
IHG announced the expansion of its Holiday Inn Express brand in Germany with two hotel signings. Holiday Inn Express Hamburg - City Hauptbahnhof and Holiday Inn Express Freiburg - City are part of a multiple development agreement with long-standing lessee partner Foremost Hospitality HIEX GmbH.According to Martin Bowen, IHG's Associate Vice President of Development, Germany, multiple development agreements are a major part of the group's German growth strategy. Thus, these next two developments mark an important step for the group.The Holiday Inn Express Hamburg - City Hauptbahnhof will be the first of the two to open, offering 117 rooms in 2014. The Holiday Inn Express Freiburg - City will open in 2015, offering 120 rooms.
