Holiday Inn Express

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Holiday Inn Express
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Hotels
Founded1990;34 years ago (1990)
Number of locations
2,826 (2019)
Area served
Worldwide
Owner IHG Hotels & Resorts
Parent Holiday Inn
Website www.hiexpress.com

Holiday Inn Express is an American-based mid-priced hotel chain within the IHG Hotels & Resorts family of brands. Originally founded as an "express" hotel, their focus is on offering limited services at a reasonable price. Standard amenities lean toward the convenient and practical which cater to business travelers and short-term stays. As of September 2019, there are 2,826 Holiday Inn Express hotels featuring over 292,000 rooms worldwide. [1] The chain's concept was intended to target the "upper economy" market segment. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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In Europe, the hotels were known as Express by Holiday Inn, [6] but this variation was phased out during a rebranding which was announced in 2006.

History

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Holiday Inn Express in Onalaska
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Holiday Inn Express in London

Holiday Inn Express was founded in 1990 under the ownership of Bass. [7] Plans at the time called for 250 locations to be open by 1995. [8] The first three hotels under the Holiday Inn Express name all opened in 1990. These were located in Nashville, Tennessee; Abilene, Texas; and Poughkeepsie, New York. All three were converted from existing Holiday Inn properties. [9]

In 1996, the brand's first European location opened in Scotland. [8]

Starting in 1998, Holiday Inn Express started an ad campaign that featured ordinary people achieving superior feats, such as averting a nuclear disaster or performing like rock stars. When questioned on whether or not they are professionals, they would attribute their skills to their stay there with the reply: "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!" The commercials originally ended with the tag line "It won't make you smarter. But you'll feel smarter." which was changed to "Stay smart, Stay at Holiday Inn Express." in 2000. The ads were created by Fallon Minneapolis, a unit of the French Publicis Group. [7] These ads have received positive reviews, and have been so successful they have crossed over into popular culture, having been featured in late night comedian jokes and political cartoons. [10] The ad campaign continued to air until 2009. It was revived in 2014 with new ads featuring comedian Jim Gaffigan. [11] In 2015, ads featuring comedian Rob Riggle were produced. [12]

Properties

Typical Holiday Inn Express hotels are built from corporate architectural prototypes, and tend to consist of 60–80 rooms, with a mix of suites and standard rooms in North American properties. Because the chain has been undergoing tremendous growth, the majority of Holiday Inn Express hotels are brand new or newly renovated. [13] [14] [15]

The original Holiday Inn Express properties were no-frills hotels with rooms comparable in quality to those of an upscale hotel, but there would be no room service, swimming pool, restaurant, bar, health club, meeting facilities or other on-site amenities, offering only continental breakfast and an exercise room. Newer Holiday Inn Express locations feature most amenities from the higher-end Holiday Inn brand, such as a restaurant and bar, conference rooms, and even a full fitness center with a swimming pool. A major differentiation is location, with Express properties typically found in suburbs and along freeways, while the upmarket Holiday Inns have been placed in urban areas (including downtown) and often near tourist attractions. Some Holiday Inn Express properties, such as Holiday Inn Express Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India, offer 24-hour room service as well.[ citation needed ]

Accommodations

2003-2010

AmericasEurope,
Middle East,
& Africa
Asia-PacificTotal
2003 [16] Properties1,32113221,455
Rooms106,79613,270232120,298
2004 [17] Properties1,35715321,512
Rooms109,88215,921232126,035
2005 [18] Properties1,42516141,590
Rooms115,81016,971773133,554
2006 [19] Properties1,50617281,686
Rooms123,71818,1091,755143,582
2007 [20] Properties1,615182111,808
Rooms134,55119,3802,600156,531
2008 [21] Properties1,722186241,932
Rooms146,02421,5646,206173,794
2009 [22] Properties1,846197262,069
Rooms158,28423,2596,464188,007
2010 [23] Properties1,847198302,075
Rooms159,86723,7067,655191,228

2011-2017

AmericasEuropeAsia,
Middle East,
& Africa
Greater ChinaTotal
2011 [24] Properties1,8741988342,114
Rooms162,93523,1811,8578,693196,666
2012 [25] Properties1,93121212372,192
Rooms168,39824,9032,8779,453205,631
2013 [26] Properties1,98521516422,258
Rooms174,43125,3713,50011,295214,597
2014 [27] Properties2,06022624552,365
Rooms182,60127,1385,29514,076229,110
2015 [28] Properties2,10622827642,425
Rooms186,97227,5255,88616,023236,406
2016 [29] Properties2,15423434752,497
Rooms192,37128,5787,58318,477247,009
2017 [30] Properties2,217244381012,600
Rooms199,41030,5088,66723,813262,398

From 2018

AmericasEurope,
Middle East,
Asia,
& Africa
Greater ChinaTotal
2018 [31] Properties2,2893041332,726
Rooms206,62043,73229,164279,516
2019 [32] Properties2,3683241832,875
Rooms214,99346,45437,787299,234
2020 [33] Properties2,4253292122,966
Rooms220,34247,35641,789309,487
2021 [34] Properties2,4363332473,016
Rooms221,72748,54847,054317,329
2022 [35] Properties2,4723412783,091
Rooms225,08449,87551,943326,902
2023 [36] Properties2,5093493133,171
Rooms228,75351,48856,076336,317

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