Holiday Inn & Suites Ballarat Goldfields — Photo by IHG

An eye-catching, design-led Holiday Inn & Suites is coming to Ballarat, heralding an exciting chapter for IHG Hotel's & Resort's expansion into regional Victoria and a new partnership with hotel owners, Forte Group.

Holiday Inn & Suites Ballarat Goldfields will be one of the most striking hotels in regional Australia and a coveted MICE destination, boasting a highly visible location from the Western Freeway which links Ballarat to Melbourne CBD.

Designed by international, award-winning Hachem Architecture, the 110-room hotel is expected to open in 2024 and will be one of the region's premier business, leisure and MICE destinations, with 400sqm of flexible meeting space including a large ballroom with stunning rural views, as well as an intimately designed 90-seat restaurant and bar, a day spa, gymnasium and outdoor pool.

Forte Group is an industrial, residential, commercial and hospitality developer creating thoughtful, design-led solutions. From façades and landscapes to floor plans and interiors, Forte Group creates holistically to ensure there is a seamless relationship between all aspects of a building's design and function.

Holiday Inn & Suites Ballarat Goldfields will join the 41 open or pipeline Holiday Inn brand family hotels in Australasia & Pacific. Globally, it's the world's largest brand family with more than 4,100 open and over 1,000 in the pipeline, delivering the Joy of Travel in almost every corner of the world.