ROCKVILLE, Md.,
June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the
world's largest hotel companies, has amplified its focus on the
business travel segment with new appealing offerings. The company
announced today, its "We mean Business" platform, signifying a
commitment to partner with corporate travel managers and
demonstrate expanded services for business
travelers.
Choice has strengthened its managed travel program
by helping corporate clients drive compliance, improve travel
budgets and keep travelers happy by:
- Opening new upscale properties like Cambria Hotels
and the Ascend Hotel Collection that provide an experience tailored
to meet the needs of today's modern business traveler, while
enabling organizations to control travel costs.
- Transforming upper midscale and midscale brands
like Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites as well as Sleep Inn, helping
to ensure corporate managers are recommending the best products in
those segments to business travelers.
- Expanding to nearly all of the top business markets
with 6,500 hotels worldwide. Travel managers can feel confident in
Choice being able to provide accommodations in virtually any
location.
- Offering preferred rate programs that can minimize
an organization's total travel costs.
- Providing dedicated corporate contacts who partner
in managing business travel programs.
- Delivering essential amenities, including
breakfast, high-speed Wi-Fi, parking and fitness
centers.
- Offering the one-of-a-kind Your Extras benefit as
part of the award-winning Choice Privileges loyalty program.
Designed with the corporate traveler in mind, Your Extras lets
members digitally select additional, instant rewards on every
midweek stay – more points, airline miles, or immediate credits at
great partners like Amazon, Uber, or Shell.
Choice Hotels will showcase its focus on corporate
travel management at the 2017 Global Travel Association Convention
in Boston, Mass., from
July 17 - 19, 2017, including a booth
and a happy hour that features food and beverage options from
Cambria Hotels. There will also be a Choice Privileges rewards
giveaway for attendees to enter.
"Choice continues to expand the breadth of our
services to meet the needs of business travelers. We are excited to
showcase our improved benefits to corporate travel managers at the
world's largest business travel event," said Tom Disantis, vice president of sales strategy
and operations at Choice Hotels. "Choice's diverse portfolio of
brands enables our guests traveling on business to find the right
option every trip. We're constantly adapting and improving our
brands based on guests' feedback because, at Choice, We mean
Business."
Choice Hotels offers a brand for all types of
business travelers, providing a comfortable experience with key
amenities and perks. A sampling of Choice's 11 brands
includes:
- Cambria Hotels is rapidly expanding in urban
markets across the country with locations near airports, businesses
and convention centers. There are now 31 Cambria Hotels open across
the U.S., with five that have opened in 2017 and nine more that
will open by the end of the year.
- The Ascend Hotel Collection, the first and largest
global soft brand in the world, includes an assortment of unique,
boutique and historic hotels for business travelers seeking an
independent experience. There are 230 Ascend properties open or
under development worldwide.
- The Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites brands recent
transformation has led to new hotel construction with a refreshed,
modern look and feel. With 1,600 properties open in the U.S. and
more than one new hotel opening per week this year, they're
everywhere business travelers need to be.
- Sleep Inn offers business travelers a reliable,
simply stylish stay at midscale prices. The brand is evolving with
a new prototype and has more than 380 open hotels in the U.S. with
a pipeline of more than 100 locations.
If you are a corporate travel manager attending the
2017 GBTA Convention and would like to learn more, visit the Choice
Hotels Booth #1263.
About Choice
Hotels
Choice Hotels
International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the world's largest hotel
companies. With approximately 6,500 hotels franchised in more than
40 countries and territories, Choice Hotels International
represents more than 500,000 rooms around the globe. As of
March 31, 2017, 795 hotels were in
our development pipeline. Our company's Ascend Hotel Collection®,
Cambria® hotels & suites, Comfort Inn®, Comfort Suites®, Sleep
Inn®, Quality®, Clarion®, MainStay Suites®, Suburban Extended Stay
Hotel®, Econo Lodge®, Rodeway Inn®, and Vacation Rentals by Choice
Hotels® brands provide a spectrum of lodging choices to
meet guests' needs. With more than 30 million members and counting,
our Choice Privileges® rewards program enhances every trip a guest
takes, with benefits ranging from instant, every day rewards to
exceptional experiences, starting right when they join. All
hotels and vacation rentals are independently owned and operated.
Visit us at www.choicehotels.com for more
information.
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