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Aareal Bank finances landmark hotel portfolio in London for Starwood Capital

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星期四, 二月 8, 2024

Wiesbaden, 8 February 2024 – Aareal Bank announces its pivotal role in financing the majority of the Edwardian hotel portfolio in London acquired by a controlled affiliate of Starwood Capital Group (Starwood Capital).

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  • Wiesbaden, 8 February 2024 – Aareal Bank announces its pivotal role in financing the majority of the Edwardian hotel portfolio in London acquired by a controlled affiliate of Starwood Capital Group (Starwood Capital).
  • The acquisition adds to Starwood Capital's existing portfolio of European hotel investments, which following the transaction will comprise 47 hotels / approx.10,000 rooms across Europe.
  • Tim Abram, Managing Director at Starwood Capital said, "We are delighted to have Aareal Bank as our partner on the acquisition of this one-of-a-kind portfolio of London hotels.
  • Key players in this transaction include Pinsent Masons and White & Case, serving as legal advisors to Aareal Bank and Starwood Capital, respectively.

After Banner 2023, Choice Hotels Enters Next Chapter of Growth for its Upscale and Upper Upscale Portfolio of Brands, Starting with Radisson Blu

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星期二, 一月 23, 2024

Over the year, starting with Radisson Blu, Choice will challenge the status quo to redefine five of the eight brands across its upscale and upper upscale portfolio, including Cambria Hotels, Ascend Hotel Collection, Radisson and Radisson Individuals to drive more value for owners and repeat stays from guests.

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  • Over the year, starting with Radisson Blu, Choice will challenge the status quo to redefine five of the eight brands across its upscale and upper upscale portfolio, including Cambria Hotels, Ascend Hotel Collection, Radisson and Radisson Individuals to drive more value for owners and repeat stays from guests.
  • Designed to remove the compromise guests and owners face between design-forward but sterile, or big box but boring, Radisson Blu promises to be the 'Nordic Vanguard'.
  • Owners can expect flexibility, collaboration, reliability, and innovation when working with the Radisson Blu brand, and the entire Choice upscale and upper upscale portfolio.
  • Choice has assembled a world-class team, with strong and proven pedigrees to lead the upscale and upper upscale brands to greater heights.

Choice Hotels International Celebrates Year of Accelerating Growth

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星期三, 一月 17, 2024

NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest and most successful lodging franchisors, celebrated another year of strong growth, announcing higher-than-expected brand growth across its revenue-intense segments in 2023.

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  • NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest and most successful lodging franchisors, celebrated another year of strong growth, announcing higher-than-expected brand growth across its revenue-intense segments in 2023.
  • Additionally, Choice grew the number of hotels in its international portfolio by 2.6%.
  • "2023 was a transformative year of growth for Choice, and we are going to take the tremendous value our brands offer travelers across all market segments to the next level in 2024," said Choice Hotels President and CEO Pat Pacious.
  • Choice, the longtime leader in extended stay, extended its lead in the booming segment, opening a total of 61 extended stay hotels in 2023 — a single-year record for Choice.

Greenspring Media Announces Winners of the Third Annual Midwest Home Design Awards

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星期六, 十二月 2, 2023

Citydeskstudio, Rehkamp Larson Architects, and TEA2 Architects earned the most first place awards with five each, and TEA2 Architects, received the highest total number of individual awards with 12.

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  • Citydeskstudio, Rehkamp Larson Architects, and TEA2 Architects earned the most first place awards with five each, and TEA2 Architects, received the highest total number of individual awards with 12.
  • An independent panel of judges evaluated the entries, and the 11 judges were drawn from national media, respected academic institutions, and private practices.
  • All winners will be featured in the January/February 2024 issue of Midwest Home and through an omni-channel marketing campaign across Greenspring Media's print and digital mediums and in-person events.
  • Greenspring Media is a multi-platform communications company specializing in the creation and distribution of lifestyle content that connects readers and viewers to advertisers and marketing partners.

Radisson Blu Fargo Hosts Open House in Support of Local Charity

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星期二, 十一月 14, 2023

FARGO, N.D., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Radisson Blu Fargo held their 2nd annual open house celebration on Thursday, November 2nd in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. Festivities took place at 201 5th St N, Fargo, ND 58102.

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  • FARGO, N.D., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Radisson Blu Fargo held their 2nd annual open house celebration on Thursday, November 2nd in downtown Fargo, North Dakota.
  • Radisson Blu Fargo was recently renovated and offers guests an ideal downtown Fargo experience.
  • Located in the heart of downtown Fargo, the hotel offers easy access to many local attractions like Broadway Square, Fargo Civic Center, the Fargodome, and more.
  • Radisson Blu Fargo also features 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

Cambria Hotels Furthers Nationwide Expansion with Openings in Sought-After Markets

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星期三, 十一月 1, 2023

ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), the challenger in the upscale segment, continues its growth, opening two Cambria Hotels in popular destinations this past October, and breaking ground on two others. The newly opened properties, located in Austin, TX, and Lake Placid, NY, join a collection of more than 60 open Cambria Hotels located around the country and an upscale portfolio of eight brands, including Radisson Blu, the Ascend Hotel Collection, Radisson and Radisson Individuals with hotels around the world.

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  • Choice Hotels recently hired Indy Adenaw as senior vice president and general manager, upscale brands to grow Choice's upscale portfolio of eight brands.
  • "We're opening world-class hotels, providing owners and operators with our best-in-class franchisee-facing technology platforms, are reinvigorating our Choice Privileges loyalty program.
  • We have a dedicated, strong team of professionals working to grow the performance of our hotels across the segment."
  • Cambria Hotels broke ground on two additional properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in October 2023; the Cambria Hotel Fort Worth and the Cambria Hotel Northlake.

Choice Privileges Now Offering Guests Grubhub Delivery at 500 Choice Hotels

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星期二, 九月 26, 2023

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 26, 2023  /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) announced that Choice Privileges now offers food ordering and delivery through a collaboration with Grubhub, a leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform, to guests during stays at 500 participating Choice Hotels. As part of a continued reinvigoration of the award-winning loyalty program, Choice Privileges is expanding rewards and opportunities for guests during their travels.

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  • As part of a continued reinvigoration of the award-winning loyalty program, Choice Privileges is expanding rewards and opportunities for guests during their travels.
  • "Offering $0 delivery fees with Grubhub enriches the guest experience at these participating hotels as it provides logistical and financial ease to guests seeking food delivery."
  • Earlier this year, Choice launched two co-brand credit cards – the Choice Privileges Select Mastercard and Choice Privileges Mastercard – to offer travelers more ways to accelerate the amount of Choice Privileges points they earn while staying at participating Choice Hotels and on everyday spending like gas, groceries and home goods.
  • In July, Choice Hotels completed the successful integration of the Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty program into the Choice Privileges program.

Choice Hotels International Releases First "Choice Privileges State of the American Traveler Survey" in Partnership with Harris Poll, Uncovering How People Want to Travel This Summer and Beyond

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星期四, 七月 27, 2023

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), released its first Choice Privileges State of the American Traveler Survey, a poll of more than 2,000 U.S. adults that sheds new light on Americans' travel plans and priorities this summer and beyond. This survey, conducted in partnership with Harris Poll, comes as nine new brands with nearly 600 hotels, including Radisson Blu, Radisson and Country Inn & Suites, are now available to be booked on ChoiceHotels.com. Earlier this week Choice announced the successful integration of the Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty program into the award-winning Choice Privileges program. This enables the nearly 60 million Choice Privileges members to earn and redeem points at over 7,400 hotels across 22 brands in 45 countries and territories. 

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  • This survey, conducted in partnership with Harris Poll, comes as nine new brands with nearly 600 hotels, including Radisson Blu, Radisson and Country Inn & Suites, are now available to be booked on ChoiceHotels.com .
  • Earlier this week Choice announced the successful integration of the Radisson Rewards Americas loyalty program into the award-winning Choice Privileges program.
  • This enables the nearly 60 million Choice Privileges members to earn and redeem points at over 7,400 hotels across 22 brands in 45 countries and territories.
  • "Our new Choice Privileges State of the American Traveler Survey details how people are planning to travel this summer, fall and beyond," said Noha Abdalla, chief marketing officer, Choice Hotels International.

Choice Hotels' Integration Expertise to Bring World-Class Franchise Success System to Radisson Americas Hotels Ahead of Schedule

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星期三, 六月 28, 2023

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's leading hotel franchisors, is on pace to integrate the nearly 600 Radisson Americas hotels onto its world-class reservation delivery engine and its award-winning Choice Privileges loyalty program by the end of the summer.

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  • Enabled status matching and point transfers between Radisson Rewards Americas and Choice Privileges, which members are already enjoying.
  • Provided Radisson Americas franchisees with access to Choice University, the most widely awarded learning platform in the hospitality industry.
  • Eligible Radisson Americas hotels will begin the migration to the choiceADVANTAGE property management system and the ChoiceMAX mobile-friendly, cloud-based revenue management system.
  • Choice boasts an industry-leading voluntary franchise retention rate and best-in-class franchisee tools, and Radisson Americas hotel owners are excited to be part of the Choice family.

Radisson Blu Mall of America Becomes First Hotel in the World with CarbinX™ Carbon Capture Unit to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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星期二, 三月 28, 2023

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) and Radisson Blu Mall of America, part of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), announced the groundbreaking installation of a carbon-capture technology unit, CarbinX™, developed by CleanO2. This marks the first hotel in the world to use this innovative system that captures greenhouse gas emissions from heating equipment. The installation is part of a program by CenterPoint Energy, Minnesota's largest natural gas utility, to explore the potential of new, cleaner energy technologies.

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  • This marks the first hotel in the world to use this innovative system that captures greenhouse gas emissions from heating equipment.
  • Radisson Blu MOA also expects to reduce its energy bill because the CarbinX unit recycles heat, increasing efficiency in the water heating system to achieve both energy and cost savings.
  • CenterPoint Energy is deploying the CarbinX technology in a pilot program with 10 of its commercial customers in Minnesota, including Radisson Blu MOA.
  • "We are thrilled to be leading the way to the future of hospitality stewardship," said Alberto Abreu, General Manager of Radisson Blu Mall of America.