Carlson Hotels, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, announced the further expansion of Country Inns & Suites By Carlson in Missouri. The opening of Country Inn & Suites, St. Peters, Mo. marks the brand’s accelerated expansion in the region as part of its Ambition 2015 growth strategy.

Carlson Hotels, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, announces the signing of its first hotel in Wuxi’s promising, pulsating new high technology zone area. The 196-room upscale hotel will open in the first half of 2012.

HotelsCombined.com, the world’s leading hotel meta-search engine, announced today their partnership with Carlson Hotels Worldwide, the internationally renowned hotel company incorporating Regent Hotels & Resorts; Radisson Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson; and Park Inn.

Carlson Hotels has signed an 142-room Radisson Hotel located in the heart of downtown Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei’s capital city. The property, which will be converted to the upscale, full-service Radisson brand on 1 May 2010, marks Carlson’s entry into Brunei, a beautiful country located on the north west coast of the island of Borneo.

Carlson’s global portfolio now totals 1,058 hotels with 160,000 rooms in 77 countries.

Carlson In this new position, Hamilton will report to Thorsten Kirschke, executive vice president and chief operating officer for The Americas. She will oversee the company’s global sales office, based outside Manhattan in New Jersey.