IHG roars into the lion city

IHG roars into the lion city
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Singapore will soon have three new InterContinental Group (IHG) properties, a new five-star InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay, the first Hotel Indigo for the city and the largest Holiday Inn Express in Singapore.

A management agreement was inked yesterday with property developer RB Capital to launch the second InterContinental hotel in Singapore as part of a rejuvenation of the city's riverfront area Robertson Quay.

The 225-room InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay is earmarked to open in 2016, and will sit atop a mixed use development comprising restaurants, bars and lifestyle retail outlets close to the city's main shopping district, Orchard Road.

"Singapore still has immense growth potential as a travel destination. It was recently named Asia's best tourism and aviation hub by the World Economic Forum and with the upcoming development of Changi Airport's fourth terminal projected to boost passenger capacity by another 16 million a year, the country is poised to capitalise on the region's continued booming tourism," IHG chief executive, Asia, Middle East and Africa, Jan Smits said.

Meanwhile, a 131-room Hotel Indigo property at Joo Chiat, one of the country's key heritage sites has also been announced by Katong Holdings Private Limited. The deal also includes the development of Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong, the third for the brand in the city and its largest with 451 rooms. Both are set to open in 2016.

"We will design the hotel to bring out the neighbourhood story in true Hotel Indigo fashion. Opening our third Holiday Inn Express alongside it means we are able to help our value-conscious guests experience the authentic ethnic cultures of Singapore from a whole new part of the city," IHG senior vice president, Asia, Middle East and Africa, Clarence Tan said.

IHG currently has six hotels across four brands in Singapore.

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