Choice Privileges members can look forward to more Ascend Collection hotels coming soon. A minimum of 13 hotels are in the pipeline in 2012, set to open this year and next, and will expand the hotel group to 84 properties. Some of the new properties include Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas; The Blake, New Orleans; Blue Horizon Hotel, Philadelphia; enVision Hotel, Boston; Atlantique View Resort and Spa, Dominica and Voyager Hotel, Anchorage, among others.