Suites

103 Hershey Road, Hershey, PA 17036

This newly constructed 58-room Quality Inn & Suites hotel is owned and operated by Devchand Hospitality Inc. The hotel offers an indoor heated pool, computer with Internet, free continental breakfast, free wireless hi-speed Internet access, game room and exercise room. Guestrooms feature microwaves, refrigerators, hair dryers, iron and iron boards and in-room coffee maker. This property is conveniently located near Hershey Park amusement park, Zoo America, Pennsylvania National Horse Race Track, Hershey Theater, Factory Stores at Hershey and Lancaster Amish Country. Harrisburg International Airport is located eight miles from the hotel.

Quality Hotel Michel Montparnasse

8 rue d'Odessa, Paris, France, 75014

Owned and operated by Finhotel 22, this newly converted 55-room Quality Hotel offers hi-speed Internet access, hotel safe and free newspaper Monday through Friday. Guestrooms offer mini-bar, wireless Internet, refrigerator and hair dryer. The Quality Hotel Michel Montparnasse is ideally located in a quiet setting in the heart of the business area of Paris' Montparnasse district. This Paris hotel is minutes from Bobino music hall theater, the famous Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum (Mus'ee du Louvre), Arc de Triomphe and Mus'ee d'Orsay museum.

Other Choice brand hotels that opened in June include:

o Rodeway Inn & Suites, Little Rock, AR

o Quality Inn, Gladstone, Australia

o Comfort Inn, Winslow, AZ

o Comfort Inn, Monterey, CA

o Econo Lodge, Brossard, Canada

o Comfort Inn & Suites, Revelstoke, Canada

o Rodeway Inn, Manatee, FL

o Rodeway Inn, Miami Beach, FL

o Quality Hotel, Paris, France

o Comfort Suites, Elgin IL

o Quality Inn & Suites, Elk Grove Village, IL