Carlson Hotels Worldwide Brands Honored at 48 Locations By Expedia(R) Insiders' Select(TM) List

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Jul. 9, 2009 04:16 PM

MINNEAPOLIS, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia(R) travelers ranked 48 of Carlson Hotels Worldwide's branded properties among the industry's best hotels on this year's Expedia Insiders' Select(TM) list. The list includes Regent(R) Hotels & Resorts (regenthotels.com), Radisson(R) Hotels & Resorts (radisson.com), Park Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts (parkplaza.com), Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) (countryinns.com) and Park Inn(R) locations. Expedia formally recognizes individual hotels worldwide that consistently deliver excellent service, a great overall experience and a notable value. The full list represents the top one percent of the hotel properties offered on Expedia.

"Delivering superior service and value is a top priority at our hotel brands," said Jay Witzel, president and chief executive officer of Carlson Hotels Worldwide. "We are pleased that our efforts have been acknowledged by Expedia travelers."

The 48 Carlson Hotels Worldwide locations that are among Expedia Insider's List of 850 reviewed properties and are noted below.

The Regent Esplanade Zagreb, Croatia
The May Fair (Radisson Edwardian)
Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Jersey, United Kingdom
Radisson Blu Hotel, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Radisson Blu Resort, Arc 1950, les Arcs, France
Radisson SAS Resort & Thalasso, Djerba in Tunisia
Radisson SAS Hotel Birmingham, United Kingdom
Radisson Edwardian, Manchester, United Kingdom
Radisson SAS Hotel Tromso, Norway
Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden
Radisson SAS Hotel, Malmo, Sweden
Radisson SAS St. Helen's Hotel Dublin, Ireland
Radisson SAS Belfast, Northern Ireland
Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin, Germany
Radisson SAS Hotel, Leipzig, Germany
Radisson SAS Resort Trent, Germany
Radisson SAS Hotel Wroclaw, Poland
Radisson SAS Marina Palace Hotel Turku, Turku, Finland
Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne
Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney, Australia
Radisson Shanghai New World, China
Radisson Resort Fiji Denaru Island, Fji
Radisson Royal Bogota Hotel, Colombia
Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel, Chile
Radisson Hotel Guatemala City, Guatemala
Radisson Hotel San Isidro, Peru
Radisson Decapolis Panama City, Panama
Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis, Minn.
Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino, Scottsdale, Arizona
Radisson Hotel Columbia & Conference Center, Columbia, South Carolina
Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina
Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, China
Park Plaza Sukhumvit Bangkok, Thailand
Park Plaza Guragon, Guragon, India
Park Plaza Trier, Trier, Germany
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Boise West, Idaho
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Dayton South, Ohio
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Vero Beach I-95, Florida
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Omaha Airport, Carter Lake, Iowa
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Youngstown West, Ohio
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Dover, Delaware
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Columbia Airport, South Carolina
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Naperville, Illinois
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Rochester South, New York
Country Inn & Suites Bay Carlson, Asheville I-240-Tunnel Road, North Carolina
Park Inn Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Park Inn Kamen/Unna, Germany
Park Inn Weimar, Germany

Carlson Hotels Worldwide is a leading global hotel company with more than 1,035 locations in 74 countries. Its brands include: Regent(R) Hotels & Resorts, Radisson(R) Hotels & Resorts, Park Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) and Park Inn(R). Carlson Hotels Worldwide is part of Carlson, a global travel, marketing and hospitality company.

About Expedia:

Expedia has collected the insights of more travelers than any other online travel agency in the world. Drawing on Expedia's hundreds of thousands of Traveler Opinions hotel reviews, combined with a value rating and the local market expertise of more than 400 Expedia employees in local markets worldwide, Expedia Insiders' Select(TM) is an easy-to-browse list that provides travelers with a powerful way to find the perfect hotel using the trusted insight of other travelers like them. The list showcases the diverse selection of travel destinations and hotel properties. For more information, visit www.expedia.com/insidersselect.

SOURCE Carlson Hotels Worldwide

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