STAVROPOL, RUSSIA—IHG has signed Holiday Inn Stavropol, the first internationally branded hotel in the city. IHG will manage the hotel on behalf of new owner Metropolia 26 LLC.
Set to open in 2017, the 242-room newly constructed hotel will feature the Holiday Inn brand’s signature Open Lobby with a dining area, media lounge and bar as well as meeting facilities including five meeting rooms and a ballroom.
The hotel will be part of a multi-development project in an area close to the city’s cultural hub. It is anticipated the hotel will meet increasing hospitality demand from the area’s surrounding corporate business. Robert Shepherd, IHG’s chief development officer for Europe, said: “We’re excited and particularly proud to be the first international hotel chain to develop in Stavropol. We’re also delighted to be working with Metropolia for the first time. Russia is a priority market for us and this signing is another step forward for the Holiday Inn brand there.”
IHG recently signed a management agreement with new owner LLC “UK Platinum” to open Holiday Inn St Petersburg – Kremenchugskaya. The 170-room hotel due to open in 2017 is located close to the Moskovsky railway station, the city’s main connection to Moscow.