IHG Expands Presence in Brazil with New Holiday Inn Express® Hotel Signing
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) (LON:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs), one of the world's leading global hotel companies, today announced the signing of the Holiday Inn Express® Marília. The new-build, 102-room Holiday Inn Express® hotel will be among the first internationally branded properties in the city of Marília, and is slated to open toward the end of 2013. With a population of 220,000, Marília is predominantly a business destination known for its many sugar cane refineries that produce the important commodity, ethanol. The hotel will be centrally located, affording easy access to major thoroughfares, and minutes from Marília's principal shopping center, industrial district and airport.