IHG Hotels & Resorts has surpassed the milestone of 200 open hotels in its Northern Europe market.
This expansion includes the introduction of several IHG brands across Germany, Hungary, Poland and Sweden.
Germany will welcome the luxury boutique Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and the midscale conversion brand Garner later this year.
The Candlewood Suites extended stay brand is set to make its debut early next year while the first hotels under the Kimpton and Vignette Collection brands have already opened in Hungary.
Additionally, the collaboration between IHG's Holiday Inn brand and NOVUM Hospitality's niu brand has resulted in more than 30 new openings.
In Germany, the upcoming Holiday Inn Express Munich Airport-Erding is scheduled to open in late 2024, alongside Kimpton Frankfurt Main, which will be the first Kimpton-branded hotel in the country, located within the FOUR development.
The Holiday Inn – the niu brand continues to expand with two more properties signed, adding to the initial 52 agreed.
A total of 56 Garner hotels were signed in April 2024 as part of a long-term agreement with NOVUM Hospitality, with the first properties expected to open later this year.
In addition, 11 Candlewood Suites properties were signed in April 2024, with openings planned towards the end of this year.
Poland will see the addition of the fourth Holiday Inn Express hotel in the country, Holiday Inn Express Lublin, set to open as a conversion from an independent hotel in partnership with Polski Holding Hotelowy.
The voco hotels brand is making its Polish debut with voco Katowice, a 167-guest room hotel, scheduled to open in 2025.
Krakow will welcome the Hotel Indigo Krakow – Wawel Castle in 2025, signed with Howell Estates, marking the second Hotel Indigo in the city.
In Hungary, the Kimpton BEM Budapest opened in July 2024 while the Verno House Budapest, part of the Vignette Collection, opened last month.
In Sweden, the opening of voco Stockholm - Kista in early September 2024 marks IHG's re-entry into the market.
Furthermore, the recently opened Holiday Inn Express Brussels - Airport, developed with Borealis Hotel Group, features 208 guest rooms.
IHG's Northern Europe market, comprising 13 countries, now has 197 open hotels and 169 properties under development.
