TORONTO, ON (October 20, 2025) − Choice Hotels Canada is proud to share the 2025 national winners of its prestigious annual Awards for Property Excellence (APEX). Established in 2010, these awards represent a long-standing tradition of recognizing the very best across the Canadian portfolio of more than 350 hotels. This year, 13 outstanding hotels and individuals were honoured for their exceptional performance, unwavering commitment to guest service and excellence in operations.
“APEX is our opportunity to shine a spotlight on the incredible people and properties that help make Choice Hotels Canada one of the leading hotel franchisors in the country,” said Brian Leon, CEO, Choice Hotels Canada. “They continue to set the bar for exceptional guest experiences, operational excellence, and industry leadership across the country and celebrating their achievements is one of the highlights of the year.”
The 2025 national APEX winners are:
- Highest Guest Satisfaction (Top LTR):Comfort Inn & Suites in Terrace, BC: This award recognizes the property that achieved the highest Likelihood to Recommend (LTR) score in Choice Hotels Canada’s guest insight surveys over the last year. This spring, the hotel also received its fourth Platinum Guest Satisfaction Award from Choice Hotels Canada and is a previous Choice Canadian Hotel of the Year winner.
- Marketing Star Award: Comfort Suites Kelowna, BC: This award recognizes a hotel or hotel group that stands out from the crowd when it comes to local marketing. The winner works in collaboration with Choice Hotels Canada’s marketing team to leverage resources available to enhance its local marketing efforts.
- Choice Privileges Ambassador of the Year: Comfort Inn & Suites Edmonton International Airport, AB: This award recognizes a hotel that stands out as an ambassador of Choice Privileges, Choice Hotels’ award-winning travel rewards program. The recipient helps promote Choice Privileges’ value on-property, consistently motivating the team and fellow Ambassador community, participating in related webinars, and supporting promotions or offers.
- Sales Excellence Award: Neelam Rawat, Quality Inn West Edmonton, AB: This award recognizes an individual who demonstrates outstanding sales efforts in collaboration with Choice Hotels Canada’s tools and sales team, resulting in increased sales for the property.
- Renovation of the Year Award: Bayview Wildwood Resort, an Ascend Collection Resort located in Severn Bridge, ON in the Muskoka region. This award recognizes achievements in outstanding on-brand renovations that drove guest satisfaction increases.
- Revenue Management Excellence Award: Dharmesh Patel, general manager, Quality Inn in Leamington, ON: This first-time award recognizes an individual who demonstrates outstanding efforts in revenue management (RM) and engages with Choice Hotels Canada’s RM team and tools.
- Leader of the Year Award: Jamie Moody,general manager, Quality Inn & Suites in Petawawa, ON: This peer-based award recognizes an individual whose achievements include outstanding operational practices and results, team building and profit growth.Under Jamie’s leadership, the property has consistently risen to the top of the Choice Hotels Canada network, earning eight prestigious Platinum Guest Satisfaction Awards and six Gold Awards—a clear testament to his ability to inspire excellence, drive results, and deliver an outstanding guest experience.
- Mark Pearce Spirit of Hospitality Award: Christopher Green of Quality Inn & Suites in Kingston, ON & Rajan Sharma of Sleep Inn Regina East, SK, both guest service agents. This peer-nominated award is named for Mark Pearce who was the Senior Vice President of Choice's International Division and traced his roots with the company back to Canada, when he started with Choice Hotels Canada in 1993. He truly embraced Choice’s mission, to make everyone feel ‘Welcome, Wanted and Respected’ – guests, franchisees and associates alike. This award recognizes one or more individuals who embody the spirit of hospitality by consistently going out of their way to make guests and fellow team members feel valued and special with genuine and authentic actions.
- Developer of the Year Award: The DeWinter Family in New Brunswick: This award recognized a multi-unit developer whose portfolio of hotels are an outstanding representation of their respective Choice Hotels Canada brands and has demonstrated excellence in hotel development.
Best New Entries: These awards honour the newest hotels to join the Choice Hotels Canada family—properties that have set a high standard for brand excellence and outstanding hospitality within their respective lodging categories.
- Best New Entry – Conversion Upper Midscale/Midscale Brands: Quality Inn in Chatham, ON
- Best New Entry – New Build Upper Midscale/Midscale Brands: Quality Inn & Suites in Prescott, ON & Comfort Inn & Suites in Bradford, ON
- Best New Entry –Upper Upscale/Upscale: Amsterdam Inn & Suites, an Ascend Collection Hotel, Florenceville- Bristol, NB
- Best New Entry – Value Brands: Park Inn by Radisson Kelowna, BC
For additional information or to make your reservation at any of these award-winning hotels, visit www.ChoiceHotels.com