Choice Hotels announce new hotels

Choice Hotels has opened five new hotels in Europe in recent months and is on track to open a further six in the two first quarters of 2009.

The hotels opened over the last few weeks include properties located in Norway such as the Comfort Hotel Florø; Comfort Hotel Trondheim and the Quality Spa & Resort Son, as well as the Clarion Collection Hotel Griso, Lecco and the Quality Hotel Michelino, Bologna Fiera, both located in Northern Italy.

Properties to be opened in January 2009 include Clarion Collection Hotel Cardinal, Växjö, Sweden; Clarion Collection Hotel Valdemars, Latvia and Quality Hotel Klubben, Tønsberg, Norway. The Quality Hotel Park, Middelfart, Denmark; Quality Spa & Resort Norefjell, Norway and the Quality Hotel, Maida Vale, London are on track to open before the end of Q2 2009.

Duncan Berry, Chief Operating Officer, Choice Hotels Europe, commented: “We are delighted to open these new hotels and further increase our portfolio of properties offering business and leisure travellers a full spectrum of upper end, mid-market and budget hotels.”