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IHG opened largest Holiday Inn Express hotel in Europe

Cologne, Germany – 18 October 2017 –
InterContinental Hotels Group the 323-key Holiday Inn Express Cologne City Centre, the largest hotel of this brand in Europe. General manager is Sonja Homberg.

The newly opened property boasts 323 rooms all featuring the next generation Holiday Inn Express design which balances home comforts with smart design features. Guests can enjoy sound absorbing headboards, bedside USB ports and flexible in-room working spaces. Free Wi-Fi and a continental breakfast buffet are also included in the room rate. 

Ideally located, the hotel is walking distance to the Old Town or a short U-bahn ride to the famous twin spires of Gothic Cologne Cathedral tower. Within a short distance of Poststraße and Severinstraße U-bahn stations, as well as Cologne Central railway station. If flying in or out, Cologne Bonn Airport is only 25 minutes’ drive away.

There are currently 32 Holiday Inn Express hotels in Germany, and a further 29 in the development pipeline. In Europe, there are 239 Holiday Inn Express hotels with 60 in the development pipeline. 

Across all brands, IHG now has a total of nearly 120 hotels open and in the development pipeline in Germany.