The FINANCIAL — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced the opening of the first Holiday Inn Express hotel in the Condado district of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The FINANCIAL — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced the opening of the first Holiday Inn Express hotel in the Condado district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This 115 room hotel opening brings IHG’s hotels in Puerto Rico to four including the recently renovated InterContinental San Juan, Holiday Inn Mayaguez & Tropical Casino and the Holiday Inn Ponce & Tropical Casino hotels. With hotels situated in almost every key market throughout the region, IHG has over 80 hotels in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, according to IHG.
“Holiday Inn Express is one of the fastest-growing hotel brands in the industry, and we are thrilled to now have the brand represented in San Juan,” said Alvaro Diago, COO, Latin America and Caribbean, IHG. “San Juan is Puerto Rico’s financial and cultural center and a key tourist destination with a growing demand for well-known international hotel brands, and the Holiday Inn Express brand easily meets the needs of both business and leisure travelers,” he added.
The Holiday Inn Express San Juan Condado hotel, owned by A.F.N.S. Condado Investment Inc, is franchised by an affiliate of IHG. The seven-story property is located directly across the street from the exquisite Condado Beach and five miles from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. Also close to the Port of San Juan, the Holiday Inn Express San Juan Condado hotel additionally offers convenient access to the Puerto Rico Convention Center, the city’s financial district and numerous dining and nightlife options, according to IHG.
“It’s a strategic advantage to have a hotel in the thriving city of San Juan and in such a vibrant location as Condado,” said Gerardo Murray, vice president, Distribution and Commercial Marketing, Mexico, Latin America and Caribbean, IHG. “San Juan is a key market for IHG given its importance as a vacation destination, as Puerto Rico’s capital city, as an economic and cultural hub and as one of the island’s most important seaports. We look forward to further growing the IHG brand in this region,” he added.
IHG has a total of 44 Holiday Inn hotels and Holiday Inn Express hotels throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and has been serving Latin America for more than 65 years. The scale and diversity of the IHG family of brands means that our hotels can meet our guests’ needs whatever the occasion. Holiday Inn Express hotels participate in IHG’s guest loyalty program, IHG Rewards Club, which is the industry’s first and largest guest loyalty program with more than 77 million members, according to IHG.
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