InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the leading global hotel companies recently announced that it has made four new hotel signings as well as six new hotel openings across the GCC in 2017 at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, UAE.
IHG’s four new hotel signings in Africa and the Middle East are: the Holiday Inn Mutare hotel in Zimbabwe, Crowne Plaza Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, InterContinental Doha Festival City and Staybridge Suites Lusail in Doha, Qatar.
In addition, IHG is also opening six new hotels in the MEA region in 2017. The new hotels include Crowne Plaza® Muscat OCEC in Oman, InterContinental Fujairah Resort in the UAE, Holiday Inn® Doha – The Business Park in Qatar, Holiday Inn Algiers Cheraga Tower in Algeria, as well as two in Saudi Arabia: Staybridge Suites Jeddah Alandalus Mall, and the Crowne Plaza Riyadh – ITCC.
This acceleration is indicative of IHG’s expansion plans and operations in Africa and the Middle East. The global hospitality leader continues to focus on key cities across the region, such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha and Cairo – putting the right brands in the right locations according to demand.
Pascal Gauvin, Chief Operating Officer – India, Middle East, Africa (IMEA), IHG, confirmed the reports and said that the company is focuxing on exploring new opportunities so as to expand its presence in the Africa and beyond.
“While the increased focus on expanding our midscale brands – announced in 2016 – has become more pronounced with increasing demand for our Holiday Inn brand family, we have also begun exploring opportunities to expand within the emerging luxury/lifestyle segment in the region,” said Pascal.
“We know the lifestyle segment is the fast growing in the hotel industry; we’ve seen it ourselves through the successful launch of our Hotel Indigo brand here in AMEA, specifically in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
We’re confident there is strong growth potential in the region for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants brands and we’re looking forward to building on the momentum already established here with Hotel Indigo,” Gauvin continued.
IHG has been pioneering travel across the globe for over 70 years now. It provides more than 744,000 guest rooms globally, serving over 150 million guests each year. The family of twelve trusted brands range from the friendly comfort of a city centre Holiday Inn® hotel to the luxury of an award-winning InterContinental® resort.
