InterContinental Hotels Group will open the
Holiday Inn Express Gurgaon Sector 50, the first Holiday Inn
Express hotel in Gurugram, on 15 September 2018.
The hotel is part of a partnership with
SAMHI for a portfolio of 14 Holiday Inn Express hotels in India.
Vivek Bhalla,
Regional Vice President, SWA, IHG said, “We are delighted to
launch the first Holiday Inn Express hotel as a part of our
partnership with SAMHI, an eminent player in the hospitality
industry in India. Our growth in India is fueled by the Holiday
Inn brand family, and this partnership underscores our commitment
to grow our midscale offering in the country. Holiday Inn Express
is our fastest growing brand globally, and we see further
opportunity in the South West Asia market to expand our footprint.”
Holiday Inn Express Gurgaon Sector 50 is located
within in a mixed-use complex populated with a shopping mall,
restaurants, entertainment, and wellness facilities.
The hotel is 30 minutes from Indira Gandhi International
Airport and the railway station and in close proximity to the
Metro station, providing greataccessibility and connectivity to
the guests.
Holiday Inn Express Gurgaon Sector 50 offers 205
rooms, free high-speed internet, a gymnasium and a laundry room.
Ashish Jakhanwala, MD & CEO, SAMHI, said, “We
are very excited to inaugurate Holiday Inn Express Gurgaon Sector
50, the first of the 14 hotels Holiday Inn Express portfolio,
under the SAMHI & IHG partnership. The conversion and the
rebranding exercise of our existing portfolio to the Holiday Inn
Express brand is one of the largest in the hospitality industry.
We strongly believe that a combination of strong locations, a
vibrant product and the power of the brand Holiday Inn Express,
will lead the way for the midscale hotel space in India.”
IHG
and SAMHI entered a partnership in 2017 to rebrand 14 hotels
(approximately 2000 rooms, operating and under construction) to
Holiday Inn Express hotels. Creating a pan India presence, the
hotels will be located across key cities in India such as
Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Kolkata. The
hotels under the portfolio are being renovated and upgraded with
the latest design directives, to ensure the portfolio is fully
representative of the Holiday Inn Express brand globally.
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