IHG Signs Second Holiday Inn Express in Colombia, in Capital City of Bogota

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), announced that it has signed an agreement to open the 11-story, 76-room Holiday Inn Express Bogota in Colombia. This is the second IHG property in the capital city of Bogota, joining the renowned Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogota. It also marks IHG’s fifth hotel in Colombia, joining the InterContinental Cali, the InterContinental Medellin and the Holiday Inn Express Medellin.

The new Holiday Inn Express Bogota will open first quarter of 2009 within the capital city’s newest business tower and hotel center, the OXO Center Bogota. Located in the vibrant neighborhood of “Parque de la 93,” the Holiday Inn Express will be surrounded by shops, restaurants and a variety of other entertainment venues. It will be a 25 minute drive from the airport, at Calle 94, Carrera 11A, OXO Center, Bogotá, and will feature a variety of amenities, including a fully equipped business center and a fitness room.

The hotel’s newly enhanced complimentary Express Start(R) breakfast bar will feature a range of breakfast items including an array of hot dishes, an assortment of breads, yogurt, fruit, coffee, tea, milk and juices.

And, guests will enjoy the SimplySmart(TM) bedding collection where they will find new crisp fresh bedding which features an attractive decorative throw, a medium-weight duvet blanket and soft 200 thread-count sheets.

The Holiday Inn Express portfolio includes 15 hotels in Latin America. In 2007, IHG opened a Holiday Inn Express in Medellin, Colombia and the Holiday Inn Express Natal in Brazil. In September of this year, the Holiday Inn Express Quito in Ecuador opened, and just last month the Holiday Inn Express San Jose Airport opened in San Jose, Costa Rica. Holiday Inn Express properties are located in major cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Curitiba, Brazil, with six others in Chile.