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 (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.

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 Bay 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. For more information, visit www.expedia.com/insidersselect .

SOURCE Carlson Hotels Worldwide