Book IHG Hotels and Manage Rewards Instantly with New LINE MiniApp in Japan

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has launched a LINE MiniApp in Japan, enabling users to search and book stays at over 6,600 IHG hotels worldwide, register for IHG One Rewards with a single click, and manage loyalty accounts without exiting the LINE app. The MiniApp also allows integration of partner rewards from Rakuten and… Read the full news article

Two Existing Japanese Hotels to Reopen as ANA Holiday Inn Kobe Sanda and ANA Holiday Inn Tosu

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts and FET SYSTEM INC. will convert two existing properties into ANA Holiday Inns in 2026, introducing the first internationally branded hotels in Sanda and Tosu City. The 130‑room Kobe Sanda hotel and 126‑room Tosu hotel will undergo major refurbishments and adopt Holiday Inn’s Open Lobby concept. This move aligns with… Read the full news article

New 103-Room Garner Hotel to Open in Kyoto’s Shijo Karasuma District Next Year

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has secured a conversion agreement with Taisei Yuraku Real Estate Co Ltd and Pacifica Hotels G.K. to launch Garner Hotel Kyoto Shijo Karasuma, a 103-room property in Kyoto’s Shijo Karasuma district. After a full-scale renovation integrating Garner’s hallmark aesthetics, the hotel will open in November 2025. Its prime location… Read the full news article

IHG Doubles Down on Osaka Expansion with Ten Hotels and Seven Brands During World Expo

(IN SHORT) To coincide with World Expo Osaka Kansai, IHG Hotels & Resorts has expanded its Osaka portfolio to ten hotels and 3,249 rooms—surpassing its Tokyo presence—and now spans seven brands from luxury (Vignette Collection at the former RIHGA Royal Hotel) to midscale (three Garner Hotels). This growth builds on a presence dating back to… Read the full news article

IHG to Open Second Holiday Inn & Suites in Japan with the Launch of Holiday Inn & Suites Sapporo Odori Park in Late 2025

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with Minami Nijo Operations and Goldman Sachs to open the Holiday Inn & Suites Sapporo Odori Park in late 2025. The 195-room hotel will be located in the heart of Sapporo, Hokkaido, and will feature renovated rooms, a new gym, a lobby café, and meeting spaces. The… Read the full news article

IHG Unveils Vignette Collection in Japan: RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka Sets a New Standard in Authentic Luxury

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has debuted its new collection brand in Japan by rebranding RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka as part of the Vignette Collection. This transformation blends the hotel’s historic legacy—dating back to 1935—with a refreshed, modern guest experience. Situated in Nakanoshima, Osaka, the hotel has undergone extensive renovations to offer over 1,000… Read the full news article

IHG Partners with FET SYSTEM INC. to Launch ANA Holiday Inn Iwate Kitakami in Japan by Q3 2025

114-room hotel to undergo refurbishment and reopen in Q3 this year Expands the brand footprint to 12 open and pipeline hotels in the country (IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with FET SYSTEM INC. to launch the ANA Holiday Inn Iwate Kitakami in Japan by Q3 2025. The property, currently known as Hotel… Read the full news article

IHG Expands Garner Hotels Brand with First Openings in Japan, Marking a Major Step in Asia Pacific Growth

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts has expanded its midscale conversion brand, Garner hotels, with the opening of its first three properties in Osaka, Japan. The new hotels—Garner Hotel Osaka Honmachi Station, Garner Hotel Osaka Honmachi Midosuji, and Garner Hotel Osaka Honmachi Kita Semba—represent a key milestone in the brand’s international growth. Designed to provide… Read the full news article

IHG to Rebrand ANA Holiday Inn Tokyo Bay After Renovation, Set to Open in April 2025

132-room ANA Holiday Inn Tokyo Bay to open in April following extensive renovation (IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts, in collaboration with BEST HOSPITALITY Network Inc., will relaunch the ANA Holiday Inn Tokyo Bay in April 2025 following a major renovation. The 132-room hotel will be part of the Holiday Inn brand, offering a refreshed… Read the full news article

ANA Crowne Plaza Returns to Okinawa with New Resort Partnership Between IHG and Berjaya

Collaboration will return ANA Crowne Plaza brand to Okinawa in 2025 (IN SHORT) IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan has entered into a management agreement with BHR Okinawa Management GK, a subsidiary of Berjaya Land Berhad, to bring the ANA Crowne Plaza brand back to Okinawa. The 123-room ANA Crowne Plaza Resort Okinawa Uruma Hills, set… Read the full news article

Kiyohito Iimuma Appointed as Chief Operating Officer of IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan

(IN SHORT) IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan has appointed Kiyohito Iimuma as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), in addition to his current role as Director of Operations for Japan. Iimuma, who brings over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, started his career with ANA Hotels and has held various leadership roles across… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts Commemorates 60 Years in Japan and Outlines Future Expansion Plans

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts is celebrating its 60th anniversary in Japan, a milestone marking its entry into the market with the InterContinental brand in 1964. The company highlights its successful growth through local partnerships and strategic expansion, including a significant joint venture with ANA in 2006. Currently the second-largest international hotel company in… Read the full news article

IHG Celebrates 60 Years in Japan and Unveils Bold Growth Plans for the Future

(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts celebrates its 60th anniversary in Japan, marking six decades since the introduction of the InterContinental brand to the Japanese market in 1964. The company reflects on its growth, highlighting the 2006 joint venture with ANA, Japan’s largest airline, which helped expand its presence in the country. IHG now operates… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts to Introduce Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo in 2025

Japan’s first Holiday Inn opened in Kyoto in 1973, so the opening heralds a return to the brand’s roots in Japan Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo will be the eleventh hotel under the Holiday Inn brand family in Japan The project is IHG’s second agreement with AXA IM Alts With more than 4,300 open worldwide, Holiday… Read the full news article

IHG Partners with Kajima Corporation to Open ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa

ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa will be the tenth hotel under the Holiday Inn brand family in Japan The project is IHG’s first agreement with Kajima in Japan and is the first step in a broader strategic partnership The new hotel will offer a full range of activities and amenities for families (IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts Welcomes RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka to Vignette Collection

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka has joined the IHG Hotels & Resorts’ system on 30 June 2023, making it IHG’s largest hotel in Japan and its seventh hotel in Osaka Guests can now book RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka at ihg.com and enjoy the benefits of IHG’s award-winning IHG One Rewards loyalty program Renderings released today show how Osaka’s… Read the full news article

ANA Group and IHG Hotels & Resorts strengthen strategic alliance in hotel business operations to raise awareness of ANA Group’s airline network and IHG Hotels & Resorts properties

Strengthens the multifaceted collaboration with one of Japan’s largest airline and hotel networks ANA HOLDINGS and IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan have signed a comprehensive commercial agreement. The agreement will develop the strategic alliance that started in 2006 and strengthen cooperation in various fields, predominantly in sales and marketing. A series of joint campaigns will… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts to Open Hotel Indigo Palau, Showcasing the Republic of Palau’s Pristine Marine Paradise

Hotel Indigo Palau will be IHG’s third hotel in Micronesia when it opens in late 2024 DENHAM, UK, 2023-Mar-01 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Palau Coral Club, to open Hotel Indigo Palau at the end of 2024. Hotel Indigo Palau will boast an outstanding location… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts announces signing for Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya opening late 2023

Based on a Jungle City theme, celebrating Tokyo’s Shibuya neighbourhood where individuality and colors mix and change. The hotel will bring Shibuya’s trendy and world-famous Neighborhood Story to life Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya will be the fourth Hotel Indigo in Japan, with plans to grow the brand further DENHAM, UK, 2022-Sep-02 — /Travel PR News/… Read the full news article

IHG’s voco hotels brand expands in Japan with new opening in Osaka

IHG launches the ‘reliably different’ voco brand in Japan with 2023 Osaka flagship opening voco Osaka Central is IHG’s 75th voco signing globally since it launched in 2018 Denham, United Kingdom, 2022-Jun-23 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts (headquartered in the UK; IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Abhijay Sandilya will… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts announces the first Holiday Inn Express in Japan, Holiday Inn Express Osaka City Centre Midosuji

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Dec-02 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts is bringing one of the world’s largest and most beloved brands, Holiday Inn Express, to Japan for the first time with the opening of Holiday Inn Express Osaka City Centre Midosuji in December this year. Following a landmark agreement with owner Baring… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts announces the signing of Regent Kyoto scheduled to open in 2024

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Aug-11 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts and GI Capital Management today (10 AUGUST 2021) announce that they are poised to welcome a new era of elegant luxury to Japan, following the signing of Regent Kyoto which will open in 2024. Regent Hotels & Resorts has set new standards… Read the full news article

AUSTRALIA: Holiday Inn & Suites announces Holiday Inn & Suites Ballarat Goldfields

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Aug-04 — /Travel PR News/ — An eye-catching, design-led Holiday Inn & Suites is coming to Ballarat, heralding an exciting chapter for IHG Hotel’s & Resort’s expansion into regional Victoria and a new partnership with hotel owners, Forte Group. Holiday Inn & Suites Ballarat Goldfields will be one of the most striking… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts announces ANA Crowne Plaza Akita, opening in December 2021

IHG Hotels & Resorts and Avila Co. Ltd have signed an agreement to open ANA Crowne Plaza Akita in December 2021, making it the first international premium hotel brand in the Japanese prefecture of Akita Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-May-26 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts and Avila Co., Ltd are pleased to… Read the full news article

Hotel Continental to open as InterContinental Sorrento following a state-of-the-art restoration

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts is thrilled to announce that its luxury InterContinental brand will come to Sorrento in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula as part of the redevelopment of the Hotel Continental. It follows the signing of a management agreement with the Consortium behind the iconic Hotel Continental… Read the full news article

IHG Hotels & Resorts and Pro-invest Group announce voco Brisbane City Centre and Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Feb-19 — /Travel PR News/ — The huge momentum behind the popular Hotel Indigo and voco brands continues, as IHG Hotels & Resorts and Pro-invest Group build on their partnership with the signing of two high-profile conversion hotels in the Brisbane CBD. voco Brisbane City Centre and Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre will become the… Read the full news article

IHG announces Hotel Indigo Sydney Centre scheduled to open in 2025

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Jan-22 — /Travel PR News/ — The huge momentum behind IHG’s Hotel Indigo brand in Australasia continues with the signing of a new agreement with City Tattersalls Club (CTC) in Sydney. Scheduled to open in 2025, Hotel Indigo Sydney Centre will sit atop the iconic Club’s premises in a newly renovated, 49-story… Read the full news article

Conquest’s hotels in Burwood and Parramatta rebrand as Crowne Plaza Sydney Burwood and Holiday Inn & Suites Parramatta Marsden Street

Denham, United Kingdom, 2020-Dec-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Conquest’s hotels in Burwood and Parramatta join the rapidly-growing IHG® family today (01 DECEMBER 2020), rebranding and opening their doors under the world-class Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn brands respectively. Conquest’s award-winning hotel in Burwood, which has been open for less than a year as an… Read the full news article

IHG to rebrand Fiji’s Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva as an InterContinental by 2022

Denham, United Kingdom, 2020-Jul-10 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG has signed an agreement to take over management of one of the most famous hotels in the Pacific, Fiji’s Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva, in July 2020 and rebrand it as an InterContinental by 2022. Already the most luxurious and iconic product in Suva, the… Read the full news article

IHG announces the rebranding of Fiesta Resort Saipan as Crowne Plaza® Resort Saipan in 2022

Fiesta Resort Saipan to rebrand as Crowne Plaza® Resort Saipan in 2022, signalling IHG’s rapid expansion in Micronesia Denham, United Kingdom, 2020-May-06 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG has signed a long-term agreement with Asia Pacific Hotels Inc to take on management of Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan, in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, from… Read the full news article