Located eight kilometers from the Greater Moncton International Airport, the Residence Inn Moncton offers its guests convenient access to Magnetic Hill, Champlain Mall, Hopewell Rocks and Moncton Coliseum. Rates vary depending on length of stay.

"We are pleased to introduce Residence Inn hotels in the New Brunswick area," said Tim Sheldon, senior vice president, brand management, extended stay for Marriott International. "This new hotel was designed to be a home away from home and provides a residential atmosphere and spacious accommodations for guest comfort."

Residence Inns are designed as all suite hotels that offer studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites. Designed for stays of five nights or more, each suite has a fully-equipped kitchen with coffee maker, microwave oven, full-sized appliances, luxury bedding and free high-speed Internet access. The hotel offers daily housekeeping, complimentary grocery shopping services and same-day dry cleaning.

A complimentary hot breakfast buffet, HomeTouch is available each morning in the lobby area. Other hotel facilities and services include the Keg Steakhouse restaurant, open for lunch and dinner, an indoor swimming pool, exercise room, a social room, weeknight social hour and business center. The six-story hotel also offers 750 square feet of meeting space to accommodate small meetings and functions of up to 28 people.

A leader in extended-stay lodging, Residence Inn offers more than 550 hotels in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico. Residence Inn participates in the company's award-winning Marriott Rewards program, which enables members to earn their choice of points toward free vacations or frequent flyer mileage in their preferred airline program for dollars spent at more than 2,500 Marriott hotels in 56 countries.

For more information or reservations, call the Residence Inn Moncton hotel directly at 506-854-7100, the Residence Inn toll-free number at 800-331-3131, a travel agent or visit the Web site at www.residenceinn.com.

Tim Lieb/ The Sage Agency / 202-431-5855 (phone)/ 703-738-7043 (fax)/ tim@sageagency.com