Budget: At the junction of the busy bar, restaurant and boutique scene, at the corner of Rue Ste.-Catherine and Rue Crescent, the Comfort Suites, 1214 Rue Crescent, (514) 878-2711, fax (514) 878-0030, offers 96 simple, comfortable rooms, each with balcony.
Choice Hotels brands include Clarion, Comfort Suites, Quality and Sleep Inn.
One of these, a Comfort Suites resort, opened early this year 300 feet from a beach on Grand Cayman.
Comfort Inn, No. 2 on the list, is part of Choice Hotels, a franchiser with seven brand names: Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites, Sleep Inn, MainStay Suites, Quality, Clarion, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.
The average rate for both Comfort categories combined, he said, was in the low 60's, but Comfort Suites, all newly built, commanded $10 to $12 more a night.
WHERE TO STAY -- Comfort Suites in St. Charles, (636) 949-0694, $80 single, $85 double; seven miles from the pool; ask for the "United States diving rate".
GEORGIA 92, MOREHEAD STATE 42 Kara Braxton had 17 points and 8 rebounds as No. 12 Georgia routed Morehead State in the Comfort Suites Classic in Richmond, Ky.
Last month, Beck left his home in Dallas, flew to Fargo, North Dakota, drove three hours to Bismarck, and checked into a Comfort Suites.
This month, for instance, Chandan Patel borrowed $3.7 million from Sonoma Bank to buy her second hotel property, a Comfort Suites hotel in Castro Valley, Calif.
Comfort Suites (210 East Acequia Avenue, Visalia; 559-738-1700; comfreesuites.com) offers free wireless Internet access, a free Continental breakfast and an easy walk to downtown attractions.
