Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced that its global portfolio of brands opened 19 new properties during April and May. The company has opened an average of nine new hotels per month since the start of 2005. These additions bring the companys total number of properties to 895 in 68 countries. Carlson hotel brands include: Regent International Hotels, Radisson Hotels & Resorts®, Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlsonsm and Park Inn®.

Among the 19 new hotels, five new Radisson Hotels & Resorts properties opened in the United States with several in key airport and downtown locations; Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts welcomed five new locations, including a new flagship hotel for the European region; seven new Country Inns & Suites By Carlson opened, including two managed properties in key California markets; and Park Inn debuted its first hotel in Iceland, as well as a new hotel in Brunswick, Georgia, which unveiled the brands new interior design concept for North America.

As a company, we are exceeding our development plans for the first half of 2005, opening hotels at a record pace in key business and leisure travel markets throughout the U.S. and around the world, said Sam Winterbottom, executive vice president of development for Carlson Hotels Worldwide. A good portion of this success is due in large part to one agreement which resulted in 12 new managed properties, expanding our managed hotel portfolio by 66 percent.

Radisson Hotels & Resorts Opens Five New Hotels

For Radisson, adding new airport and downtown hotels in key markets was the focus the past two months, as the brand welcomed the Radisson Hotel New Orleans Airport in Louisiana, the Radisson Hotel & Suites Kansas City-City Center in Missouri, plus three new managed properties: Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport North, Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown, and Radisson Hotel Gateway Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

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