Canad Inns
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Canad Inns is a chain of hotels headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. The company operates nine hotel properties in the province of Manitoba with a tenth hotel opening in 2007 in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota in the United States. This will be the chain's first expansion outside of Canada. Currently, most of the hotels are located in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In 2004, Canad Inns was named one of "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies". The chain employs 1,500 people and is the 14th largest hotel chain in Canada and the largest in Manitoba.
In the past, the company had a history of buying underutilized hotel properties and reinvigorating them with added investments. Recently, Canad Inns has started developing brand new facilities with many amenities. For instance, the property that will soon open in Grand Forks, North Dakota will feature a 13-story hotel, a large waterpark, and three restaurants.
The company also purchased the naming rights to Winnipeg Stadium, home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, which is now called Canad Inns Stadium.
[edit] Future plans
In 2006, Canad Inns announced a 19-story hotel to be built beside the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. It will cost $25 million and will be opened in 2008.
The chain recently proposed a hotel and waterpark complex in Bismarck, North Dakota.
