<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Shareholder:
Noting that most HIs are in the 30 to 40 year old range, the plan calls for dropping the dowdier of these properties and introducing a new room design, and prototype for new builds.
There will be a new logo for HIs, returning to the focus on the old brand logo and green striping. However, rooms will be modernized with ergonomic work chairs and desks, sleeker furnishings -- a warmer W styling -- and high speed Internet connections.</font>
Hm, I hope they won't be all like the Anaheim-Resort Area HI:
https://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/1/en/hd/LAXSM
which at that page describes itself as: "Newly opened Holiday Inn prototype hotel, located minutes from the entrance to Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center. This hotel is a 'State of the Art' facility featuring 264 well-appointed guestrooms."
Well-appointed? I've stayed there once so far, and if it wasn't substantially cheaper (and offering 1000 bonus points per stay) than other Holiday Inns and Expresses in the area I wouldn't choose that one to stay in again. The room only had a walk-in shower, while both the "older" HI in Santa Ana (near Orange County/John Wayne Airport) and the year-old Express in Garden Grove (a couple miles from Anaheim) have bathtubs with shower. And in several other ways (tho I can't recall other specifics) tho room seemed "cheaper" than either the Express in Garden Grove or the HI in Santa Ana. The restaurant menu seemed ho hum or worse, while the HI in Santa Ana has a way way nicer restaurant featuring Italian and seafood dishes and the like.
That being said, I don't think the Santa Ana HI is THAT old; it looks like a modern lowrise midline hotel from the outside (not the typical ancient Holiday Inn tower), but it's been around long enough that lately they've been doing some remodeling (but thankfully not by ripping out bathtubs!).