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WINNING AWARDS IS SECOND NATURE FOR THE QUALITY HOTEL-HARBOURVIEW - January 19, 2009

St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador (January 16, 2009)  The Quality Hotel-Harbourview in St. John’s has received Choice Hotels Canada’s highest level of recognition – the 2008 Gold Hospitality Award. The hotel was previously honoured with a 2006 award and was selected as a finalist for the Canadian Hotel of the Year award.

A Gold Hospitality Award is a clear demonstration of a hotel’s operational strength and commitment to hospitality excellence. Canadian recipients scored high-marks for cleanliness, property maintenance, brand standard compliance and a strong desire to meet guest needs. The Quality Hotel-Harbourview was one of just 22 hotels that achieved this distinction out of more than 280 Choice hotels across Canada.

“I am extremely proud of the hard work and dedication of our staff. Without them, achieving this award would not be possible,” says General Manager, Kurt Schoenberg. “To be recognized by Choice for meeting key thresholds is a great honour. The combination of the commitment of my team and Choice’s sales, operations and marketing support creates a win-win situation for our guests.”

Owned and operated by InnVest REIT/Westmont Hospitality Group of Mississauga, Ontario, the Quality Hotel-Harbourview features 160 guestrooms and offers guests’ all of the comforts of home including free wireless high-speed internet access, complimentary local calls and sheltered parking. Guests can take advantage of the hotel’s fax and copy services, ATM onsite banking, free weekday newspaper, oversized in-room workstations and all-inclusive meeting packages…just a few of the many services that make the hotel a traveler’s favorite.

“The Quality Hotel-Harbourview earned this prestigious award once again because they were among the top hotels in the Choice family of brands,” says Tim Oldfield, managing director of franchise performance, Choice Hotels Canada. “The passion expressed by Kurt Schoenberg and the team prompted guests to respond when surveyed that they were ‘likely to recommend’ the hotel to their family and friends. This is the highest honour any hotel can achieve in our business.”

Choice Hotels Canada (CHC) is the nation’s largest hotel franchisor with over 280 properties under the Comfort, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brands. CHC is part of Choice Hotels International, which franchises more than 5,700 hotels in 35 countries & territories worldwide.