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.
- Suburban Extended Stay Hotel – Stuart, Fla.
- Comfort Suites – Houston, Texas
- Clarion Hotel Grand Baltic Resort & Spa – Dzwirzyno, Poland
Other Choice brand hotels that opened in January include:
- Comfort Inn, Comfort Inn & Suites and Comfort Hotel
- Darwin, Australia
- Draveil, France
- Gardermoen, Norway
- Houghton Lake, Mich.
- Jackson, Tenn.
- Melvindale, Mich.
- Comfort Suites
- Columbus, Ohio
- Doswell, Va.
- Wilson, N.C.
- 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
- Clarion Hotel and Clarion Inn
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Rochester, Minn.
- Cambria Suites
- Econo Lodge
- Ames, Iowa
- Lloydminster, Canada
- McAlester, Okla.
- Panama City, Fla.
- Rodeway Inn
Other brands within the portfolio of worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels include MainStay Suites and the Ascend Collection membership program.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. franchises more than 6,000 hotels, representing more than 485,000 rooms, in the United States and more than 35 other countries and territories. As of December 31, 2009, more than 700 hotels were under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development in the United States, representing more than 57,000 rooms, and more than 100 hotels, representing approximately 9,400 rooms, are under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development in more than 20 other countries and territories. The company's Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brands serve guests worldwide. In addition, via its Ascend Collection membership program, travelers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean have upscale lodging options at historic, boutique and unique hotels.