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 Choice Atlantica Hotels Opens the Quality Suites Metropolis in São Paulo Suburb of Alphaville, 
Tenth Property in South America
São Paulo, October 13, 2000 – With the October opening of the multi-use, US $22.3 million Quality Suites Metropolis Alphaville, São Paulo, Choice Atlantica Hotels, South America’s second largest hospitality company, is on schedule to open one property each month over the next year. Choice Atlantica Hotels currently operates 10 hotels with a goal of 75 under contract by the end of this year and 140 under contract by 2003.

“These projects have been underway for many months and it is truly gratifying to finally open the doors to the public,” said Paul J. Sistare, president and CEO of Choice Atlantica Hotels.  “We have seen from our other operating hotels that there is tremendous demand for the hotel products we offer and we fully expect that our partners will be extremely pleased and our employees will be extremely busy in the months to come.”

Hotels opening the remainder of 2000 include:

Comfort Hotel Ilha do Leite. Opening November. This 80-room property is located in the city of Recife within one of Brazil’s most recognized medical centers as well as less than two miles from the wordl-famous Boa Viagem Beach. The Comfort Hotel features a business center, restaurant, room service, fitness center, outdoor swimming pool and bar.

Comfort Suites Forteleza. Opening December.  The 128-room Quality Suites Fortaleza features an all-suite design located oceanfront on one of the most famous and popular white sand beaches of Northeastern Brazil. All rooms are spacious two- and three-bedroom suites catering to both the business and leisure traveler and the hotel includes a business center, health facility, meeting rooms and an oceanside restaurant. The roof-top swimming pool offers one of the most spectacular views in the area.

Earlier this month, Choice Atlantica Hotels opened the Quality Suites Metropolis. Located in the São Paulo suburb of Alphaville, this is Choice Atlantica’s first mixed-use property. The property features 212 hotel suites and an office complex connected by skywalk to the hotel. The office complex includes 132 luxury office units, four day-office suites, a business center, professionally staffed health club and spa, 1,800 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting and conference facilities and coffee bar in the lobby of the office complex. The property also includes a Valle D’Aosta Restaurant, famous for its Northern Italian cuisine in more than 20 locations in Brazil.

During the first nine months of 2001, Choice Atlantica will open properties in the Brazilian cities of Parana, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco and Ceara as well as in Argentina.

São Paulo-based Choice Atlantica Hotels is the second largest hospitality operator in South America with 10 hotels open and 54 under construction. The company has more than $650 million in assets under management and plans to open one new hotel every month for the foreseeable future. Choice Atlantica Hotels is an independent management company that also has the master franchise agreement for Choice hotel products – Comfort Inns, Comfort Suites, Quality Inns, Quality Suites, Clarions and Sleep Inns – in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. In addition to its headquarters in São Paulo, the company has regional offices in offices in Buenos Aires and Santiago and an administrative office in Fort Lauderdale.

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Contact:
Mona Mesereau
Choice Atlantica Hotels
(1) 303-841-1511
mona_mesereau@msn.com
www.choicehotels.com

Also See Choice Atlantica Hotels Launches New Brand in South America, Atlantica Residence / July 2000 
Choice Atlantica Hotels Adding US$95 million in New Hotel Assets in South America / May 2000 


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