The Commons Hotel Selected for the 2013 Fodors 100 Hotel Award, Honoring the Best Hotels Around the World

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. September 27, 2013 Fodors Travel, the leading name in travel guides for 77 years, today announced that The Commons Hotel part of the Noble House Hotels & Resorts collection has been recognized as a 2013 Fodors 100 Hotel Award winner. This distinction designates The Commons Hotel as an outstanding hotel as selected by Fodors editors and travel experts, recognizing high style, excellent service and a one-of-a-kind stay for guests.

Each year, Fodors Travel invites their roster of 500 local contributors around the world to nominate the best hotels in their destinations. Fodors senior editorial team deliberated on over 4,000 Fodors Choice picks and new property reviews, poring over the list for months narrowing their top selections in eight categories reflecting 2013s travel trends:

· Creative Conversions Adaptive reuse offers new lives to historic buildings

· Enduring Classics Iconic, landmark hotels with timeless appeal

· Home Suite Homes Intimate pied-à -terres that make guests feel right at home

· Culinary Gems Hotels with onsite restaurants helmed by top toques

· Exotic Hideaways Destination hotels for a trip of a lifetime

· Local Characters Convey an immersive sense of place from décor to activities

· Sleek City Addresses Glossy city hotels that offer high style and first rate amenities

· Blissful Beach Retreats Best beach spots, all-inclusives to beachfront bungalows

At Fodor's, hotels are more than our lifebloodthey're our passion. With every stay, we obsess over design choices, service, and amenities, explained Arabella Bowen, Fodors Travel executive editorial director. To compile the Fodors 100 list, we look for properties within emerging destinations, trends our editors have been seeing throughout the year, new and noteworthy hotels and enduring favorites to create a list that will inspire all types of travel and traveler.

Conveniently located close to downtown Minneapolis on the University of Minnesota campus, The Commons Hotel incorporates a theme of contrasts inspired by its collegiate ties to the university and industrial history of the Twin Cities providing a welcoming atmosphere that embraces diverse people, cultures and communities who share the common desire to discover. Celebrating both the intellectual and the artist, the 304-room property gives nod to the geek-chic persona with playful experiences fancied around literary, art and science, from beakers of local brew and alchemist mixology lessons at The Beacon Public House, to Sudoku Sleep-Ins and complimentary in-room book deliveries from the resident Book Butler.

As a 2013 Fodors 100 Hotel Award-winning property, The Commons Hotel will be featured on www.Fodors.com and in a free interactive eBook, available in the iBookstore. A complete list of all 100 selected hotels is available at http://www.fodors.com/hotel-awards/2013/.

For more information about The Commons Hotel, call 1-800-822-6757 or visit www.commonshotel.com. The Commons Hotel is located at 615 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 55414.

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Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Ltd. is a privately held hotel ownership and management company in business for more than 30 years. Founded in 1979 by Patrick R. Colee, Noble House began as a commercial property development group, but for the last 25 years, the company has concentrated exclusively on hotel ownership and management. The Seattle, Washington based company owns and manages boutique hotels and resorts spanning the four coastal corners of America, including the newly refurbished Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in the Florida Keys, The Edgewater in Seattle, Washington and Hotel Viking in Newport, R.I. For more information or to book reservations, visit www.NobleHouseHotels.com.

Fodors Travel

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