Choice Hotels International, Inc. has added its 6,000th franchised property to its online global distribution and reservations system, with the opening of the Inn of Chicago Magnificent Mile, an Ascend Collection hotel.
The hotel, located adjacent to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, is owned by The Chartres Lodging Group, LLC, of San Francisco, and operated by Kokua Hospitality.
Located just a half-block from Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile, the Inn of Chicago was reborn in 2007 following a comprehensive, multi-million-dollar interior renovation designed to blend the classic 1928 property with contemporary, boutique-hotel elegance to re-establish the hotel as one of the city’s premiere business and leisure hotels. Highlights of the redesign included a stylish new lobby, signature InnBar lounge, reappointed guest rooms and bathrooms, and a total of 5,000 square feet of meeting space.
Choice Hotels International has added its 6,000th franchised property, the recently renovated Inn of Chicago Magnificent Mile, an Ascend Collection hotel
The Ascend Collection is an upscale network of historic, boutique and unique hotels across the United States and the Caribbean which enable properties such as the Inn of Chicago to maintain their local identity and individuality while accessing the global reservations and distribution system of Choice Hotels.
Founded as a marketing cooperative by a group of Florida motor court owners in 1941 as Quality Courts United, Choice Hotels was the nation’s first hotel chain and is one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, with properties in the United States and more than 30 other countries and territories. Choice opened its 5,000th property in September 2005, the Comfort Suites Lake Geneva in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
More information on Choice Hotels may be found on the company’s website at www.choicehotels.com.
For more information on The Chartres Lodging Group, visit www.chartreslodging.com, and for the Inn of Chicago Magnificent Mile, an Ascend Collection Hotel, visit www.innofchicago.com.
Choice Hotels International’s franchised brands include Comfort Inn; Comfort Suites; Quality; Sleep Inn; Clarion; Cambria Suites; MainStay Suites; Suburban Extended Stay Hotel; Econo Lodge; Rodeway Inn; and Ascend Collection.
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