IHG secures milestone deal, adds over 1,000 rooms to portfolio in the UK & Ireland

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

IHG Hotels & Resorts, a prominent global hotel company, reveals the addition of nine new signings encompassing five distinct brands in the UK and Ireland. This expansion, contributing over 1,000 rooms, underscores the company’s robust growth across various market segments.

The hotels, representing IHG’s well-received brands such as Hotel Indigo, voco hotels, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Staybridge Suites, further amplify the company’s already impressive presence in the UK and Ireland, where it currently boasts over 350 operational hotels.

Encompassing Luxury & Lifestyle, Premium, Essentials, and Suites market segments, these properties aim to accommodate diverse domestic and international travelers, whether on business or leisure trips.

The signed agreements encompass significant developments, including the first voco hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, slated to open later this year. This marks a milestone for voco, IHG’s rapidly growing premium brand, with additional openings planned throughout 2024 and 2025.

IHG’s expansion also includes a new Hotel Indigo property in Gloucester, reinforcing its Holiday Inn brand with three additional properties in Wrexham, Reading, and Bournemouth.

(Mrs) Willemijn Geels, VP Development, Europe, IHG Hotels & Resorts, commented: “Adding over 1,000 rooms through nine new signings is a great reflection of our investment in the UK&I market, and of the confidence of our owners in IHG, who continue to trust us to develop and open successful hotels with them.

Across all four of our brand segments, this growth is also fuelled by continued appetite from domestic and international travellers, and their love for IHG’s family of brands and the experiences we offer. I’m incredibly proud of our team who are committed to growing IHG’s presence in what is our home market, and the biggest across Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa (EMEAA).”

These signings span various regions in the UK, with highlights in different market segments:

Luxury and Lifestyle:

• Hotel Indigo Gloucester – The Forum: Expected to open in 2024, this 131-room property in the heart of Gloucester will feature a unique restaurant, a rooftop cocktail bar, a gym, conferencing facilities, and a digital innovation hub.

Premium:

• voco Salisbury: Set to open in the second half of 2024, this 57-room property in Salisbury caters to both leisure and business travelers, with cultural attractions like the Cathedral of Salisbury and proximity to corporate facilities.
• voco Belfast: Opening in summer 2024, this 120-room property in central Belfast marks voco’s debut in Northern Ireland.
• voco Leicester: Set to open by mid-2024, this 191-room property in Leicester, formerly Hotel Brooklyn Leicester, will offer a unique restaurant, bar, and flexible meeting spaces.
• voco Manchester: Opening in mid-2024, this 189-room hotel in central Manchester caters to both business and leisure guests.

Essentials:

• Holiday Inn Wrexham: Expected to open in early 2025, this 87-room hotel, owned by QN Hotels, marks the first IHG-branded hotel in North Wales.
• Holiday Inn Express Reading Oxford Road: Strategically located in the heart of Reading, this 104-room hotel is set to welcome guests in the second half of 2025.

Suites:

• Staybridge Suites Belfast: Opening towards the end of 2027, this 132-room property in Belfast offers uninterrupted city views and is part of the Bedford Yard development.

IHG, with 353 operational hotels and an additional 20 in development across the UK and Ireland, anticipates significant openings this year, including The Halyard Liverpool Vignette Collection. This 133-bedroom property, rooted in Liverpool’s maritime heritage, marks the inaugural UK opening for Vignette Collection, part of IHG’s expanding Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio, now the second-largest globally. Other notable openings include Holiday Inn Express Liverpool Central, Holiday Inn Blackpool, voco Leicester, voco Salisbury, and voco The Clifton Folkstone.

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