New hotel opens at OR Thambo

INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels
Group has announced the
opening of the new 151-room
Holiday Inn Johannesburg
Airport, expected to open in
the first quarter of this year.
The new Holiday Inn will
be a conversion of the
current Airport Grand Hotel &
Conference Centre near OR
Tambo International Airport.
The hotel features meeting
rooms and function spaces, a
restaurant and two bars. This
will be IHG's third Holiday Inn
in South Africa.
Pascal Gauvin, COO,
India, Middle East and
Africa, IHG, said: “Holiday
Inn has enjoyed a long and
successful history in South
Africa since we launched our
first hotel in Johannesburg
in 1971. Today, South Africa
ranks amongst the top
business events and leisure
travel destinations in Africa
and we are confident in the
market’s long-term growth
potential."