More than 1,000 guestrooms were added to the growing hotel portfolio.

Hampton, the national brand of more than 1,500 mid-priced Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels, opened 11 properties in March 2008, representing 1,119 new rooms.

The new openings include three Hampton Inn hotels and eight Hampton Inn & Suites properties. All openings are franchised, newly constructed hotels with the exception of one conversion property.

"The Hampton Hotel brand continued to drive development momentum in March with the opening of 11 hotels and more than 1,000 new guestrooms," said Phil Cordell, senior vice president, Hampton Hotels.

"We also saw growth from our Hampton Inn & Suites product as this accounted for more than half of our new openings in March—a trend we will continue to see throughout 2008."

For consumers who would like to take their hotel room experience home with them, Hampton has a new program available online where many of Hampton Hotels' guestroom amenities are available for purchase.