/C O R R E C T I O N -- Carlson Hotels Worldwide/

In the news release, Hotel Industry Veteran Gordon McKinnon Becomes Executive
Vice President, Chief Branding Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide, issued
27-Aug-2009 by Carlson Hotels Worldwide over PR Newswire, we are advised by
the company that the third paragraph, first sentence, should read " was
executive vice president " rather than " was vice president " as originally
issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:
Hotel Industry Veteran Gordon McKinnon Becomes Executive Vice President, Chief
Branding Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotel industry veteran Gordon McKinnon
has been named executive vice president and chief branding officer for Carlson
Hotels Worldwide.

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Hubert Joly, president and chief executive officer of Carlson, a global hotel,
marketing, restaurant and travel company, announced McKinnon's appointment,
which is effective Sept. 1. He will be based in Minneapolis and report to
Joly, who also serves as president and CEO of Carlson Hotels Worldwide.

McKinnon comes to Carlson from The Rezidor Hotel Group based in Brussels,
Belgium, where he was executive vice president of brands. Carlson is the main
shareholder of Rezidor, which is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in
the world.

"We welcome Gordon to Carlson's global hotel management team, and we look
forward to drawing upon his extensive experience and unique skill set as we
continue to enhance our hotel brands and market position," Joly said.

McKinnon joined Rezidor in 2002 as the vice president of brand and concept
development, which involved positioning and defining current and future hotel
brands and concepts. As a brand leader, he was responsible for defining and
establishing the Hotel Missoni concept in terms of design, architecture,
strategic locations, operations and service standards.

Before joining Rezidor, McKinnon was vice president of marketing for the
Malmaison hotels, headquartered in Glasgow, U.K., where his main
responsibilities included the creation, control and promotion of the brand. He
joined Malmaison in 1993 as founding member of the Malmaison concept team and
served as the managing director of the Malmaison Brand Company. Initially, he
served as a consultant and joined the company full-time in 1999. In addition,
he has held several leadership positions at marketing and communications
companies in the United Kingdom.

ABOUT CARLSON:
Carlson is a global hotel, marketing, restaurant and travel company
headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carlson is one of the world's leading
hotel companies, with five brands spanning luxury to economy. Carlson hotel
brands are: Regent(R) Hotels & Resorts, Radisson(R) Hotels & Resorts, Park
Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) and Park
Inn(R) hotels. Its portfolio includes more than 1,045 hotels in 75 countries.
In addition to its hotel brands, the company's brands and services include:
Carlson Marketing, T.G.I. Friday's(R) and Pick Up Stix(R) restaurants, and
Carlson Wagonlit Travel((R)). Carlson's brands and services employ about
150,000 people in more than 150 countries. www.carlson.com

SOURCE Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Sam Macalus of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, +1-763-212-2477,
smacalus@carlson.com