Spanish portfolio expands
This builds on the 500 rooms added to IHG’s Spanish portfolio earlier in the year, taking the total of open and signed rooms to nearly 13,000 in the country.
The four hotels expand across multiple different sectors, with Hotel Indigo Gandia and Vignette Collection Jerez expanding the company’s Luxury & Lifestyle presence in the market, and Holiday Inn Express San Sebastian building on IHG’s Essentials brands.
The Spanish signings total four hotels, with the Vignette Collection Mallorca – Finca Banyols due to open first, in the first half of 2025. The 45-guestroom property will be the first Vignette Collection in Spain.
Vignette Collection Jerez is the second Vignette Collection of IHG’s recent Spanish signings, due to open in the second half of 2025. The 34-room hotel with Senator Hotels & Resort will be located in the middle of the picturesque city centre of Jerez.
Hotel Indigo Gandia is the third property and will open in mid-2025. Also signed with Senator Hotels & Resorts, the 40-room beachfront property is located in the popular coastal city of Gandia. Hotel Indigo Gandia – Beach will feature a beach club, pool, bar and restaurant incorporating local ingredients in its menu.
Holiday Inn Express San Sebastian – Errenteria is an 82-room hotel, which is the second signing in this announcement with Hotel Collection International – HCI. This takes the partnership between IHG and HCI to seven open and signed hotels. The hotel is set to open in mid-2026 as a new property located just outside San Sebastian, in the Errenteria neighbourhood.
A priority market for IHG
Willemijn Geels, Vice President, Development, Europe, IHG Hotels & Resorts, said: “As one of IHG’s priority markets, it’s wonderful to grow our footprint so substantially in Spain, where we’ve signed nearly 700 rooms in the first nine months of this year. This significant expansion demonstrates the continued trust our owners have in our brands to provide strong returns on their investments, and our commitment to support them to capture demand and drive performance through our powerful enterprise.
We have ambitious plans to accelerate the presence of both our powerhouse mainstream segment and our distinctive Luxury & Lifestyle collection in Spain’s key urban and leisure destinations with it being a key growth market for the company. It is truly a privilege to be able to deliver on these ambitions alongside so many of our longstanding and new growth partners. It is thanks to their trust in IHG and our talented teams that we can bring amazing new hotels right across our diverse brand portfolio to the market.”
IHG has 55 hotels operating under eight brands in Spain: Six Senses, InterContinental, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, voco, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, and Holiday Inn. As well as 22 open Iberostar properties, with a further 12 in the development pipeline, boosting IHG’s footprint in the resort and all-inclusive segment.
So far in 2024, IHG has announced the development of five new hotels across three brand collections, Luxury & Lifestyle, Premium and Essentials – Hotel Indigo in Jerez de la Frontera, Vignette Collection Mallorca – Finca Banyols, voco Granada, Holiday Inn Express Seville – City and Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sabadell.
