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Country Inns & Suites By Carlson at Queens
Long Island City, New York
Opened September 3, 2009
Country Inns & Suites By Carlson is a leading brand in the mid-scale hotel segment known for its friendly service that treats guests like family and properties that feel more like home than a standard hotel. The brand offers a variety of amenities that add comfort and value to each guest’s stay such as complimentary hot breakfast, high speed Internet access, and the Read It & Return Lending LibrarySM at locations in the U.S. and Canada. Country Inns & Suites includes more than 480 locations in the Americas, Europe and India.
Each hotel also offers in-room hair dryer, coffee maker, iron and ironing board, and weekday morning newspaper. The brand is known for its consistently high quality accommodations and personal, warm hospitality.
A typical Country Inns & Suites hotel offers excellent value along with upgraded services and amenities within a smaller, informal setting. The properties are strategically located near restaurants, area attractions or business parks to provide convenience and accessibility for business or leisure travelers. Most locations feature exercise facilities, swimming pools and whirlpools and coin-operated laundry facilities.
Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM Read It & Return Lending Library features a variety of titles for all ages. Country Inns & Suites supports literacy efforts through charitable donations. To date, the brand has donated nearly $600,000.
The brand’s frequent guest program is goldpoints plusSM which offers 15 points for every dollar spent on accommodations at all U.S. and Canadian properties. Enrolled members can earn a free night’s stay when 15,000 Gold Points® are accumulated. Members of goldpoints plus can also earn Gold Points® when they stay at Carlson’s more than 1,060 participating Regent® Hotels & Resorts, Radisson® Hotels & Resorts, Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM and Park Inn® locations in 77 countries throughout the world.
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04 March 2010 COUNTRY INNS & SUITES BY CARLSON ACHIEVES THE 500 HOTEL MILESTONE ORLANDO, Fla. -- (March 4, 2010) – Carlson Hotels today announced at its Global Business Conference that Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, which offers caring, comfortable hospitality with a touch of home, has achieved the 500 hotel mark with its soon to open property in College Station, Texas. Building on this milestone, Carlson’s mid-market brand plans to add another 250 hotels globally by 2015 as part of Carlson’s Ambition 2015 strategy.
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19 February 2010 Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM Announces “1, 2, Freee!” Offer Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM today announced a “1, 2, Freee!” offer where guests can book two consecutive nights, and get the third night free at participating locations. Additionally, goldpoints plusSM loyalty program members will earn 3,000 bonus Gold Points® as part of the offer. read more >>
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16 February 2010 Country Inns & Suites By Carlson Opens in Tucson, Ariz. The new 79-room Country Inn & Suites By CarlsonSM Tucson City Center today announced it is open for business. Conveniently located off of I-10, the hotel is only minutes from the University of Arizona.
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05 February 2010 Carlson Hotels Announces Award Nights For Less Points Worldwide For Members Of Its Goldpoints Plus Hotel Rewards Program MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 5, 2010) – Members of the Carlson Hotels goldpoints plusSM hotel rewards program will benefit from two changes in 2010: decreased award point levels at many of our hotels worldwide and a simplified award structure. read more >>
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27 January 2010 Carlson Hotels Adds 92 Hotels to its Global Portfolio in 2009 Carlson Hotels today announced year-end 2009 results, which include the addition of a total of 92 properties under its five brands worldwide during the year and systemwide sales of USD 5.8 billion. Carlson Hotels also signed 66 new properties adding to its contracted pipeline of 249 properties. read more >>
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21 January 2010 Carlson Hotels Worldwide Appoints Kaaren Hamilton as Vice President, Global Sales - North America Carlson Hotels Worldwide has appointed Kaaren Hamilton as vice president, global sales – North America. In this new position, Hamilton will report to Thorsten Kirschke, executive vice president and chief operating officer for The Americas. She will oversee the company’s global sales office, based outside Manhattan in New Jersey. Situated in the nation’s top business travel market, the global sales office is focused on generating outbound sales from the United States to Carlson’s hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific and will contribute to increasing the volume of inter-theater business among the regions. |
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13 January 2010 Carlson Hotels To Acquire Majority Stake in Key Indian Partner Carlson Hotels Worldwide, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today announced that it has signed an agreement to increase its stake in RHW Hotel Management Services Ltd (RHW) from 13% to 87%. RHW is the hotel management and consultancy services company which has successfully managed Carlson-branded hotels in India since 1998. Carlson is acquiring the shares from Umak Investment Company Private Limited. The remaining 13% is held by private investors. The transaction is subject to government approval. read more >>
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13 January 2010 Carlson Hotels to Triple Portfolio in India Within Three Years Carlson Hotels Worldwide, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today confirmed details of its expansion plans in India over the next three years.
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21 December 2009 Country Inns & Suites By Carlson Opens in Washington, Pa. The new 81-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson® Washington at Meadowlands today announced it is open for business at 245 Meadowlands Blvd. read more >>
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21 December 2009 Country Inns & Suites By Carlson Opens in Lexington Park, MD |
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