HOLIDAY Inn Express opened its new Cape Town property on March 1. It is the first new property opened since the return of Holiday Inn Express to South Africa.
Situated in St Georges Mall in the Cape Town CBD, the property has 175 rooms and is close to tourist attractions such as the V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
Other properties to be opened by the hotel brand include Sandton Woodmead in Johannesburg (scheduled to open mid-June), Sunnypark in Johannesburg (opening in March 2009) and an Umhlanga property in 2010.
ISO Leisure, developers for Holiday Inn Express, plans to develop 25 new hotels in South Africa over the next ten years. The group also has three further projects lined up that will be announced soon, says to Gavin Watson, chief executive ISO Leisure.
Watson believes there is a viable market for the Holiday Inn Express brand in South Africa. “The limited service sector will be increasingly important across the country over the next few years as the market matures and diversifies to accommodate a burgeoning new tier of traveller looking for a smart, fresh, welcoming place to stay, and of course, value for money.”
