22 February, 2015 Holiday Inn Jeddah Gateway Opens in Prime City Location

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened Holiday Inn Jeddah Gateway on the city's famous Al Madina Road. The hotel becomes the second Holiday Inn and fourth IHG hotel in the city. 

The hotel is located just ten minutes' drive from the King Abdulaziz Airport and within walking distance of Jeddah International Exhibition and Convention Center, making it the perfect destination for business travellers visiting the city. For families, the hotel is close to Mall of Arabia and many of Jeddah's most popular restaurants.

The modern and spacious hotel has 180 rooms and boasts exceptional facilities, including a rooftop swimming pool where guests can unwind at the end of the day whilst enjoying stunning views over the city skyline. Guests can also take advantage of a range of health and fitness facilities including a gym with city views and a wellness area with sauna, steam-room, Moroccan baths and a barbershop. 

The hotel has six multi-purpose meeting rooms which benefit from natural daylight and can accommodate a range of meeting requirements for groups ranging from 10 to 250 people. 

The hotel has a choice of two restaurants: the all-day dining restaurant The Gate offers an international buffet as well as freshly baked breads, oven baked pizzas and healthy dishes to satisfy all tastes. Meanwhile, the Pool Garden by the rooftop pool offers a delicious BBQ and also serves a variety of snacks, fresh juices and mocktails. Additionally, Holiday Inn Jeddah Gateway offers Holiday Inn Hotels and Resort's 'Kids Stay and Eat Free'* programme, helping to make travelling with the family easier to manage.

Pascal Gauvin, IHG's Chief Operating Officer, for India, Middle East and Africa, said: "The Holiday Inn brand debuted in Saudi Arabia more than thirty years ago so it is fantastic that we are continuing to expand the brand's footprint in the Kingdom with the opening of this hotel. Saudi Arabia has always been key market for us and with sustained growth in the tourism market here, we are confident that this will continue to be the case for many years to come." 

This hotel will become IHG's 24 thhotel in Saudi Arabia, and joins three other IHG hotels in Jeddah, from the luxury InterContinental Jeddah, to the upscale Crowne Plaza Jeddahand the family-friendly Holiday Inn Jeddah - Al Salam. There are currently 1,200 Holiday Inn hotels around the world, with another 269 in the global pipeline. 

Guests can book rooms now at the Holiday Innwebsite, with rooms starting from SR 850. IHG's Best Price Guaranteepromises any guest who finds a qualifying, lower room price elsewhere online a free night and the rest of the stay to match the price.

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Notes to Editors:

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IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,800 hotels and more than 710,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries, with over 1,200 hotels in its development pipeline. Over 350,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices worldwide.

In January 2015 we completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, adding 62 hotels (11,300 rooms) to our system size and 16 hotels to our development pipeline. 

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