Buffalo Lodging Names Tyrea Baskin DoS for Carlson Country Inn Columbus Airport

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. October 11, 2011

Buffalo, NY - October 10, 2011 - Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC, a hotel development and management company, is proud announce that Tyrea (Ty) Baskin has been brought on as director of sales for Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Columbus Airport-East. The hotel is located at 6305 East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio.

Baskin brings nine years of experience in the hospitality industry to the position. Prior to joining the hotel, Ty served as a customer care professional for Chase bank for two years. Her previous hotel experience includes four years as the director of sales for a Hampton Inn in Dayton, Ohio and three years as the sales and catering manager for a Holiday Inn in Moraine, Ohio.

“We are happy to have Ty on board,” stated Connie Foote, regional director of sales and marketing for Buffalo Lodging. “Her hospitality and customer service experience made her a great fit for this position. We look forward to seeing her successfully utilize her skills at Country Inn & Suites Columbus Airport-East.”

Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, Carlson's select service, midscale brand, offers caring, consistent, comfortable hospitality with a touch of home, and features particularly attractive for business travelers. The brand offers an expanded complimentary hot breakfast, free high-speed Internet access and weekday newspaper. It offers many distinctive product and service innovations, such as the Friends Hosting FriendsSM employee training program that has generated tremendous employee engagement scores and high guest satisfaction.

Country Inns & Suites features traditional architecture and a sophisticated residential interior design with the brand's iconic plank lobby flooring, lobby fireplace and front porch. Each hotel welcomes guests with attractive, comfortable furnishings that blend rich woods and natural earth tones throughout the hotel.

Country Inn & Suites Columbus Airport-East is owned and operated by Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC. Buffalo Lodging Associates owns and operates hotels throughout the Eastern United States and Ontario, Canada. A fully integrated hotel development and management organization, Buffalo Lodging provides operations, marketing, accounting, architectural, construction and MIS services for its own account as well as providing third-party management for outside owners and investors. The company is equipped to develop, construct and manage properties, and is constantly seeking new opportunities throughout the country. For more information about Buffalo Lodging Associates' management services or group of award-winning hotels, please visit www.buffalolodging.com or contact Cole Fach at [email protected].

To request information about Country Inn & Suites Columbus Airport-East, travelers may call (614) 322-8000, access the hotel's website at www.countryinncolumbus.com.

About Carlson
Carlson is a global hospitality and travel company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. Carlson encompasses 1,068 hotels, including Radisson®, Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, Park Inn® and Park Plaza®; more than 900 T.G.I. Friday's® restaurants; and a majority stake in Carlson Wagonlit Travel®, the global leader in business travel management. Carlson operates in more than 150 countries and its brands employ about 170,000 people. http://www.carlson.com