Shooting at former HI Durango (Colorado)
 

According to the Durango, Colorado newspaper, the town's former HI was the site of a shooting:
The Durango Herald:
N.M. man shot at local motel
Albuquerque man arrested on Sunday in connection with Durango shooting
Article Last Updated: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:58pm
The article also describes drug use and heavy drinking by occupants of two different groups; they had met one another at the hotel pool.

Good call, IHC, on removing this hotel from the chain!

Crowne Plaza Phuket
 

Does someone knows when the Crowne Plaza Resort Phuket opens? It is now showing on the IHG.com website but no opening dates are mentioned. It says 2quarter of 2012 but no specific date.

Saw the construction side today. The site is right next to All Seasons place a bit after the Plaza Athene and before CRC Tower and Conrad. Another nice option if you need to go to the office there.

IC Heilong Lake and Sancha Lake
 

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Heilong Lake InterContinental is set to open in Q2, 2012. (In May 2012, according to a Chinese blog post) Very interesting property, easily accessible from CTU airport. Heilong is a very nice area.

Furthermore, IC Sancha Lake (三岔湖) appeared, which should be fairly close by, opening Q3.

As per this thread on AFF, the IC and HI at Burswood Perth may be on the way out:

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...ood-37322.html

IC and Indigo King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh. No date.

IC Riyadh KAFD is listed on the IC website for 2014. No idea for the Indigo but would assume the same ballpark time frame.

Quite a few in the pipeline for Riyadh now. There is at least one more Crowne Plaza to come at the ITC complex (2013?) and have also seen Crowne Plaza billboards on a site on Olaya Street. Another Holiday Inn is also coming up on the IHG website for Olaya for early next year.

Will be nice to get some new stock in Riyadh as the rates there are out of all proportion to the caliber of the hotels.

Yes, according to an article in todays SCMP, IHG bled the owners dry and the owners are now suing IHG for mis-management.

Just found a link to a reuters article; http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...12+RNS20120320

Ha, that press release is a good laugh! Sanya companies talking about being honest :D I wonder how this one ends.

The former GM is now in IC Tangshan, btw, and Huayu also owns Beijing Deshengmen HI.

Crowne SZ is Venice Hotel now.
 

Is it that bad? I heard mixed reviews. I used to stay there a lot in the past. I heard they reverted back to the old name.
I will be in SZ for 5 days from tomorrow, and decided not to take chances and stay at the IC instead.

Woodland Hills, Ca Holiday Inn Closed
 

Woodland Hills, California Holiday Inn has closed and will become a Courtyard by Marriott. http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_202...woodland-hills

Fine. It wasn't a great hotel. But it would be nice to have an IHG hotel in that area. Or even better, Calabasas or Westlake Village.

New Holiday Inn announced for Amsterdam
 

Interstate Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of the 252-room Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam-Sloterdijk Station in the Netherlands. The property is the second of a nine-hotel portfolio currently being developed across the Netherlands. The portfolio is jointly owned by Interstate and TVHG Budget Group Beheer BV (TVHG) and operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts under long-term contracts.

The nine properties in the Netherlands portfolio, comprising 1,800 rooms, are all close to railway stations and airports or along main highways, and will be branded under the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express or Hampton Inn by Hilton flags.

Source: Hotel management

Ramada Suites Hotel at the New Orleans Airport to become HIX
 

Laurus Corporation has completed the acquisition of the Ramada Suites Hotel at the New Orleans Airport.

The 130-room hotel is located at the entrance of James Business Park and is adjacent to the New Orleans International Airport. It features more than 3,000 square feet of meeting space, two on-site restaurants, a 189-car parking lot, pool and courtyard facilities.

The hotel will undergo a renovation program to upgrade the facility and rebrand the asset under a Holiday Inn Express franchise affiliation.

Source: Hotel Management

InterContinental Shimao Wonderland
 

Due to open in 2014. Looks like a very interesting property...hope i'm still an RA then!

Wonder if they assign RA's the "lowest" possible suites! ;)

http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/f...761?hpt=hp_bn8