Country Inns & Suites - Wikipedia Country Inns & Suites This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2015 ) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia 's general notability guideline. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention. If notability can not be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources : `` Country Inns & Suites '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( June 2017 ) Country Inns & Suites by Carlson ( CI&S ) is a hotel brand owned by the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which accommodates both business and leisure travelers. CI&S hotels are mainly independently owned and operated, and franchised under licensing agreements with the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. The brand operates more than 1,370 hotels worldwide. History The Country Inn and Suites in Moline, Illinois. CI&S opened its first hotel in Burnsville, Minnesota in 1987. The first one was opened next to a kitchen named Country Kitchen ( 1964 -- present ), which spun off into its own company, CI&S. On August 25, 1989, its headquarters was in Chanhassen, Minnesota, next to Country Kitchen, as a domestic restaurant. In 1991 in Japan, its Japan headquarters is called Country Suites Japan of Tokyo. Between 1995 and 2006 Country Kitchen shut down when it became Country Restaurant in 2006. The portfolio of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group includes more than 1,300 hotels in 81 countries and territories, under brands Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inns & Suites by Carlson, and Hotel Missoni. The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and its brands employ more than 80,000 people. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, and Brussels, Belgium. References Carlson Hotels Country Inns & Suites Hotel Missoni Park Inn Park Plaza Radisson Radisson Blu Radisson Red Travel Carlson Wagonlit Travel Jump up ^ `` The Country Story ''. Country Inn & Suites. Retrieved 27 September 2017. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Country_Inns_%26_Suites&oldid=802699634 '' Categories : Hotel chains Hotels established in 1987 Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from October 2015 All articles lacking sources Articles with topics of unclear notability from June 2017 All articles with topics of unclear notability Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 September 2017, at 21 : 58. About Wikipedia

Question: where was the first country inn and suites opened
Answer: Burnsville, Minnesota