Ascend Collection adds 21 Bluegreen properties: Choice Hotels International announced on Tuesday that it added 21 Bluegreen Vacation Club Resorts in the U.S. to its Ascend Hotel Collection.
TUI AG won’t bid for TUI Travel: TUI AG announced that it will not buy TUI Travel.
CSM buys Washington hotel: CSM Lodging bought the 164-room Courtyard by Marriott North/Lynnwood Everett, located in Lynnwood.
Read more in the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
Chesapeake expands in Delaware: Chesapeake Hospitality has transitioned management of the 59-guest Country Inn & Suites Newark, Delaware.
Le Brun painting found at Ritz Paris: An oil painting by Charles Le Brun was discovered in a suite that Coco Chanel lived in at Ritz Paris. The painting will be auctioned.
2 Maine hotels given green light: A 131-room Courtyard by Marriott and 110-room hotel were approved for construction in Portland. Both are expected to open in 2014.
Read more at the Boston Herald
Cambria Suites expands in Texas, Arizona: Choice Hotels International on Tuesday announced that it signed an agreement with O’Reilly Hospitality Management to open the 121-room Cambria Suites Phoenix-Desert Ridge and 129-room Cambria Suites Plano.