Joint venture
The property is a joint venture with Park Avenue Property Company Limited, a residential real estate developer in Hat Yai.
Scheduled to open in 2027, the 160-key Holiday Inn Express Hat Yai will join the 25 open Holiday Inn Express properties already in South East Asia and Korea.
Another 13 properties are in a growing regional pipeline, including Thailand and the Philippines.
Holiday Inn Express Hat Yai will have a 24/7 Express Café & Bar, fitness centre and meeting facilities.
A 25-minute drive from the Hat Yai International Airport and a 10-minute drive from the city centre, the hotel is also just a three-hour drive from the popular Malaysian city Penang.
Hat Yai booms in popularity
Hat Yai is the largest city in Songkhla in Southern Thailand and is popular with locals and international travellers from the neighbouring region.
Holiday Inn Express is IHG’s largest and fastest-growing hotel brand, with more than 3,000 open properties globally, and over 340,000 rooms spanning more than 50 countries.
With 39 open hotels across nine brands and 33 properties in its pipeline, Thailand is a key growth market for IHG, as it will double its estate across the country in a few years.
Vivek Bhalla, Managing Director, South East Asia & Korea, IHG Hotels & Resorts said: “Together with our new partner Park Avenue Property Company Limited, we will be introducing the world’s largest hotel brand to Hat Yai, expanding IHG’s presence to eleven destinations across the Kingdom.”
