The Rezidor Hotel Group announces the Park Inn Doncaster in the United Kingdom: The existing “Purple Hotel Doncaster” will be rebranded in May 2009 and add 87 guest rooms to Rezidor’s pipeline. “With this signing our Park Inn portfolio in the UK reaches 35 hotels with more than 5,600 rooms in operation and under development”, says Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. "The opening of Park Inn Doncaster marks the start of another chapter of our cooperation with Rezidor", adds Pearl Palihawadna, Operational Director of Hotel Solutions London Ltd., owner of the hotel. "We believe in the Park Inn brand and aim to develop it further."

Metropolitan Doncaster is located in South Yorkshire and has a population of 290,000 inhabitants. The Park Inn Doncaster is located in a popular business park – just outside the city centre and in proximity to the M16 highway. It is walking distance from the Keepmoat Stadium which is the home of the Doncaster Rovers Football Club and hosts various music events during the year. The Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport is 12 kilometres away.

The Park Inn Doncaster features 87 rooms equipped with walk-in showers, WiFi, air conditioning, and flat screen television. Further services of the hotel include a café, a lobby bar, and one meeting room.

About the Rezidor Hotel Group
The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world. The group features a portfolio of close to 370 hotels in operation and under development with 78,000 rooms in 58 countries.

Rezidor operates the brands Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the goldpoints plusSM loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Rezidor has signed a worldwide license agreement with the Italian fashion house Missoni, in order to develop and operate a lifestyle hotel brand of the same name: Hotel Missoni.

In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Carlson Companies is the main shareholder.

The Corporate Office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.

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Christiane Reiter
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Radisson Hotel Group