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

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, Radisson(R) Hotels & Resorts, Park Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) 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.

1. The Regent Esplanade Zagreb, Croatia
2. The May Fair (Radisson Edwardian)
3. Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Jersey, United Kingdom
4. Radisson Blu Hotel, St. Gallen, Switzerland
5. Radisson Blu Resort, Arc 1950, les Arcs, France
6. Radisson SAS Resort & Thalasso, Djerba in Tunisia
7. Radisson SAS Hotel Birmingham, United Kingdom
8. Radisson Edwardian, Manchester, United Kingdom
9. Radisson SAS Hotel Tromso, Norway
10. Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden
11. Radisson SAS Hotel, Malmo, Sweden
12. Radisson SAS St. Helen's Hotel Dublin, Ireland
13. Radisson SAS Belfast, Northern Ireland
14. Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin, Germany
15. Radisson SAS Hotel, Leipzig, Germany
16. Radisson SAS Resort Trent, Germany
17. Radisson SAS Hotel Wroclaw, Poland
18. Radisson SAS Marina Palace Hotel Turku, Turku, Finland
19. Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne
20. Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney, Australia
21. Radisson Shanghai New World, China
22. Radisson Resort Fiji Denaru Island, Fji
23. Radisson Royal Bogota Hotel, Colombia
24. Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel, Chile
25. Radisson Hotel Guatemala City, Guatemala
26. Radisson Hotel San Isidro, Peru
27. Radisson Decapolis Panama City, Panama
28. Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis, Minn.
29. Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino, Scottsdale, Arizona
30. Radisson Hotel Columbia & Conference Center, Columbia, South Carolina
31. Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina
32. Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, China
33. Park Plaza Sukhumvit Bangkok, Thailand
34. Park Plaza Guragon, Guragon, India
35. Park Plaza Trier, Trier, Germany
36. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Boise West, Idaho
37. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Dayton South, Ohio
38. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Vero Beach I-95, Florida
39. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Omaha Airport, Carter Lake, Iowa
40. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Youngstown West, Ohio
41. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Dover, Delaware
42. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Columbia Airport, South Carolina
43. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Naperville, Illinois
44. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Rochester South, New York
45. Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville I-240-Tunnel Road, North Carolina
46. Park Inn Bochum, Bochum, Germany
47. Park Inn Kamen/Unna, Germany
48. 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.

SOURCE Carlson Hotels Worldwide

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