IHG Signs Two Hotels Near Stockholm Arlanda
Airport in Sweden
(04/10/22)
IHG has signed two hotels near Stockholm Arlanda
Airport (ARN) in Sweden.
The dual-branded property will have a total of 420
rooms, 120 of which will be housed in a Crowne Plaza hotel with
the remaining 300 rooms in a Holiday Inn Express hotel.
The property will also feature a full-service conference centre, gym facilities, as well as a bar and
restaurant.
Located just
outside Sweden’s capital Stockholm, the largest city in the
Nordics, and near both the country’s busiest airport and new
Scandinavian XPO fairground, the new-build hotel is ideally placed
to cater to leisure and business travellers alike.
Alexander Yavuz, CEO, at Björnbäckens Fastighets -
the owning company, said, “We believe the Swedish market offers great
opportunities for the hospitality sector and we are delighted to
be bringing the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express brands to
market. Trusting in its scale, brand recognition and international
expertise, IHG Hotels & Resorts is the ideal partner to
successfully grow our portfolio of hotels.”
Crowne Plaza & Holiday Inn Express Stockholm
Arlanda Airport are scheduled to open in 2026 and will be operated by Mogotel Development Holding, a key hotel operator in the Baltics
and beyond.
Miguel Martins, Head of Development Northern
Europe at IHG Hotels & Resorts, said, “As a market with a
predominately leased deal structure and dominated by domestic
brands, Sweden - like most Scandinavian countries - has
traditionally been challenging to conquer for hotel companies with
a franchise-based business model. We are therefore very excited to
be entering Sweden with this diverse dual-branded property which
is a fantastic representation of both our premium and essentials
brand portfolio. We are confident that this new partnership with Björnbäckens Fastighets AB will only be the beginning of our
strategic expansion into the Nordic markets.”
IHG currently has eight hotels operating across
three brands in the Nordic countries, including Crowne Plaza,
Hotel Indigo, and Holiday Inn.
In addition to the newly signed
Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express Stockholm Arlanda Airport,
the pipeline for the Nordics also includes two Six Senses
properties: Six Senses Svart in Norway and Six Senses Össurá
Valley in Iceland.
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